24th July 2024
DUNCAN DORNAN, Head of Museums and Collections at Glasgow Life Museums, has confirmed he is going to retire.
He will step down in August after more than a decade at Glasgow Life, the charitable trust responsible for running the city’s arts and cultural offer on behalf of Glasgow City Council.
Duncan joined the organisation as a senior museums manager, before becoming the Head of Museums in 2015.
During his...
Oldham Coliseum has welcomed JULIA TURPIN and MARTINA MURPHY as Chief Executive and Board Chair respectively. The announcement comes hard on the heels of news that the theatrehas plans to reopen.
Turpin took up post at the start of the month succeeding Interim Chief Executive LAUREN CLANCY...
23rd July 2024
Milton Keynes-based charity MÓTUS Dance has appointed CAMERON BALL as its new artistic director.
MÓTUS invests in developing 'diverse artistic collaborations and partnerships' in order to increase reach and engagement in dance across the Milton Keynes area.
Ball, who since May 2023 has been the charity's General Manager, has performed as a dancer in shows such as Cats, 42nd Street and The Snowman.
In addition...
Lord ALAN HOWARTH has stood down as founding Chair of the National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH) to become honourary President of the organisation.
Lord Howarth served as an MP from 1983 to 2005, first as a Conservative before defecting to Labour. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Arts between 1998 and 2001 and became a Labour life peer as Baron Howarth of Newport in 2005.
He formed the All-...
MARY OSBORN will become Director of Live Art Development Agency (LADA) in October.
She will join LADA from Battersea Arts Centre, where she is currently Senior Creative Development Producer.
Osborn previously spent nearly a decade at Artsadmin, first as Artist Advisor, then as Projects and Programme Producer.
ROBIN DEACON, Chair of the LADA Board of Trustees, said Osborn is well known in the...
The Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) has announced seven members of its inaugural Equalities, Diversity, Inclusion and Access (EDIA) Advisory Group.
The group is comprised of JAYNE STYNES (Chair), JIM MUOTUNE, BETH BLACK, SOF STAUNE, JO D’ARC, AILIE ROBERTSON and KIANA KALANTAR-HORMOZI.
The group was...
22nd July 2024
LOYD GROSSMAN has been appointed to lead the Board of Trustees at the Royal Society of Arts. He will take up his post in October, succeeding TIM EYLES, who has been Chair since 2018.
A noted broadcaster, author and cultural campaigner, Grossman has served on the boards of several heritage and cultural organisations.
...
18th July 2024
JONATHAN MANNERS has been named as the Director of the BBC Singers.
Since 2016, Manners has been Producer of the chamber choir, responsible for their artistic direction and their broadcast output.
Prior to joining the BBC, he held roles at the Academy of Ancient Music, English National Opera and the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras. He was co-founder of the multi-award-winning independent record label, Resonus...
Former BBC Director General and former Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House, TONY HALL (Lord Hall), has been named Chairman of the National History Museum, succeeding Sir PATRICK VALLANCE.
The appointment was made by the museum's board and endorsed by the Prime Minister Sir KEIR STARMER and Culture Secretary LISA NANDY.
It is Hall's first major appointment since...
16th July 2024
ANNA VU THOMPSON has been appointed Creative Director of Community Arts North West (CAN) in Greater Manchester.
A producer and theatremaker, Thompson joins the Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation from the Museum of the Home in London, where she has been the Community Engagement Producer since 2021. There, she developed a new programme supporting Vietnamese and Southeast Asian voices.
She has worked...