Wysing Arts Centre welcomes four new trustees

Wysing Arts Centre in Cambridge has made four new appointments to its board of trustees.

The new board members are: XIYAO CHEN; MARY JANE EDWARDS; CIARA FITZGIBBON; and ADAM PEAVOY. 

An architect, artist and educator, Chen has designed museum and public spaces for the V&A East, Sadler’s Wells Theatre and Museum of London.

Peavoy is also an architect. He is director at Makower Architects, London, an academician with the Academy of Urbanism and a former chair of the Cambridge Association of Architects. 

Edwards is director of The Arts Foundation, while Fitzgibbon is an accountant with 14 years experience working in various roles in real estate finance.

Hosting artists’ residencies, art exhibitions, and a range of art events this year, Wysing will begin a major capital project with a focus on ‘accessibility, green energy, and improved biodiversity’. The organisation will also be launching a new website and re-brand. 

Chen said she was thrilled “to oversee the capital project and to work towards wider long-term sustainable and ecological transitions at Wysing”.

Peavoy added: “With my experience in urban design. I’m excited to help develop plans for more integration with the city of Cambridge at Wysing and to support plans for widening accessibility to artistic practice.”