LUCY CASOT, Head of Heritage Lottery Fund Scotland, has been named as the new Chief Executive Officer of Museums Galleries Scotland, the national development body for museums and galleries in Scotland. Due to start her new role in January 2019, she will take over from Interim CEO JOHN MCLEISH, who will return to the Board.
28th September 2018
JANE ROBINSON, formerly Durham University's Chief Operating Officer, is the new Chair of the Board at CCE, the international foundation that supports creative learning. She was previously Director of External Relations at Arts Council of England and Chief Executive of Gateshead Council.
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The new Head of Culture at Bristol City Council will be JON FINCH. Currently at the Harris Museum, Preston, he will replace LAURA PYE, who has been appointed as Director of National Museums Liverpool.
CONRAD LYNCH is returning to being a freelance producer, based in the Eden Valley. He has stepped down from the role of Artistic Director of Theatre by the Lake, which he joined in 2016.
Professor SARAH PERKS, Artistic Director: Visual Art at HOME in Manchester, is leaving to pursue independent international curatorial and writing projects. She will stay in her role at Manchester School of Art and continue to work with HOME as an Artistic Associate.
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RACHEL LANDON has taken on the role of Chief Executive for the Music in Secondary Schools Trust. She recently worked at the City of London Academy Highbury Grove and was the founding chair of the Highbury Grove School Foundation. She replaces former Chief Executive TRUDA WHITE, who will continue to take an active role in the organisation.
The new Artistic Director at The Royal Academy of Dance will be GERARD CHARLES, who is leaving his current position as Director of Artistic Operations at Joffrey Ballet in Chicago to take on the role. He returns to the UK after spending more than 40 years in America, where he has worked in several executive roles for major dance companies.
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Head of Residencies and Awards at artist studio provider Acme, LEA O'LOUGHLIN has been appointed President of the Board of Res Artis, the worldwide network of artist residencies, which is based in Amsterdam with satellite offices in Melbourne and Tehran.
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21st September 2018
The Director and Chief Executive of the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield, VICTORIA FIRTH, is stepping down. She will take up the part-time role of Associate Director. KAREN O’NEILL, currently Deputy Director and a recent Clore Leadership fellow, will lead the organisation as Interim Director and Chief Executive.
Cornwall based experimental theatre company WildWorks has appointed two new Board members. GAVIN STRIDE, Director of Farnham Maltings and former vice chair of Arts Council England South East, joins as the new Chair of Trustees, and is joined by documentary film maker and Director of the School of Film and Television at Falmouth University, Professor CHRISTOPHER MORRIS.