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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

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7 Oct 2024 9:21

Richard Watts

On the move is ArtsHub's weekly wrap of arts sector appointments and resignations. A black and white photo depicts a shirtless young man splashing through water as he runs along the beach.

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CIAF appoints Acting Artistic Director

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair’s (CIAF) Curatorial Associate Teho Ropeyarn has taken up the Acting Artistic Director’s role, effective immediately.

CIAF CEO Dennis Stokes welcomed Ropeyarn’s appointment, which follows Francoise Lane’s resignation after two years at the artistic helm and overseeing the delivery of CIAF 2024 – the Festival’s 15th anniversary edition.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former 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 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts