Specialist Advisors at the Scottish Arts Council 2010 - 2011

Specialist advisors help us make decisions about funding and policy development. This includes artistic evaluations of projects and programmes supported by the Scottish Arts Council.

They include independent advisors with expert knowledge of crafts, dance, drama, literature, music, visual arts, new media, combined arts and capital development. Specialist advisors also provide advice in areas such as marketing, architecture, business planning, cultural diversity, and arts and disability.

Specialist advisors make recommendations as part of the decision making process within the Scottish Arts Council by:

• assessing funding applications
• evaluating projects and programmes supported by the Scottish Arts Council and its Foundation and flexibly funded organisations
• advising on policy and strategy developments initiated by the Scottish Arts Council

There are different groups of specialist advisors including:

Name of specialist advisor	Host department	Other
Steven Brett	Dance
Jean Cameron	Dance
Ellie Carr	Dance
Catherine Cassidy	Dance
Laura Clark	Dance
Lee Fisher	Dance
Dawn Hartley	Dance
James MacGillivray	Dance
Jennifer McLachlan	Dance
Janice Parker	Dance
Michael Popper	Dance
Sara Schena	Dance
Ashley Smith Hammond	Dance
Lesley Smith	Dance

 

Name of specialist advisor	Host department	Other
Nikki Axford	Drama
Jack Bradley	Drama
Sita Brand (Née Ramamurthy)	Drama	Equalities
Lorna Duguid	Drama
Stewart Ennis	Drama	Equalities
Nick Fearne	Drama	Dance
Sally Hobson	Drama	Equalities
Alan Lyddiard	Drama
Ace McCarron	Drama
Adrian Osmond	Drama
Magdalena Schamberger	Drama	Equalities
Stephen Stenning	Drama

Name of specialist advisor	Host department	Other
Joanna Bremner Smith	Literature
Ron Butlin	Literature
Polly Clark	Literature
Ron Grosset	Literature
Diana Hope	Literature
Claire Malcolm	Literature
Ann Matheson	Literature
Marianne Mitchelson	Literature
Judy Moir	Literature
Alan Riach	Literature
Bronwen Williams	Literature

Name of specialist advisor	Host department	Other
Esther Salamon	Lottery
Katherine Pearson	Lottery

Name of specialist advisor	Host department	Other
Hilary Brooks	Music
Svend Brown	Music	Dance
Paul Cardow	Music
Barbara Chalmers	Music
Sushil K Dade	Music
Vic Galloway	Music	YMI
Richard Michael	Music
Jim Preacher	Music
Andy Shearer	Music
James Waters	Music
Bill Wells	Music
Sue Wilson	Music	Equalities

Name of specialist advisor	Host department	Other
Dan Brown	visual arts
Helen Cadwallader	visual arts
Susan Christie	visual arts
Michelle Cotton	visual arts
Mary Doyle	visual arts
Maureen Finn	visual arts
Rose Frain	visual arts
Arabella Harvey	visual arts
Stephen Hollingsworth	visual arts
Fiona Jardine	visual arts	Crafts
Jane Jeffrey	visual arts
Caroline Kirsop	visual arts	Crafts
Steve McKenzie	visual arts	Crafts
Helen Monaghan	visual arts
Elizabeth Ogilvie	visual arts
Alastair Snow	visual arts	Lottery
Gary Thomas	visual arts
Kate Tregaskis	visual arts
Jason Williamson	visual arts

Name of specialist advisor	Host department	Other
Walter Blair	Youth Music Initiative	Music
Brian Cope	Youth Music Initiative
Fiona Dalgetty	Youth Music Initiative	Music
Iain Fraser	Youth Music Initiative
Robert Hicks	Youth Music Initiative
Karen MacIver	Youth Music Initiative
Gayle Martin	Youth Music Initiative
Jennifer Martin	Youth Music Initiative	Music
Gill Maxwell	Youth Music Initiative
Mary McGookin	Youth Music Initiative	Music
Jo Miller	Youth Music Initiative
Ian Mills	Youth Music Initiative	Music
George Mowat-Brown	Youth Music Initiative
Cathie Rae	Youth Music Initiative	Music
Alistair Salmond	Youth Music Initiative	Music

Artistic Evaluations In the interest of openness and accountability, the Scottish Arts Council publish artistic evaluations carried out by our officers and specialist advisors on the Foundation and Flexibly funded organisations. Visit the artistic Evaluations webpages for a comprehensive list of Foundation and flexibly funded organisations and their artistic evaluations.