As a cultural freelancer, Claire Power has thirteen years of experience in visual arts and cultural leadership. Based in Brussels since March 2014, she works with an extended network of professionals including artists, art organizations, cultural agencies, public and private bodies in Belgium, Ireland and internationally. Some key roles to date include leading on coordination of an EU Culture 'Creative Europe' bid (The Possibilities of Place) with partner organizations in Ireland, Belgium, France and Romania, and nominated expert on the European Commission working group for Culture and Creative Sectors Access to Finance.
Ms. Power was the director of Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (TBG+S), Dublin, which is a leading cultural institution for the visual arts in Ireland. At TBG+S, she led a transformative change-plan and her focus was to create definition, positioning and visibility for the institution locally and internationally and raising the funds to achieve this. Prior to this, she developed her experience in commissioning roles in public art and in international artists' mobility and residencies programs and exchanges. She participated on the a Clore Leadership Short Course, UK, and Is a Fellow of Session 498 Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Leaders (2012).