Sharon Barry

Director
Culture Ireland
Ireland

Sharon Barry is the Director of Culture Ireland responsible for promoting Irish arts worldwide - creating and supporting opportunities for Irish artists and companies to present and promote their work at strategic international festivals and venues, developing platforms to present outstanding Irish creative work to international audiences through showcases at key global arts events, including the Edinburgh Festival and Venice Biennale.

Sharon is also the project lead for the Basic Income for the Arts project a three-year programme researching the impact of a basic income on artists and creative arts workers.

Sharon is also responsible for liaising and implementing cultural elements of the Irish Government’s Global Ireland strategy, EU co-ordination including Council of Culture Ministers, Cultural Affairs Committee and OMC groups, UNESCO Intangible Heritage, City of Literature and City of Film.

Speaker
Session 1 | Committing to Systemic Change
Tuesday, January 10, 2:00 - 3:15pm EST

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