Arts People

LIZA VALLANCE, Artistic Director and CEO of Studio 3 Arts is standing down to take on a new role as Deputy Director of Learning (Programmes) at the National Theatre. 

HELEN FEATHERSTONE is joining the National Lottery Heritage Fund as Director of England, North. 

Professor SHIRLEY J THOMPSON is President of The F-List for Music, effective from today (21 November). She will hold the role for one year.  

MICHAEL SLAVIN is joining North Yorkshire charity Rural Arts as CEO in January.

SONIA FRIEDMAN has been appointed President of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (CSSD). 

The Courtauld Institute of Art in London has appointed MARK HALLETT as its new Märit Rausing Director. 

CHRISTIAN ZIMMERMANN has been announced as Chief Executive of the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS).

Zimmermann has spent his career in visual arts copyright, having worked at DACS for 16 years.

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has announced two new DCMS Research Fellows.

Chief Executive of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) STEPHEN MADDOCK is to step down after 23 years in post.

He will depart in April next year to become Principal of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.