30th April 2015
After six years leading Axisweb SHEILA MCGREGOR has stood down. MARK SMITH, who has been with the company since 2006, succeeds her as Executive Director. The move follows the announcement last July that Axisweb will not be admitted into the Arts Council England national portfolio for 2015-18.
CHRISTOPHER GOODHART is leaving Blackbaud after ten years with the company, to spend more time focusing on his role as Chairman of The Campaign for Drawing and his consulting work with other charities.
Spoken word organisation Apples and Snakes has appointed the Director and CEO of Half Moon Theatre, CHRIS ELWELL, as its new Chair of Trustees.
The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) has appointed choral director, composer and arranger JEREMY JACKMAN as its President for 2015/16.
The new Festival Director and CEO for Sheffield Doc/Fest is ELIZABETH MCINTYRE, who is currently VP Production and Development for the Discovery Channel.
The new Executive Director of Spare Tyre, Lynette Shanbury, explains how she came to lead this tiny company that does big work.
24th April 2015
Within a month of Director PENELOPE CURTIS announcing that she will leave Tate Britain, CHRIS DERCON is following suit and resigning as Director of Tate Modern. He will stand down in 2017, after six years in post, to take up a position with Berlin’s Volsbuhne Theatre.
23rd April 2015
The new Director of The Henry Moore Foundation will be GODFREY WORSDALE. Currently Director of BALTIC, he has previously led Southampton City Art Gallery and the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. He succeeds RICHARD CALVOCORESSI, who retires after eight years in the role.
FACT (Foundation for Art & Creative Technology) has appointed JO WRIGHT as its new Executive Director. He steps down after four years as Head of Creative Industries for the Welsh Government.
Colchester Arts Centre’s Director ANTHONY ROBERTS has been appointed as Interim Director at Firstsite, following the departure of MATTHEW ROWE.