Alex Poots Explained

Alex Poots
Birth Name:Alexander Moinet Poots
Birth Place:Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality:British
Education:City University London
Artistic Director and Chief Executive, The Shed (arts center)
Spouse:Kathryn Spellman-Poots
Children:1 daughter and 1 son

Alexander Moinet Poots (born 1967), is the founding chief executive and artistic director of The Shed in New York City.[1] [2] He was formerly the founding chief executive and artistic director of the Manchester International Festival (2005-2015)[3] and the artistic director of Park Avenue Armory (2012–2015).[4]

Early life and education

Alexander Moinet Poots was born in Edinburgh in 1967,[5] to a French mother and an Irish father, and studied the trumpet from a young age. He earned a bachelor's degree in music from City University London. He played trumpet on The Blue Nile album Hats.

Awards

Personal life

Poots is married to American sociology professor, and author of Religion and Nation, Dr. Kathryn Spellman-Poots.[9] They have two children, a girl (born 2007) and a boy (born 2011).[10]

Talk

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Notes and References

  1. News: $400m New York Arts Centre Snaps Up MIF Director Poots . Manchester Confidential . David . Blake . 25 November 2014 . 14 June 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141205133301/http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/News/MIF-CEO-New-York-Bound-After-2015-Event-Manchester-International-Festival-2015-Alex-Poots . 5 December 2014 .
  2. News: Alex Poots to be Culture Shed's artistic director. The New York Times. Robin . Pogrebin. 24 November 2014. 14 June 2015.
  3. News: Manchester international festival founding director off to New York. The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Hannah. Ellis-Petersen. 25 November 2014. 14 June 2015 .
  4. News: An outsize vision, forever filling voids . . Roslyn . Sulcas . 14 August 2013. 31 July 2015.
  5. News: My week: Alex Poots: The Poots CV . The Observer. Guardian Media Group. 28 June 2009. 14 June 2015 .
  6. News: Trueman . Matt . Alex Poots: 'I always thought that if I stayed in Britain, I'd stay in London' . . The Stage Media Company Limited . 6 July 2015 . 5 August 2015 .
  7. Web site: Kelly . Sean . Marina Abramović wins Diaghilev Award in Perm, Russia . skny.com . Sean Kelly (blog) . 26 May 2012 . 5 August 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924102444/http://www.skny.com/news/2012-05-26_marina-abramovi-wins-diaghilev-award/ . 24 September 2015 .
  8. News: Birthday Honours List - United Kingdom . The London Gazette, S1. . B10 . 13 June 2015 . 14 June 2015 . Notice ID: 2347760.
  9. Book: Spellman, Kathryn . Religion and nation: Iranian local and transnational networks in Britain . Berghahn Books . New York . 2004 . 9781571815767 .
  10. News: Mr Poots reinvents Manchester . . . Isabel . Lloyd . May 2013 . 31 July 2015.

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