Aberystwyth Arts Centre director retires
Alan Hewson, Director of Aberystwyth Arts Centre, has announced his retirement after 28 years of leading the centre. Mr Hewson said that he had enjoyed the many challenging and very rewarding years working with such a creative and committed team to place the Arts Centre at the heart of the community. Mr Hewson said he particularly wanted to thank the loyal and committed Arts Centre audiences; it has been his privilege to serve them. The University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor Aled Jones, stated that Mr Hewson had made a very significant contribution over many years to the development of the Arts Centre’s artistic programme, including one of the UK’s most comprehensive and ambitious community arts programmes, a leading centre for the contemporary visual arts in Wales, an innovative media programme and critically acclaimed summer musicals. This ‘National Flagship for the Arts’ has become one of the most highly regarded arts venues in Wales and the UK with more than 700,000 visit...