21st July 2021
DAVID O'HARA has been named Theatre Director of New Theatre Oxford.
Prior to his new role, O'Hara was part of the Coventry UK City of Culture team.
He has a background in sales and marketing, including roles as Marketing Director and Deputy CEO at Cambridge Corn Exchange.
20th July 2021
Whether in policy development, advocacy or nurturing talent, Executive Director of Clore Leadership Hilary Carty’s career is born of a passion for arts and culture.
15th July 2021
The Barbican has announced NINA BHAGWAT will join the centre as Interim Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion from August.
Bhagwat has previously worked as Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Warner Music UK and Off Screen Diversity Executive for Channel 4's Creative Diversity team.
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HELEN THACKRAY has been named as Director of Manchester's Blaze Arts.
Thackray has worked in a range of cultural venues across the North West, including as Programme Manager at People's History Museum.
She replaces founding director MATT WILDE, who held the position for ten years.
ROSIE COOPER has been named as Wysing Arts Centre's new Director from September.
She succeeds the late DONNA LYNAS who was Wysing’s Director from 2005 to 2021.
Currently Head of Exhibitions at Bexhill-on-Sea's De La Warr Pavilion, Cooper was previously Head of Programmes at Liverpool Biennial and is currently a trustee of IntoArt and Home Live Art.
14th July 2021
Sunderland Culture has appointed REBECCA BALL as its new Chief Executive.
Previously the organisation's Creative Director, she has succeeded KEITH MERRIN.
Ball has more than 20 years' experience in the arts, including as Project Director of The Cultural Spring and leading Sunderland’s City of Culture 2021 bid. She is currently a Fellow of the Clore Leadership Programme.
Metroland Cultures, the charity established to deliver Brent London Borough of Culture 2020, has announced eight new trustees to its board.
The new trustees consist of three Blueprint Collective members, ZEYN ALSUKHNY, ISMAEL DAHIR and SAVANNAH MULLINGS JOHNSON.
Head of Heritage at Willesden Jewish Cemetery HESTER ABRAMS also joins the board, alongside Brent-based...
Transforming Narratives has announced FAHIM QURESHI and SADIA RAHMAN as Creative Producers for its international cultural leadership programme.
Birmingham-based Qureshi has led projects in arts and creative organisations for over 20 years, including Dalston and Hackney SRB City Challenge.
Rahman is an independent researcher, editor and curator based in Dhaka. She has held roles as Deputy Director of...
8th July 2021
JAMES MACKENZIE-BLACKMAN has been announced as incoming Chief Executive of Theatre Royal Plymouth.
He succeeds ADRIAN VINKEN, who has led the theatre for more than 30 years.
Mackenzie-Blackman is currently Chief Executive of Eden Court Highlands and has previously worked as Executive Director of dance company New Adventures and Executive Director of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain.
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BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art has announced KATE GRAY as its new Director of Enterprise and Public Value.
Gray has been Director of Collective, Edinburgh since 2009 and led the project that repurposed Calton Hill’s City Observatory.
Prior to becoming Collective Director, Gray commissioned collaborations within the One Mile Programme and delivered collaborative projects in general and psychiatric hospital...