Carriageworks recently announced it had appointed the respected international arts administrator, Fergus Linehan, as its next Chief Executive Officer. It is not an easy gig to take on – a multi-arts venue, in a heritage building that spans government funding and commercial enterprise, all while sitting on First Nations real estate.
In his final year at Edinburgh, Linehan presented a special season of Australian work, with contributions by William Barton, Gravity and Other Myths, and Belvoir’s Counting and Cracking by S Shakthidharan. He is widely respected in the arts community for his expertise in programming and curating impactful cultural events, and he has been recognised with numerous awards and honours. He even has a history with Carriageworks, staging its inaugural performance, Zero Degrees by Akram Khan and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui in January 2007.
