McMaster Review - Assessing excellence in the arts
This consultation has now ended. The consultation period was 1 - 30 November 2007.
The following publication was published on 10 January 2008 - Mcmaster Review: Supporting excellence in the arts - from measurement to judgement.
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
More information is available in the Arts channel on this website.
A summary of responses will be published after the closing date for consultation. All information in responses, including personal information, may be subject to publication or disclosure under Freedom of Information legislation. If a correspondent requests confidentiality, this cannot be guaranteed and will only be possible if considered appropriate under the legislation. Any such request should explain why confidentiality is necessary. Any automatic confidentiality disclaimer generated by your IT system will not be considered as such a request unless you specifically include a request, with an explanation, in the main text of your response.
If you have any questions or complaints about the process of consultation on this paper please contact:
Consultation Co-ordinator
Strategy Division
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
2-4 Cockspur Street, London
SW1Y 5DH.
These documents are available online in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.
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