Maria Koloni
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Maria Koloni is an experienced cultural development professional with substantial experience in funding resources and bidding practices, as well as in the design, planning and delivery of culture and sport projects (Creative Europe, Erasmus + Sport)
Working since September 2017 as a Communications & Development Advisor at the Olympic Museum, she is devising master plans, rethinking audience outreach and museum digital competence, through a competitive fundraising scheme. Active in EU programs for more than a decade, she has a proven track-record authoring, implementing and monitoring a variety of projects in view of audience development. In the Olympic Games, Athens 2004, she worked for the Language Services Department and during the period of the Olympic Games, she was the Manager of Language Services at the Olympic Stadium organizing and coordinating interpretation in various functional areas, such as the Press Room, Mixed Zone ;
The last couple of years, she has produced Film Education strategies for the Thessaloniki Film Festival and has acted twice as bid-writer and Academic Head of EUFORIA 2016 & 2017 (Media Desk/Creative Europe).
She holds a BA (Hons) in English Literature & History of Art from York University (UK) and two MAs, one in Film Studies (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK) and one in Museum & Gallery Management/Cultural Policy (City University, UK). In England, where she lived for a decade, Maria Koloni worked for the British Museum’s Education Department assisting in the development of educational programs and contemporary art projects relevant to museum ;
Employed by TIF-HELEXPO, Greece’s National Institution for the Organization of Exhibitions, Conferences and Cultural Events (2006-2012), she held the post of Exhibitions & Conferences Advisor and has organized a variety of small to large scale conferences, edited and translated conference proceedings, authored ESPA bidding proposals and acted as Project-Manager in events held by the Greek Ministries of Education, Culture, Development and Economy, the National Bank of Greece etc. A native Greek, she speaks two other languages, English and ;