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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Our weekly round-up of appointments and departures in the Australian arts sector.

29 Apr 2025 9:00

Richard Watts

ArtsHub's On the move column is a weekly summary of Australian arts sector appointments. The photo depicts two hummingbirds in flight, wings blurred as they flap rapidly.

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Brisbane Powerhouse has appointed Louise Bezzina – currently the Artistic Director of Brisbane Festival – as its new CEO/Artistic Director.

Bezzina founded the Gold Coast’s highly successful Bleach Festival in 2012 and was its inaugural Artistic Director and CEO; she was a co-Creative Lead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games Cultural Program and became the Artistic Director of Brisbane Festival in 2019.

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Richard Watts

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