Panelists

Every year, the Department of Arts and Culture looks for prospective panelists to serve on review panels for our Grants and Civic Art programs. Nominations are accepted on a rolling basis, with the list of panelists updated on a quarterly basis. Honorariums are provided for panelists who participate in a grant review panel or artist selection committee.

Panelists review, assess, and score grant applications and artist proposals. Panelists’ assessments and scores become the basis for applicant rankings and recommendations to the Arts Commission. Panelists do not recommend funding amounts or set the cut-off score below which applicants are not funded.

To further promote equity, panelists selected to serve on a grant panel are provided resources on cultural equity and inclusion with a particular focus on the grantmaking process. Individuals who have pending grant applications with the Department of Arts and Culture are prohibited from serving on panels that review those applications.