Gregory Burke to Leave The Power Plant in May
02.08.11
Gregory Burke, director of Toronto’s The Power Plant, today announced that he will leave his position at the end of this May, after close to six years in the role. On joining The Power Plant in 2005, Burke immediately set in place the development of a five-year strategic plan, adopted in 2006. Under that plan, Burke led a range of initiatives to develop The Power Plant and increase awareness of its programs. In 2006, Burke launched All Summer, All Free, a program providing free admission to tens of thousands of visitors to The Power Plant. This program, combined with other new public programs, has led to The Power Plant increasing visitation by more than 250 percent during Burke’s tenure. The Power Plant annual commissioning program was also launched by Burke in 2006, with the aim of realizing major new projects. Since then projects have been commissioned from Simon Starling, Lawrence Weiner, Scott Lyall, Candice Breitz, Ian Wallace, and Pae White.
