JUST two weeks after farewelling artistic director James Crabb, Four Winds in Bermagui has announced the appointment of Lindy Hume to the role of creative director of the Four Winds Easter Festival for 2021 and 2022.  

The role is a freshly conceived leadership position, a contracted festival director whose work will complement a team who will deliver digital, educational, indigenous and community engagement programs including the Windsong Series, Youth Music Festival, indigenous program and Musicians-in-Schools initiative.

Hume, a noted opera and festival director, is a logical choice, since she moved to Tathra about 15 years ago and is a well-known arts identity in the region, having served as chair of South East Arts and on the board of Regional Arts NSW.

Presently artistic director of Tasmania’s state-wide festival “Ten Days on the Island”, she has also directed Sydney Festival, Perth International Arts, WA Opera, Victoria State Opera, OzOpera and Opera Queensland.

Chair of Four Winds Michael Darling said, of Hume: “Her personal commitment to the far South Coast, to the abundant creativity of this region and to extraordinary experiences for audiences resonate really strongly with Four Winds.”

For her part, Hume said: “I am delighted to embark on this new creative adventure in my home community on Yuin Country… My deep connection with the far South Coast of NSW began with a weekend visiting friends who live at Barragga Bay, a place whose ravishing beauty still takes my breath away.”

She also said that moving away from the city had completely reshaped the way she thought, sparking a deeper appreciation for the art and artists of regional Australia.

The covid-safe 2021 festival will mark Four Winds’ 21st birthday.