3rd March 2022
JENNY PORTER is Metal Liverpool’s new Director.
A member of the team since 2007, Porter is currently the cultural hub’s Senior Project Manager.
Curator of the Liverpool Art Prize from 2010 to 2014, Porter said he is "excited to continue to build on Metal’s commitment to the culture and creativity of our local neighbourhood".
Porter replaces SHAUN CURTIS, who is stepping down after eight years...
Theatr Clwyd has appointed CHRIS HOLMES as Company Counsellor and Wellbeing Practitioner.
Holmes is a level 4 qualified person-centred counsellor and registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Executive Director LIAM EVANS-FORD said Holmes' appointment is "the next step in a very genuine commitment towards looking after those we work with".
"With a...
The Museum Association (MA) has appointed three new board members.
John Hansard Gallery's Communications Curator DIANNA DJOKEY is re-elected, having first joined the board in 2019.
Freelance curator and collections consultant KATHLEEN LAWTHER and OnFife's Head of Cultural Heritage & Wellbeing CHRISTINE McLEAN are joining the board for the first time.
“I look forward to...
2nd March 2022
York Museums Trust CEO REYAHN KING will leave for a new role at the National Trust for Scotland in the summer.
As CEO since 2015, King has seen York Museums Trust through "one of the toughest periods of [our] history".
The trust says she has ushered in a new focus on audiences and communities, strengthened its fundraising activity and drawn in more revenue from commercial activities. King also oversaw the opening of...
Violinist NICOLA BENEDETTI will become Director of Edinburgh International Festival, the first Scot and first woman to lead the organisation in its 75 year history.
She takes up post on October 1, replacing FERGUS LINEHAN.
Benedetti was the youngest ever recipient of the Queen's Medal for Music in 2017. In 2019 she established the Benedetti Foundation, which provides music workshops in 103 countries...
ROSY GREENLEES is leaving the Crafts Council after 16 years at the helm.
Since joining the national charity for crafts in 2006, she has established learning and participation programmes, overseen the founding of a global majority advisory group, helped develop groundbreaking research into the crafts economy, received an OBE for services to craft in 2017, and spearheaded the delivery of 12,000 art and craft packs to...
After 10 years on the board, JOANNA PRIOR will step down as Chair of the Women's Prize Trust this month.
ANNA RAFERTY will act as interim Chair of the trust, which has grown during Prior's tenure from "a committee of like-minded individuals... to a 21st Century charity with a major philanthropic, engagement and educational programme" supporting women writers, Founding Director KATE MOSSE ...
24th February 2022
The Affordable Art Fair UK has appointed HUGO BARCLAY as Fair Director.
Barclay joins from the London Art Fair, where he worked as Programme Director.
He says it’s a huge privilege to be joining the fair, as it works towards the 10th anniversary of its Hampstead edition in May and its 250th fair worldwide, scheduled for October in Battersea.
“I have long admired the Affordable Art Fair for the access it gives...
LORNA CLARKE has joined music venue the Roundhouse’s board of trustees.
Clarke is Controller of Pop Music at the BBC and a former Director of Electric Proms, which were hosted at the Roundhouse between 2006-2010.
Roundhouse Chair Simon Turner welcomed Clarke to the board.
“We’re entering an incredibly exciting period as we emerge from the pandemic and expand our creative offer for young people. I have no doubt...
22nd February 2022
This year, the Bush Theatre celebrates 50 years of discovering and developing new writing. Its Artistic Director, Lynette Linton, reflects on the people who influenced her creative journey.