Na Claire Spencer e alakaʻi i ka Pūnaewele Barbican ma hope o ke koho ʻia ʻana e ka City of London Corporation ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui mua loa, ma hope o kahi ʻimi hoʻolimalima lōʻihi.

E lawe ʻo Claire, he alakaʻi akamai a ikaika i kāna kūlana hou ma Mei 2022, ma hope o kona haʻalele ʻana mai Arts Center Melbourne, kahi āna i noho CEO mai Nowemapa 2014. Ua kokoke ʻo ia i 20 mau makahiki ʻike ma ka Sydney Opera House and Arts Center Melbourne.

E pāʻani ʻo Claire i kahi kuleana nui i ka hana e hoʻokomo ʻia i ke kaulike, ka ʻokoʻa a me ka hoʻopili ʻana ma waena o ka Pūnaewele Barbicanna hana. E lilo ʻo ia i ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka Barbican Renewal Project, ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka papa inoa o nā hui hoʻolālā i ka mahina i hala aku nei, ka mea e kau ai i ka moʻomeheu i mua a me ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale o Lākana e hoʻihoʻi mai ka maʻi maʻi.

Ma kāna hana hou, e alakaʻi ʻo Claire i mua i ka Pūnaewele Barbican'o ka papahana hou ma ke 'ano he kikowaena honua no ka maika'i o ka haku hana; ke hoʻoikaika nei i nā pahuhopu nui no ka poʻe i lohe, ka hoʻonaʻauao, a me ka poʻe hana, a me ke kūkulu ʻana i nā pilina ikaika me nā kaiāulu like ʻole a ikaika a ke Center e hōʻike nei a lawelawe.

Lunahoomalu o ka Hui o ke Kulanakauhale o Ladana Pūnaewele Barbican Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Papa, ʻo Tom Sleigh: "ʻOliʻoli wau no ka mea ʻo Claire e alakaʻi i ka hui Barbican ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui. Hāʻawi ʻo ia i kahi kaulana maikaʻi ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokele no ka hana noʻeau a me kahi track-record ma ka ʻāpana ʻelua i ka lua. ʻO kāna alakaʻi ʻana i nā pilikia EDI i nā hana ma mua, he kumu nui ia i ka ʻae ʻana o ka papa hoʻolimalima. "He manawa koʻikoʻi kēia no ka Barbican Center i ko mākou hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kāna makahiki 40 a hoʻomau i kā mākou hoʻōla mai ka maʻi maʻi. He mea waiwai ka ʻike a me ka ʻike maikaʻi o Claire i ka lawe ʻana iā mākou i nā pae aʻe.

Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i kāna koho hou ʻana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Claire Spencer: "ʻO kekahi o kaʻu mau mea hoʻomanaʻo mua loa i ka ʻoihana no ka Barbican Center a ʻo ka manaʻo o ka hoʻi ʻana i Ladana e lawe i kēia manawa alakaʻi i kēia manawa koʻikoʻi o ka mōʻaukala Barbican he mea nui loa ia. hanohano a me ka pono nui. Manaʻo wau e hana pū me ka Barbican Board, ka hui Barbican i hoʻolaʻa ʻia, kā mākou mau mea kuleana a me ka City of London Corporation e lawe i kēia hui hōʻailona i ka pae aʻe o kāna haʻawina hana i Lākana.

ʻO ke kuleana o ka CEO he hana hou i hana ʻia ma hope o ka hoʻomaha ʻana o Sir Nicholas Kenyon ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele ma waena o 2021.

ʻO ka City of London Corporation, ʻo ia ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu a me ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Barbican Center, ʻo ia ka ʻehā o ka nui o ka waihona kālā o ka hoʻoilina a me nā hana moʻomeheu i ka UK a hoʻolilo ma luna o £130m i kēlā me kēia makahiki.

Ma ka hui pū ʻana me ka Barbican, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London Symphony Orchestra, a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Lākana, ke alakaʻi nei ka City Corporation i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka Culture Mile ma waena o Farringdon a me Moorgate, kahi hoʻolālā miliona-miliona paona e hana i kahi moʻomeheu hou. wahi hoʻolālā no London.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

“Some of my earliest memories in the arts are of the Barbican Centre and the prospect of returning to London to take up this leadership opportunity at this pivotal moment in the Barbican's history is both a huge honor and a great privilege.
In her new role, Claire will drive forward the Barbican Centre's innovative agenda as an international center of creative excellence; pushing ambitious targets for audiences, education, and the workforce, and building strong relationships with the diverse and vibrant communities the Centre represents and serves.
The City of London Corporation, which is the founder and principal funder of the Barbican Centre, is the fourth largest funder of heritage and cultural activities in the UK and invests over £130m every year.