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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

A Festival AD/CEO steps down, new Board appointments, Associate Artistic Directors announced and more arts news.

3 Mar 2024

Richard Watts

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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

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts