The former Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Chairman of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, LUKE SYSON, has taken on the role of Director and Marlay Curator of the Fitzwilliam Museum. He has previously held positions at the National Gallery in London, the British Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
8th February 2019
ARIKE OKE will become Managing Director of Black Cultural Archives next month. She has extensive experience in the heritage and cultural sector and is a standing board member of the National Archives’ programme Archives Unlocked, a BAFTA Heritage Board member, and chaired Hull’s first Black History Month committee.
DAVID EYRE has been appointed as Gaelic Arts Officer at Creative Scotland, and KIRSTY MACDONALD has joined the organisation as Traditional Arts Officer. Both posts will work to identify opportunities to develop Gaelic and Traditional arts provision across all aspects of Creative Scotland’s work.
Three independent directors are joining the Board at Dance Consortium: ROSIE KAY, Artistic Director at Rosie Kay Dance Company; SEBASTIAN CHESWRIGHT CATER, Marketing Communications Consultant; and ANDREW HURST, Chief Executive of One Dance UK.
After 10 years with Four Culture, CHRIS BAKER has been promoted to Associate Director. He has previously directed campaigns for Sky Arts; BBC Your Paintings; Leeuwarden-Friesland European Capital of Culture 2018 in The Netherlands and Ruhrtriennale, Germany; and he sits on the board of Threshold Studios, an arts producer and educator in the East Midlands.
1st February 2019
GEORGE PERRIN and JAMES GRIEVE are leaving Paines Plough in the summer to pursue new projects. The pair, who have been Artistic Directors since 2010, have produced 45 World Premieres and in 2014 built a pop-up theatre, ROUNDABOUT, to reach those communities least engaged with the arts.
REBECCA MORLAND has been appointed as Executive Director of Achates Philanthropy. She has most recently been working as a freelancer on a variety of projects, and prior to that was Theatres Adviser and Interim Director of the Theatres Trust.
Dame SUE STREET is replacing Sir HOWARD PANTER as Chair of dance company Rambert, following the announcement in October that he would be standing down. She has governed major public, private, and not for profit organisations, including her role as Permanent Secretary for the Department for Culture, Media...
After guiding the Bristol arts house through a transition period, CLAIRE DOHERTY is leaving her role as Director, having completed her 18-month contract. LHOSA DALY, Assistant Director of Operations at The National Trust in Wales, will chair a new Board of Trustees as the company enters the next...
North Yorkshire arts organisation, Rural Arts, has appointed MAX MAY as its new Director, replacing Founder and Director Angela Hall with immediate effect. He is returning to the organisation where he interned in 2014, leaving London-based performing arts charity Access All Areas.