The New Haven Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism is seeking nominations for individuals to serve as panelists to review Neighborhood Cultural Vitality Grant applications.  Panelists represent a wide spectrum of experience in their fields and constitute a valuable system of peer review.  Panel composition may include artists, community leaders, programmatic and administrative staff of cultural organizations, and educators. Panelists serve as advisors to the Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism and evaluate each application based on the Grants Program review criteria.

Nominated individuals should live and/or work in New Haven with relevant experience such as artists, educators, staff/board members/volunteers of arts and cultural organizations and community leaders in the following disciplines: Dance, Design, Literature, Media Arts, Multi-Disciplinary, Music, Theater and Visual Arts. Those with expertise related to arts service organizations, local arts agencies and/or presenting organizations are also of interest.

Self-nomination is acceptable and encouraged.  Participants will receive honorariums.