On the move: Latest sector appointments

Director appointed for Canberra’s new festival, AD departs 4A Centre, and more.

5 Dec 2022 8:06

Richard Watts

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Yolande Norris has been announced as the Director of Canberra’s as yet unnamed innovation festival, a new winter event akin to Illuminate Adelaide, Dark Mofo and other winter festivals.

A graduate from the Australian National University School of Art and Design, Norris has a long-standing connection to the cultural landscape of Canberra.

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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