Lori Anderson

Monday, 28 April 2025 - Arts Festivals Summit 2025

Lori [Lorraine] Anderson is the current Director of Festivals Edinburgh, the high-level organisation created in 2007 by the directors of Edinburgh’s 11 major international festivals to lead on their joint strategic development and sustain their leadership role locally and globally. Lori was previously Director of Culture Counts a network of Scotland’s arts, heritage and creative industries organisations which provides a collective voice for Scotland’s culture sector.  Prior to this Lori was Development Manager at Scotland + Venice developing and delivering the strategic vision for the international flagship art and architecture project which commissions and presents Scottish work at the Venice Biennale. Previous roles include interim Director at Creative Dundee and Head of Development and Enterprise at Collective, where Lori managed the delivery of and fundraised for the capital project to redevelop the City Observatory on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill as the gallery’s new home. Other past roles include positions at Museums Galleries Scotland and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Lori has a degree in Scottish History from the University of St Andrews. She is on the board of Fife Contemporary and is a past vice chair of Scottish Contemporary Art Network (SCAN).