Remembered as visionary, warm spirited, fiercely intelligent and a committed and inspirational leader, arts administrator Chrissy Sharp has died aged 70.
Sharp’s stellar career saw her helming some of the most significant arts organisations in Australia and the UK, including as General Manager of Sydney Festival from 2001 – 2003; General Manager of Sadler’s Wells in London from 2004 – 2009; Founding Director and CEO of The Wheeler Centre from 2009 – 2011; and CEO of Sydney Writers’ Festival from 2018 – 2021, a role she retired from earlier this year due to ill health.
