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Department for Culture Media and Sport

McMaster Review - Assessing excellence in the arts

James Purnell, the Secretary of State for Culture, has asked Sir Brian McMaster, former Director of the Edinburgh International Festival, to undertake a review that will report on:
  • How the system of public sector support for the arts can encourage excellence, risk-taking and innovation
  • How artistic excellence can encourage wider and deeper engagement with the arts by audiences
  • How to establish a light touch and non-bureaucratic method to judge the quality of the arts in the future
  • The review will involve artists, producers, arts administrators

Take part in the review online now.

Deadline for responses is 30 November 2007.

These documents are available online in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.


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