Sarah Glennie has been appointed the new Director of the Irish Film Institute.
Glennie will take up the full-time role in Autumn 2008, working with the IFI on a consultative basis until then.
Glennie takes over the role from Mark Mulqueen, who is moving to the Oireachtas as Head of Communications.
Glennie, who has fourteen years experience in the cultural sector, has previously worked as Director of the Model Arts and Niland Gallery in Sligo and Commissioner of the Irish Pavillion at the Venice Biennale 2005. She has curated projects for PS1 MoMA, New York, and Cork 2005 and held positions at the Henry Moore Foundation and the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
"Sarah has a wealth of experience in strategic cultural planning and of running and working in public cultural institutions both in Ireland and internationally,” said Eve-Anne Cullinan, Chairperson of IFI. “We are delighted to welcome Sarah Glennie to IFI to lead one of the country's most popular cultural venues into an exciting period in its history."
Under the new director, the IFI will plan a refurbishment of the IFI centre on Eustace Street; a collaboration with the Dundalk Institute of Technology on a new state of the art facility for the Irish Film Archive, while a three year Strategy on the IFI’s ambition to 2010 will also be published.
