Announcement: Amal Khalaf departs as Cubitt's inaugural Director of Programmes

Earlier this year, Amal Khalaf stepped down as Cubitt's inaugural Director of Programmes, after six years at the helm of the organisation. The team and wider community would like to thank her deeply and with great admiration for her role in transforming Cubitt. Read Amal Khalaf's departing statement below as well as our statement from Cubitt's board of Trustees.

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with a talented and brilliant team, inspiring artists, incredibly generous community partners and a changing and growing audience. We've transformed Cubitt, with an interdisciplinary approach and a praxis rooted in social justice, finding agency in uncertain times through creating space for care, possibility and experimentation. My work in instituting otherwise, is grounded in a belief that the art spaces we create are spaces where we can all practice our imaginations and politics.  I am proud to have nurtured a team that centres lived experience leadership with a programme reflecting this, prioritising a diverse, inclusive and collaboratively lead approach.

I am so proud of the work we have created internally, including collective policy making, and self governance within the team to undo harmful practices and to dream and practice together ways to create more equitable working conditions.  In the last years, we have also launched a community radio station run by co-op artist Andi Amrishah and launched the inaugural Civic Fellowship, a new and vital role at Cubitt to complement the well known curatorial fellowship, helmed by Anahi Saravia Herrera.