Grant Panel Process

All BAC Community Art Grants funding decisions are made by panels selected by BAC. Our panelists bring their artistic expertise, knowledge of Brooklyn�s neighborhoods, and understanding of community arts administration to the review process.

So that applicants are reviewed as fairly and impartially as possible, BAC strives to create panels that are balanced by ethnicity, gender, age, and artistic style. Each panelist can be asked to return for up to three consecutive years; approximately one half of panelists are alternated each year to allow for a variety of viewpoints.

Our Community Art Grants panels review applications for Local Arts Support (NYSCA Regrant) and Community Arts Fund (DCA Regrant) within the following areas:
Dance
Film/Video/Media
Folk Arts/Craft
Installation/Media/Web Based
Literature/ Writing
Music/Opera
Multi-Discipline
Photography
Theater/Musical Theater
Visual Arts

A separate, interdisciplinary panel decides the winners of the Artist-Community Collaboration Award (previously known as the NYSCA Individual Artist Tier)

Click here to see the 2011 BAC Grants Panelists

Panelists evaluate grant applications and recommend support based on the following criteria:
� Quality and artistic merit of the proposed project
� Clarity of project description, intended outcome and projected audience
� Project feasibility and soundness of project budget
� Clarity and feasibility of proposed outreach and marketing plans
� Community benefit generated by the project
� Accessibility to the public
� Number of people the project will serve

One of the chief priorities of the Community Art Grants program is to provide arts and cultural to communities in Brooklyn that are currently underserved by arts programming.

The Artist-Community Collaboration award has the additional funding criteria that the project must be new work, and must involve the Brooklyn community in the artist's creative process.

Panelist Responsibilities

Panelists are required to:
� Attend one panel orientation meeting
� Read all applications in their category prior to the panel review meeting and complete a preliminary evaluation of the applications. Depending on discipline category, panelists are usually asked to read between 10 and 40 applications.
� Attend their panel review meeting
� Attend two or more funded events in the following year

Panelist Selection

BAC solicits panelist nominations from the Brooklyn arts community on an ongoing basis. If you would like to nominate yourself, or another community leader or arts professional whom you believe would be a valuable addition to a BAC panel, please download and complete the panelist nomination form below, or contact us at 718.625.0080 or grants@brooklynartscouncil.org.

BAC Grants - Panel Nomination Form
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