Through the initiative, Lincoln Center’s iconic 16-acre Manhattan campus serves as an agora, a public gathering place at the heart of NYC’s civic life, through artistic and community activations.

The SNF-LC Agora Initiative began in late 2020 with a grant from SNF. Panelists included Deputy Minister of Culture and Sports responsible for Contemporary Culture Nicholas Yatromanolakis, SNF Co-Chief Programs & Strategic Initiatives Officer Stelios Vassilakis, and SNFCC Managing Director Elly Andriopoulou. The discussion was moderated by Peter Jenkinson and Shelagh Wright. He also shared insights on leadership, organizational models, and audience development in the cultural sector, as well as on the changing role of cultural institutions within society at large.įollowing a keynote speech from Timms, entitled New Power & Cultural Leadership, an open discussion took place between Timms, a group of panelists, and the audience. Henry Timms discussed his work on the changing nature of power, and how this has led to the emergence of a “new power,” along with the implications, challenges, and opportunities it entails for culture and the notion of leadership, within the context of current global affairs. The SNF-LC Agora Initiative is a collaboration between SNF and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts that aims to help reexamine and redefine cultural engagement within public spaces.

As part of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation-Lincoln Center (SNF-LC) Agora Initiative Henry Timms, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lincoln Center, participated in a public event hosted at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) on Thursday, March 17.

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