Polka Theatre has appointed freelance director Annie Wood (pictured) to succeed Vicky Ireland as its Artistic Director.
Hilary McGrady (pictured), Director of Arts and Business in Northern Ireland for the past four years has joined Imagine Belfast 2008 on secondment to lead Belfast?s bid to be European Capital of Culture.
Chris Ricketts, previously General Manager of Clwyd Theatr Cymru, has joined Wales Arts International, as its new Director.
Tate Modern has appointed Vicente Todoli, founding director of the Museu Serralves in Porto, as Director, to succeed Lars Nittve, who returns to Sweden.
Keith Jeffrey has left his post as Deputy Director of the BALTIC Arts Centre to set up a talent development project for the digital industries and pursue other work as a consultant.
Former General Manager of Birmingham?s Women & Theatre, Victoria Firth, has become the new Theatre Manager of The Y Theatre in Leicester.
Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries has appointed Rachel Kerr and Richard Schofield as Regional Strategic Advisers and Dawn Routledge as Archive Development Officer for the Regions. Rachel joins Resource from the South East Museum, Library and Archive Council where she was Access, Inclusion and Partnership Development Manager. Richard was previously Assistant Archivist at the Rothschild Archive.
Louise Wirz, most recently a freelance visual arts consultant and previously Head of Exhibitions at the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art in Sunderland has been appointed to the new post of Director of Development at [a-n] The Artists Information Company.
Guildford Borough Council has appointed George Longland, formerly Arts Information Officer at Northamptonshire County Council, to the post of Arts Development Officer.
Liz Hughes, previously Marketing Manager with Theatre Workshop has recently joined the Edinburgh International Book Festival as Press and PR Manager.
Penny Mayes, Building Development Manager for Trestle Arts Base for the last five years is leaving to pursue a freelance career.
The staff of Speed Management are moving on. Emma Borley (pictured) is joining BBC Online as a broadcast journalist, Claire Borley has joined The Junction in Cambridge and Philippa Hall is working for The Edge Festival.
Francis McKee and Kay Pallister have been selected by the Scottish Arts Council to curate Scotland?s exhibition at the 2003 Venice Biennale. Francis is currently Head of Digital Art and New Media at CCA in Glasgow and a research lecturer at the Glasgow School of Art. Kay has most recently worked at the Gagosian Gallery in New York and has recently been appointed by Axis to create a new curatorial network across the UK.