Gloria Powers is a cultural anthropologist, event coordinator, and project consultant. She provides services through A New Muse LLC, an international entertainment resource company. She has 25 years experience planning, coordinating and implementing special events, cultural programs and music productions.

Gloria serves as Executive Director for the Big Easy Entertainment Awards sponsored by GAMBIT Weekly in New Orleans. This annual evening gala features national and local celebrities presenting more than 45 awards in music and theatre. She produces the associated Tribute to the Classical Arts luncheon, offering awards for classical music, opera and dance. These events require contact with the entire performing arts community of New Orleans, the organization and management of committees, public relations and publicity. Proceeds from both events benefit the Foundation for Entertainment Development and Education.

Gloria serves as the Project Director/Company Manager of the Louisiana Living History Project, and served as the Project Manager for the National Spirit Project’s Vo-Du Macbeth and The Louisiana Spirit Suite. She also represents artist Gabriel Q and the Fantasy Technicians.

Gloria has coordinated events, festivals, international cultural heritage conferences, and art exhibitions for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the City of New Orleans, and the Latin American Chamber of Commerce. She served 2 years as the Director of the Delta Folklife Festival held in Ferriday, Louisiana. She serves as a consultant to the New Orleans Music Business Institute and its annual Cutting Edge Music Conference, including 4 years as the Coordinator of the Roots Music Gathering. She has 10 years experience in international trade and tourism (Latin America & the Caribbean) and served 2 terms on the Mayor of New Orleans’ International Advisory Council.

Gloria served on the staff of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival for 7 years, 3 terms on the Music & Entertainment Commission of New Orleans, and was Project Director for the Professor Longhair Square sculpture memorial, a public art project of the Professor Longhair Foundation and the Arts Council of New Orleans. She has produced jazz concerts and innovative multi-arts shows that earned a Regional Artists Project grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation. Gloria Powers provided management services and bookings for 7 years for the award winning group Michael Ray & The Cosmic Krewe, performing unique jazz-funk-of-the-future at major festivals and music venues internationally.