Moves
The latest moves and appointments in the museum sector
Jenni Lomax will step down as the director of Camden Arts Centre in London after 26 years. The search begins for a replacement in spring 2017, with Lomax leaving the gallery in July.
Tate St Ives has announced Anne Barlow as the new artistic director. Barlow is currently the director of a nonprofit organisation in New York, Art in General, which assists artists with the production and presentation of new work.
The director of the Watts Gallery Trust, near Guildford, Perdita Hunt will step down in July 2017 after 12 years at the gallery. She will continue with her role as a trustee at the Heritage Lottery Fund, as South East Area Council member of Arts Council England, and leadership insight consultant and tutor at the Recess College, as well as pursuing other interests in culture, heritage and leadership. The Watts Gallery Trust will now begin recruiting her successor.
Nathan Lee has been appointed as the Heritage Lottery Fund’s head of region for north west England. He joins from Arts Council England. Lee has previously worked at the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, where he had a variety of senior management roles across north and north west England from 2007 on.
The Pop artist Peter Blake has become the first formal patron of the British Music Experience (BME), a museum of popular music, which is opening in February in Liverpool following its relocation from the O2 in Greenwich, London. Mark Featherstone-Witty, the founding principal of Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, will join BME’s board of trustees.
Moya Greene and Jayne-Anne Gadhia have been appointed trustees of Tate, for a term of four years each, beginning on 14 November 2016.
Tate St Ives has announced Anne Barlow as the new artistic director. Barlow is currently the director of a nonprofit organisation in New York, Art in General, which assists artists with the production and presentation of new work.
The director of the Watts Gallery Trust, near Guildford, Perdita Hunt will step down in July 2017 after 12 years at the gallery. She will continue with her role as a trustee at the Heritage Lottery Fund, as South East Area Council member of Arts Council England, and leadership insight consultant and tutor at the Recess College, as well as pursuing other interests in culture, heritage and leadership. The Watts Gallery Trust will now begin recruiting her successor.
Nathan Lee has been appointed as the Heritage Lottery Fund’s head of region for north west England. He joins from Arts Council England. Lee has previously worked at the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, where he had a variety of senior management roles across north and north west England from 2007 on.
The Pop artist Peter Blake has become the first formal patron of the British Music Experience (BME), a museum of popular music, which is opening in February in Liverpool following its relocation from the O2 in Greenwich, London. Mark Featherstone-Witty, the founding principal of Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, will join BME’s board of trustees.
Moya Greene and Jayne-Anne Gadhia have been appointed trustees of Tate, for a term of four years each, beginning on 14 November 2016.