Arts Council England’s TOM HOLLEY, a Relationship Manager in the national funder’s Visual Arts team, has been appointed Chief Executive of the Association for Cultural Advancement through Visual Art (ACAVA). He will take over from its founder and current Artistic Director, DUNCAN SMITH, who will retire following a handover period.
1st June 2018
JEFFERSON HACK, CEO and Co-founder of Dazed Media, which owns titles including AnOther Magazine and Another Man, has joined the board of the Creative Industries Federation.
25th May 2018
Scotland’s first British Sign Language Director Trainee will be PETRE DOBRE. Originally from Romania, he has been studying at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and graduated in Performance in BSL and English, the only course of its kind on offer in Europe. His one-year traineeship is funded from Creative Scotland’s Year of Young people fund. The role was devised for an emerging Director who uses BSL to help them pursue a career in performance making.
English Touring Opera's Music Director, MICHAEL ROSEWELL, will be stepping down at the end of 2018. Previously Associate Conductor and then Music Director for ETO for 14 years, he has accepted the new honorary title as the company’s Conductor Laureate. He will return to work as a conductor for specific opera projects and plans to develop a programme mentoring young conductors under the ETO umbrella.
Arts & Business Scotland has appointed four new Trustees to its management board. ALEX DOBBIE is Head of HR at BBC Scotland; heritage expert PAUL SMART is Head of Colleges, Young Workforce & SFC Sponsorship Division at the Scottish Government; YOLANDA AGUILAR is Director of Operations at dance company Shaper/Caper; and GRAEME DAVIES is Director of Marketing at Scottish technology company Clearwater Controls.
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CHRIS CALVERT is leaving his role as Senior Press Officer (Culture, Communities, Education & Health) in the Mayor of London's Press Office. He will take up a new role at Brunswick Arts in June.
SUZANNE MILLER is joining Help Musicians UK as Development Manager at its newly established Scotland office. She was previously Head of Engagement at Cultural Enterprise Scotland.
18th May 2018
MARTIN SUTHERLAND, Chief Executive of Northamptonshire Arts Management Trust – which manages Royal & Derngate, Errol Flynn Filmhouse and The Core at Corby Cube – has joined the Coventry City of Culture Trust as Executive Director and Chief Executive.
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Touring theatre company imitating the dog has appointed arts administrator and freelance producer JULIE BROWN as its first Executive Director, as it joins Arts Council England’s national portfolio for the first time.
She will work with the company’s first board of trustees, led by consultant and former Executive Director of Oldham Coliseum DAVID DOLAN MARTIN as Chair, and Executive Director of Burnley Youth Theatre LEROY PHILBROOK as Vice Chair.
They will work alongside Co-Artistic Directors PETE BROOKS, ANDREW QUICK and SIMON WAINWRIGHT, who have been making work together for over ten years.
Other trustees comprise producer and project manager KATE BEARD; Events & Cultural Services Manager for Preston City Council TIM JOEL; Associate Professor in Scenography and Deputy Head of School at University of Leeds JOSLIN MCKINNEY; Editor of ArtsProfessional FRANCES RICHENS; and artist SUMIT SARKAR.
Following a period as Artistic Director and Joint CEO at the Mercury Theatre in Colchester, DANIEL BUCKROYD has been appointed to lead the Exeter Northcott Theatre. He will take up post in the Autumn.