Arts Council England has named its 152 artistic assessors.
The role of the assessors is to experience the artistic work of regularly funded organisations (RFOs)and to write a report for the Arts Council assessing the artistic quality of the performances and publications produced by the RFO.
The aim of artistic assessment is to provide a fair, robust and transparent basis for discussions about artistic quality and to develop a broad evidence base which will inform the Arts Council's funding decisions. Artistic assessments will be shared with the arts organisations and may provide a useful context for their own conversations about artistic quality.
Assessors come from a range of backgrounds, including artists, arts managers, journalists, academics and others. The names and short biographies of the assessors can be found on the Arts Council's website: artscouncil.org.uk
More assessors will be recruited in 2011, resulting in a full team of 300. Each one will serve a two-year term, with a maximum of two consecutive terms.
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