We're delighted to announce the appointment of five new trustees

Nancy is a culture journalist and broadcaster. She was formerly the Culture Editor of the Evening Standard, and prior to that spent 16 years as an arts writer, critic and editor at The Times of London. She is co-host of The London Theatre Review podcast and hosts the Art Distilled events series at the National Gallery.

Kirsty is a founder member of Dundee-based UK Games Talent and Finance CIC and has extensive experience working in the creative sector, specifically video games development. Supporting the growth of the UK-wide video games sector ecosystem, Kirsty works closely with community and sector stakeholders across industry and public bodies and heads up the function of ensuring the company's impact is about much more than numbers. 

Adam is a lecturer in Contemporary Art Practice at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee, where he teaches on the MFA Curatorial Practice and MFA Fine Art programmes. Working internationally, he is a researcher, curator, and media archivist, and a recognised expert in the preservation, presentation, and re-activation of time-based and media-based art. Adam previously worked at the University of Dundee’s Visual Research Centre within DCA and maintains a strong connection with the organisation. He has established links with arts organisations locally, across the UK, and internationally. Alongside his academic and curatorial work, Adam is actively involved in the local creative scene and is a practicing media artist and musician, working with alternative, experimental, and synth-based music.

Tom is a media, publishing and communications executive who has worked to safeguard and grow some of the UK's biggest media brands including British ELLE, Esquire, Harper's Bazaar and The Sunday Times. Working as DC Thomson's chief transformation officer, Tom is responsible for evolving heritage titles through the development of new products and new audiences. Tom is passionate about the power that robust regional journalism can play in contributing to economic growth and improving quality of life for communities. 

A strong advocate for wellbeing, Tom is a yoga teacher as well as a trustee at Heart Space, Dundee's only charitable yoga studio. He explores the benefits of creativity as an amateur ceramicist, seeing a clear connection between making and mental clarity.

Kate is an artist who lives and works in Glasgow. She received her Masters of Fine Art from Glasgow School of Art in 2009. She has had solo exhibitions at Dundee Contemporary Arts, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, Glasgow International, and Galerie Feinkost, Berlin, amongst others. Group exhibitions include Paper at MAMAC, Nice, Running Time in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and Industrial Aesthetics: Environmental Influences on recent art from Scotland at Hunter College, New York. Kate works predominantly in sculpture and has created permanent artworks in public settings in Dundee and Glasgow.

Kate also has a curatorial and research practice, co-founding the organisation Sculpture Placement Group in 2017, and co-runs several circular economy initiatives, including Circular Arts Network and Arts Resource Management Scotland. Kate is a studio holder and board member of Sculpture House Collective, Paisley, and is represented by Patricia Fleming Gallery, Glasgow.