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Dateline: 24th November, 2006
Chair of New Scottish Arts Board Appointed The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport in the Scottish Parliament, Patricia Ferguson MSP, has announced the appointment of Dr Richard Holloway to be the Chair of a new joint board for the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen. Dr Holloway is currently the Chair of the Scottish Arts Council, appointed in 2005, and is a Director of the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow. Dr Holloway has also been a board member of the Broadcasting Standards Commission. Dr Holloway will oversee the development of increasing joint working between the two organisations. This is part of Ministers' proposals to establish a new single national cultural development body, Creative Scotland. The establishment of Creative Scotland will need legislation, but in the interim period Ministers have appointed Dr Holloway to lead the two organisations through this process of integration and change. Welcoming the new Chair appointment, Ms Ferguson said, "I am delighted to appoint Dr Holloway to this challenging position. At this significant time for both the cultural and screen sectors, I feel sure that Richard's leadership experience and his conviction and passion for culture will enable the joint board to make the transition a positive one." The new Chair, Dr Richard Holloway said, "As Chair of the new board for the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen, I believe I can continue to help in moving the two bodies forward in achieving their ambitious and increasingly shared objectives. I look forward to working with the cultural and screen sectors in taking forward this vision." On 19th January, 2006, Ms Ferguson outlined plans to invest an extra £20 million per year from April 2007 to nurture the best creative and cultural talent, and boost participation while cutting back on unnecessary bureaucracy. The two bodies, the Scottish Arts Council and Screen Scotland will merge and the persons appointed to the board of the new organisation will be members of both the Scottish Arts Council and the Board of Scottish Screen. Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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