Yorkshire Sculpture Park names ‘ambitious’ programming leader

Dr ALEXANDRA HODBY has been named Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s (YSP) head of programmes, following her interim tenure in the role.

Hodby worked at YSP early in her curatorial career, between 2000 and 2006, before moving to several other leading cultural institutions, including as research curator at Museums Sheffield and, most recently, as senior curator of programme at Chatsworth.

She has lectured on the future of museums in collaboration with Tate and King’s College London, and has sat on the boards of theatre company Quarantine, artists’ studios 36 Lime Street, and theCOLAB, an organisation which creates opportunities for artists to use unusual sites.

KEVIN RODD, interim director of YSP, said Hodby had brought “clarity of vision and curatorial leadership” to YSP during her interim tenure, “shaping ambitious exhibitions and public programmes”.

“Her appointment marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the park and reinforces its standing as a place of international cultural significance,” he added.