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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

29 Jul 2025 9:23

Richard Watts

A group of contemporary dancers, blurred in motion. The photo illustrates ArtsHub's On the move column, summarising the week's arts sector appointments.

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Photo: Ahmad Odeh, Unsplash. Arts sector appointments.

Following recent transitions within the Matilda Awards Inc. Executive Committee, the organisation has announced the appointment of new office bearers who will steward the next chapter of Queensland’s premier theatre awards.

Nigel Lavender has been appointed as Chair of the Matilda Awards Executive. A creative, solutions-focused arts consultant and producer, Lavender brings international and wide-ranging experience in community engagement and arts leadership.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts