Kathleen Soriano is to become the Interim Director of Hastings Contemporary, taking up her new role in January 2025.
The independent curator, strategic consultant and broadcaster is taking over the position from Liz Gilmore, who is stepping down from her role after 14 years to become CEO of The Sherborne, a new landmark gallery and arts space in the South West.
Kathleen Soriano says “I have long been an admirer of Hastings Contemporary, and what has been achieved there, so it is an honour to be part of the team taking the enterprise forward and planning for the gallery’s future. Hastings Contemporary is one of the most impressive and entrepreneurial cultural organisations in the UK and I couldn’t be more pleased and excited to be joining the team at this exciting phase in their development. “
Chair of Hastings Contemporary, Professor Andrew Corbett-Nolan, said “The Board of Trustees is absolutely delighted to be welcoming Kathleen Soriano to Hastings Contemporary. Kathleen’s long and incredibly successful track record for world-class programming and placemaking will be invaluable to us as we plan for the future including the rollout of our new mobile studio, our continuing ambitions for digital innovation and the development of a new capital masterplan following the recent acquisition of the 99-year lease for the Hastings Contemporary building.”
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