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title: "Selection panel"
description: "The group convened to choose an artist or artwork for a commission: typically artists, arts professionals, community members, and stakeholders from the site."
glossary: "https://www.civiccollection.com/glossary"
source: "https://www.civiccollection.com/glossary/selection-panel"
---

# Selection panel

> The group convened to choose an artist or artwork for a commission: typically artists, arts professionals, community members, and stakeholders from the site.

Glossary: https://www.civiccollection.com/glossary  
Source: https://www.civiccollection.com/glossary/selection-panel

The panel's composition is the outcome's credibility. Practicing artists and
arts professionals should hold real votes, not advisory seats, because
peer judgment is what the public and the field respect in the result.
Community members bring what no résumé shows: whether a proposal understands
the place.

Two pieces of hygiene keep panels defensible: publish the selection criteria
in the call itself so applicants and panelists are reading from the same
page, and resolve conflicts of interest before shortlisting, not after the
scores are in.

Related terms: [Call for artists](https://www.civiccollection.com/glossary/call-for-artists), [Commission](https://www.civiccollection.com/glossary/commission), [Community engagement](https://www.civiccollection.com/glossary/community-engagement), [Maquette](https://www.civiccollection.com/glossary/maquette)

## Mentioned in

- [Why the Map Comes First](https://www.civiccollection.com/blog/why-a-map-first-guide)