On the move: latest arts sector appointments

A Festival AD/CEO steps down, new Board appointments, Associate Artistic Directors announced and more arts news.
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Tasmania’s unique West Coast arts festival The Unconformity has announced that, having led the organisation since its inception, Artistic Director and CEO Travis Tiddy will be stepping down from his role at the end of June 2024.

As founding director, Tiddy led the organisation through its formative years as the biennial Queenstown Heritage and Arts Festival (2010 – 2014) and a transformational rebrand to The Unconformity in 2016. During his 15 years as director, he has been a driving force in cultural tourism and investment on the West Coast of lutruwita/Tasmania.

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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 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. 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