On the move: latest arts sector appointments

A new Artistic Director, a new CEO and a range of Board appointments are included in today’s edition of our weekly wrap of Australian arts sector comings and goings.
Arts sector comings and goings are covered in our On the Move column. Car headlights and tail-lights form lines of light in a long exposure photo of a highway at night.

Museums of History NSW, the primary custodian and advocate of the state’s cultural history, has a new CEO.

Minister for the Arts John Graham said the successful candidate, Annette Pitman, brings a breadth of experience in heritage preservation, activation and storytelling across public, private and not-for-profit sectors to the role.

As Chief Executive of Create NSW for the last two and a half years, Pitman led the revitalisation of Sydney’s Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, The Gunnery and many other significant cultural spaces. She also oversaw the development of the state’s first Arts, Culture and Creative Industries policy, Creative Communities.

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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