Jane Sellars, the former curator of the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, has left to become the cultural services manager at Harrogate Borough Council. May Catt has moved from Barnsley Museums Service to become curator for Harrogate Borough Council. Karen Southworth has joined Harrogate council as an access and learning manager (job share).
The Watts Gallery has announced changes to its board of trustees. MaryAnne Stevens has been elected chair, succeeding Richard Ormond, and Matthew Bowcock has become deputy chair. Stevens starts her role in autumn 2017.
David Verey is the new chairman of the Friends of Leighton House, London. He is also the lead non-executive director for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation has appointed Faiza Khan as its new director of policy and communications. Khan joins from the Involve Foundation where she was a programme director.
The Lowry has appointed Rhiannon Mckay-Smith and Gwen Oakden as its directors of development. The pair will fulfil the role on a job-share basis. They replace Stephen Crocker, who is leaving the arts venue next month to take up the position of chief executive of Norwich Theatre Royal.
Martin Roth, the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum since 2011, has announced he will leave his role after five years at the museum. He intends to devote more time to international cultural consultancies.
Owen Hopkins leaves his post as the architecture curator at London’s Royal Academy of Arts to become the senior curator at the Sir John Soane’s Museum in London.
The Watts Gallery has announced changes to its board of trustees. MaryAnne Stevens has been elected chair, succeeding Richard Ormond, and Matthew Bowcock has become deputy chair. Stevens starts her role in autumn 2017.
David Verey is the new chairman of the Friends of Leighton House, London. He is also the lead non-executive director for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation has appointed Faiza Khan as its new director of policy and communications. Khan joins from the Involve Foundation where she was a programme director.
The Lowry has appointed Rhiannon Mckay-Smith and Gwen Oakden as its directors of development. The pair will fulfil the role on a job-share basis. They replace Stephen Crocker, who is leaving the arts venue next month to take up the position of chief executive of Norwich Theatre Royal.
Martin Roth, the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum since 2011, has announced he will leave his role after five years at the museum. He intends to devote more time to international cultural consultancies.
Owen Hopkins leaves his post as the architecture curator at London’s Royal Academy of Arts to become the senior curator at the Sir John Soane’s Museum in London.
