Exit interview: David Campbell, Mona Senior Designer

After 10 years at Mona, Campbell reflects on his career to date and ponders what comes next.
A back and white photo of a man sitting at a table with his hands folded in front of him. He has dark hair, designer stubble and wears a dark, long-sleeved shirt.

David Campbell never meant to stay at the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) for a decade. Nor did he initially see himself putting down roots in Tasmania when he first started as Mona’s Senior Designer in September 2011.

‘When I first moved down here I was planning to get back to Melbourne as quickly as I could, but Hobart has become an incredible town. It’s really blossomed over the past 10 years,’ said Campbell, who recently left Mona after a decade at David Walsh’s private and popular museum.

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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