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Keith Khan (born in Wimbledon, 1963), studied Fine Art/ Sculpture at Middlesex University[1] and is an Arts Industry Bureaucrat (see discussion). who has had an eclectic career in the Arts Scene and co-founded the arts organisation Motiroti[2][3] in 1996 with Ali Zaidi. Until 2004, the majority of the artistic events Khan was directly involved with were under Motiroti which produced notable projects such as Flying costumes, Floating Tombs[3] (1991) which won the Time Out Dance and Performance Award; Queen's Golden Jubilee Commonwealth Celebrations[4] (2002) and Alladeen[5] (2004) which won the Village Voice OBIE Award Special Citation, co-produced by The Builders Association. Khan departed from Moti Roti in 2004 and has filled a number of senior executive positions since then, most notably, Head of Culture[6][7] and then Artistic Executive to the[8] 2012 Summer Olympics (2007 to 2009) and sitting on the panels of high-profile funding bodies, including the Wellcome Trust[9] and as a Council Member of the Arts Council of England.[10] Keith Khan is also a Member of the Advisory Panel of Art on the Underground[11] and was the Costume and 3D Designer for the Opening Ceremony for the Central and Opening Show at the Millennium Dome[12] (2000); Director of Design for the 2002 Commonwealth Games ceremonies under the direction of David Zolkwer. [verification needed]; Chief Executive of Rich Mix[13] (2004 to 2007); Chair of Diversity Group for Creative Economy Programme Working Group[14] (2006) and has been a Member of the Commonwealth Group on Culture and Development since 2009.[15]

Controversy

Rich Mix – Khan resigned amid questions of leadership and cost controlling. Karen Bartlett wrote in The Times "“Keith was not a natural cost controller, but the board was also weak.” Overstaffing, disputes between builders and architects with some funders temporarily withholding revenue in 2007 until a new business plan could be agreed. Khan did not want to comment on Rich Mix for this article."[13][16][17]

London 2012 – While in his role as Head of Culture, Khan was criticised by some [who?] commentators for being excessively "anti-elitist".[18] He was commended by others for trying to make the Arts more relevant to young people across the UK.[19] His departure in 2008 was greeted with relief by some [who?] in the press and concern by others. The response of Richard Brooks in The Times was "Thank goodness... Keith Khan, its artistic executive, is leaving.".[20]

Interviews

Talks

References

  1. ^ "Gloriously Impure « The Society Of British Theatre Designers". Theatredesign.org.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Moti Roti Company". Arts Council. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  3. ^ a b "motiroti (biography)". Fondation-langlois.org. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Parade set to sparkle | Showbiz". Evening Standard. London. 29 May 2002. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  5. ^ "The Builders Association". The Builders Association. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  6. ^ "appoints Head of Culture | April 2007". London 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  7. ^ "appoints Director of Culture | January 2010". London 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  8. ^ Charlotte Higgins (25 March 2009). "Charlotte Higgins: Could the Cultural Olympiad be turning in to another Millennium Dome? | Culture". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Arts Awards Funding Committee | Wellcome Trust". Wellcome.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  10. ^ "Keith Khan". Arts Council. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  11. ^ http://www.uitp.org/Public-Transport/design/docs/art_on_the_underground.pdf
  12. ^ 1 Apr 2000 12:00 pm, Ellen Lampert-Greaux (1 April 2000). "Under the big top". Livedesignonline.com. Retrieved 21 October 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ a b "The Times | UK News, World News and Opinion". Entertainment.timesonline.co.uk. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  14. ^ "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] New Experts To Drive Creative Business". Culture.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  15. ^ [1] Archived 12 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ "Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: The fine art of wasting £1.1bn". Express.co.uk. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  17. ^ "Why have costly arts projects that were supposed to transform the country's cultural landscape flopped? – Features, Art". The Independent. UK. 11 February 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  18. ^ http://www.cis.org.au/executive_highlights/EH2007/eh49507.html
  19. ^ http://www.nikigomez.com/work/building-a-new-creative-industries-centre-for-london/
  20. ^ "The Times | UK News, World News and Opinion". The Times. UK. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  21. ^ "Akademi's Frame By Frame Bollywood Symposium". YouTube. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  22. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20080705154258/http://www.akademi.co.uk/download/NML_report.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ [2][dead link‍]
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