23rd January 2020
SIR NIGEL CARRINGTON will step down as Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Arts London at the end of the year.
He has been the institution's longest serving Vice-Chancellor, joining in 2008. He was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2019 for services to higher education and the creative industries.
A statement released by UAL said Carrington plans to "continue in public service on a non-executive basis in...
Former Arts Council England Relationship Manager JAN DE SCHYNKEL is now Arts and Culture Manager at Ealing Council.
De Schynkel held his former role for 12 years, managing a diverse portfolio of organisations including Sadler's Wells' National Youth Dance Company and Barking and Dagenham's Creative People and Places Programme. He has also worked as a professional dancer for Rambert Dance Company, choreographer, lecturer and...
The Advisory Council on National Records and Archives has seven new members who will serve terms of between two and four years.
They are former senior UK intelligence officials STEPHEN HAWKER and MARTIN HOWARD, the former Ambassador to Seoul MARTIN UDEN, Cardiff University Commercial Law Professor PHILLIP JOHNSON, Professor of Victorian Studies at Queen's University of...
Three new Trustees of the Royal Armouries have been appointed: ANDREW LATCHMORE, PAUL MANCEY and MONICA TURNER.
Latchmore is heavily involved in civic life in Leeds and has more than 40 years' experience as a lawyer. Mancey is an experienced businessman, while Turner has held senior finance roles at ASDA and eCommerce businesses in the US.
The trio will remain on the board until...
17th January 2020
Creative Edinburgh's new Chair will be JIM HOLLINGTON, effective April 1.
Hollington recently started his own arts and culture consultancy after two years as Head of External Affairs at the Edinburgh International Festival. He has also worked in directorial roles for the British Council.
He takes over from the current Chair MARK GORMAN, who has held the post for eight years.
NATASHA BUCKNOR MBE will work alongside Free Word CEO and Artistic Director ROMA BACKHOUSE as the company's Executive Director.
The words-focussed arts organisation has expanded its work in recent years to offer live events and themed seasons, and Bucknor will help shape its future.
She joins from Talawa Theatre Company, where she has been Executive Director since 2014. She has previously worked at...
Executive Director and CEO RAIDENE CARTER is leaving Theatre Centre, while ROB WATT has been appointed Interim Artistic Director.
A statement released by the company said only that Carter, who took on shared CEO responsibilities nine months ago, was off to "explore new challenges in a different role". She was previously its Executive Director for 15 months.
Watt is an acclaimed director and dramaturg...
Hayward Gallery Senior Curator ZOE WHITLEY will join the gallery in March, succeeding POLLY STAPLE.
Whitley has 16 years of curatorial experience, having worked in senior positions at Tate Modern and Tate Britain. She has also worked for the Victoria & Albert Museum and served on the Artistic Director's Advisory Council for Prospect 4, the US' largest triennial.
After 31 years with the organisation, MICHAEL VOLPE has decided to step down at the end of September.
JAMES CLUTTON will be appointed Chief Executive and Director at that time. A Deputy Chief Executive will be recruited in the coming months.
Volpe founded Opera Holland Park in 1996, having worked with its then-owners The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea since 1989. In 2015, he was instrumental...
LIZ JOHNSON, who currently holds a senior role at the National Trust, will become Arts Council England's Director of Museums and Collections Development, as well as having responsibility for the West Midlands.