21st June 2022
NIAMH BYRNE, STEPHEN TAVERNER and CLARE WRIGHT have become Music Mangers Forum (MMF) board members.
They replace MERCK MERCURIADIS, REBEKAH TAYLOR and LISA BUDDIE who are stepping down after completing fixed three-year terms.
Byrne is the founder of Eleven Management, which represents groups including Gorillaz, Bastille, Blur and The...
The Glasgow School of Art has appointed ANN PRIEST as its new Chair of the Board of Governors following an extensive search process and election by staff and students.
Priest has over 30 years’ experience in Higher Education, most recently as Pro-Vice Chancellor at Nottingham Trent University and Dean of London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London (UAL).
She has been a lay member of Glasgow Caledonian...
JANE ASHER has been announced as a patron of Frinton Summer Theatre.
A theatre, TV and film actor as well as author and entrepreneur, Asher takes over the patronage from renowned stage and screen actor RICHARD WILSON.
Asher made her first on-stage appearance in Frinton in 1959, at the age of 13, after spending family holidays in the town.
“I acted in film and on television from the age of five...
15th June 2022
NADINE DORRIES has approved six new appointments to Arts Council England's (ACE) National Council, each serving three-year terms from 15 May 2022.
They include double MOBO Award-winning artist YOLANDA BROWN, Chief Executive of UK Music JAMIE NJOKU-GOODWIN and Sage Gateshead's Managing Director ABIGAIL POGSON.
They are joined by Chief Executive of Canterbury’s The...
MAX MAY, Director and CEO of North Yorkshire arts charity Rural Arts, has announced he is stepping down in August.
May started his career with the organisation as an intern and returned five years later to run the organisation. He has spent three and a half years at the helm, initially focusing on developing the organisation's sustainability.
Through the pandemic, Rural Arts launched RADISH – Rural Arts Daily...
Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s Books, has appointed WENDY ELLIOTT as Chief Executive Office.
Elliott joined the charity in 2018, initially as Operations Director and has been Interim CEO since last September.
She says she is delighted to be promoted to the permanent position.
“I’m so excited for its future and the potential I see for fresh new ways to work, collaborate and make a difference...
Contemporary arts agency Arts&Heritage has appointed a director of projects and three new board members as it celebrates its 10th anniversary year.
MARIE-ANNE McQUAY joins as Director of Projects, a newly created role that will see the former Head of Programme at Bluecoat, Liverpool lead on Arts&Heritage’s commissioning activity.
"I look forward to working across the UK and internationally with CEO Stephanie...
The BFI has announced CLARE BAINES as its first Disability Equality Lead, a newly created role designed to promote disability equality both internally and within the screen industries.
Baines joins from Zebra Technologies, where she was an Inclusion Leader. Her new role will include responsibility for the BFI’s strategic aims and objectives for people who identify as D/deaf, disabled and/or neurodiverse, including...
DERMONT DALY and MARK HOLLANDER have been appointed as Freedom Studios' Interim Directors.
They replace co-Artistic Directors ALEX CHISHOLM and AISHA KHAN, who are stepping down this summer after seven years.
Daly will work as the theatre...
9th June 2022
AMANDA PARKER is stepping down as CEO of inclusion advocacy organisation Inc Arts.
Parker, who founded the business in 2019, cited personal reasons for her resignation.
Inc Arts’ trustees gave Parker time away from her business responsibilities from January this year. She says this allowed her “space for reflection” and helped her...