26th April 2020
Creative & Cultural Skills, the agency that shapes skills, education and employment best practice in the cultural sector, has welcomed DONALD HYSLOP (pictured) as its new Chair. Currently Head of Regeneration & Community at Tate Modern, he has extensive experience in the management of place-based cultural developments, regenerating business districts, markets and museums. He takes over from CAROL HARVEY-BARNES...
The Arts Foundation, which provides financial support for individual artists, has appointed two new trustees. DENNIS CHANG is a Director at international public relations consultancy Bolton & Quinn, and KULLY THIARAI is the creative director and CEO of Leeds 2023, formerly Director and CEO of National Theatre Wales and founding Director of Cast arts centre in Doncaster and Artistic Director of Contact Theatre...
Five new trustees from Merseyside’s LGBTQIA community have joined the Board of the arts festival Homotopia, to support the work of the core team. The new trustees are JOAN BURNETT, currently Visitor Services Manager at FACT; JAMES HUYTON, a communications professional working in the charity sector; DANNY KILBRIDE, a filmmaker and Creative Director at Thinking Film; JAMES LAWLER,...
23rd April 2020
The merger of Philharmonia Ltd and the Philharmonia Trust has created a single unified charity to govern the Philharmonia Orchestra, which has been owned by its player members since 1964. LORD KING OF LOTHBURY will this summer become Chair of the charity’s Board of Trustees, and newly announced Chief Executive ...
22nd April 2020
Ivor Novello Award-winning NITIN SAWHNEY CBE has joined the board of PRS Foundation and will be the new chair of the UK funder of new music and talent development. He takes over from outgoing Chair SIMON PLATZ, who has been a PRS Foundation Trustee for ten years.
Music label owner, agent and manager STEVE ABBOTT, and author, journalist and lecturer LAINY MALKANI have joined the board of Tomorrow’s Warriors, the talent development charity, music educator and creative producer that supports the next generation of UK jazz musicians.
18th April 2020
UK record labels association, the BPI, has announced that SOPHIE JONES will be its new Director of Public Affairs. She joins from Channel 4, where she was Head of Corporate Relations, and takes over the role previously held by IAN MOSS. He left at the end of last year to join the academic journals body STM.
TONYA NELSON will be taking on the role of London Area Director at Arts Council England (ACE) when JOYCE WILSON retires in August. Nelson has been the Arts Council’s Director, Arts Technology and Innovation since 2019. Her previous positions included Director of Museums and Cultural Programmes at University College London and Head of Governance and Planning at London Transport Museum. She is a trustee of the...
ALISON CLARK, Arts Council England's Director of Combined Arts and Manchester, has left to become Head of Culture, Leisure Sport and Tourism at Durham County Council. Prior to joining the Arts Council in 2006, she was creative director at Creative Partnerships Tees Valley. Her other jobs in the arts have included managing youth and community arts projects in Liverpool.
14th April 2020
The new Director of Strategic Learning, Insight and Influence at Paul Hamlyn Foundation will be HOLLY DONAGH, who takes on a new role for the Foundation, bringing together its communication, research, policy and influencing teams. She is currently Deputy Chief Executive at A New Direction,where she has led initiatives including the London Cultural Education Challenge. Prior to this she worked for Arts Council England for ten years...