Hi, I'm Lucy. I operate at the intersection of creativity, strategy, and delivery.

I'm a strategic consultant, programme curator and project manager with 20 years of experience in the cultural, educational and industry sectors.I enable governments, organisations, institutions and developers to build creative places and programmes, by turning artistic goals and operational needs into clear plans. I specialise in providing research and also in leading teams to deliver infrastructure spaces, events and programmes that showcase the arts, creativity and innovation.

Who can I help?

Anyone planning infrastructural or placemaking projects with a cultural, educational or third place component, from new builds to redevelopment, renovation and expansion.

What problems can I solve?

Capital projects run aground and cost more time and money when great vision and ideas lack the data and specialist knowledge they need to progress. Or when a project is missing a key person with the oversight to keep a wide range of stakeholders moving everything forward in the right direction.

How can I help?

Before your capital project gets underway, I identify the data points that will be necessary to underpin your decision making. This helps to get ahead of the questions that will need to be asked, avoiding hurdles that will save time and money over the delivery of your project.Once key planning is aligned, I ensure you keep the momentum going and get your project underway right away.Over the past two decades, I have seen many clients with vision and ideas who became stuck along the way. I have learned a lot from the projects I have worked on about how to get things moving again, and overseeing projects so they land smoothly in real life.I translate your strategic intent into spatial outcomes by aligning business models with artistic ambition, guiding stakeholders through complex capital developments and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams.I act as the linchpin, orchestrating everything from finding the right service suppliers to ensuring connection and communication between all team members to deliver the project on track.

I work with all relevant partners and stakeholders - architects, engineers, specialists, artists, audiences, students, end users - to make sure planning is aligned and working in harmony towards project objectives.

Who can I help?

Anyone who wants to curate and present experiences, performances or showcases, for example a cultural programme, arts festival, salon series, or one-off event.

What problems can I solve?

You want to put on an event to engage and delight audiences, but you don't have the team in place or know where to start to pull it all together and draw attendance.

How can I help?

With wide experience across many art forms, I successfully shape, plan, produce and deliver interactions and engagements of all kinds. I have project managed events including theatre, live music, dance, film screenings, readings, exhibitions and panel discussions.I have a broad network of contacts amassed from two decades in the cultural sector, and I can curate programming and connect you with artists and talent who will delight your audiences.I'm able to support your presentation of experiences, performances or showcases, such as a cultural programme, an arts festival, an artist tour or exhibition, or a conference or event series - across a wide variety of spaces, locations, and destinations.

From programming and planning to artist management, guest liaison and production coordination, I put the spotlight on the best in creative talent while ensuring that your event objectives shine through.

Who can I help?

Anyone who wants to plan ahead for the successful activation of a cultural venue, space or district.

What problems can I solve?

You need help to connect the dots between creative programming, space utilisation, audience planning and business modelling to meet the future ambitions of your organisation.

How can I help?

Once research is complete, I assess the evidence and shape how your space will work best.What will take place there, who will it cater to, how will it be staffed? What programming will it present, how many people will pass through its doors? What revenue does it need to generate? And critically: what factors need to be established now to inform decision-making and bring your project to the next phase of development?I gather and assess all information that is needed and create a range of documentation to clarify your ideas and set out goals. Whether that's clearly written comparison studies, or simply the facts and figures you need at your fingertips, I present you with the information that is truly useful.

From creative programming and audience planning to business and financial modelling, I help you chart a course for the years ahead.

I identify, research, gather, design and present all the information you need at the outset: not just the ‘nice to know’, but the findings you need to move your project forward.

I help to get ahead of the questions that will need to be answered and can create a range of documentation to clarify your ideas and set out goals.

With the brief in place, I connect with the right specialists, lead the team and steer delivery, so business models always align with creative ambition.

I programme and run projects that don’t have an infrastructure component – be they cultural programmes, experiences, festivals, events, conferences or showcases.

About Me

Originally from Cork, Ireland I have lived and worked in many exciting places around the world including New York, Berlin, London, Edinburgh, Abu Dhabi, Sydney, Beijing and Tokyo. I hold a Masters in Arts Policy & Practice from NUI Galway and a BA from University College Cork. These days I’m located between the Eastern seaboards of vibrant Dublin and sunny Valencia.Outside of work, I’m a culture vulture and a nature seeker, constantly balancing the draws of city living (an avid theatre goer, live music follower, film fan, art lover, bookworm and festival attendee) with the call of a good hill walk or sea swim.I love to live in a multi-cultural world, discovering the sights and sounds that make people different – and exactly the same! My work allows me to shape the places and happenings where we can celebrate bringing people together to create, explore, learn and be inspired.

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