WORK WITH BCN
For organisations that commission, select and fund creative work.
BCN brings the same three standards to your work as to its own: work reviewed in context, terms written down, people credited and paid.
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Assessment for open calls and programmes
BCN assesses entries against your published criteria and delivers a scored longlist or shortlist. Your jury makes every final decision.
[Pricing and turnaround, once the service definition is signed off]
Rubric agreed first. Criteria and weights are signed off before any entry is opened.
Every score explained. Each entry receives a score and a short written reason.
Assessors from the terrain. Entries are read by practitioners who know the context the work comes from.
Open to audit. You can see every score, reason and declaration.
02
Funded review places
Fund Portfolio Review places for creatives in your programme, cohort or market. Each place is a full review at the standard, and your organisation is credited on every place it funds.
03
The Diaspora Partner Pool
A standing programme of Global South diaspora creatives based in Europe, selected against a written standard.
For organisations
Send us the brief. BCN shares creatives from the Pool whose practice fits it, with the terms of any engagement agreed in writing.
For creatives
Apply with your portfolio and practice statement. Applications are assessed against the Pool's selection standard.
ASSESSMENT RULES
How BCN keeps assessment fair
Published before the first engagement, and binding on every assessor.
1
BCN recommends; you decide. Every final selection is made by your jury.
2
Declare and step aside. Any relationship with an entrant is declared, and that entry goes to an assessor with no connection.
3
No advantage for BCN clients. Entrants who have used a BCN service are flagged to you and scored by someone who has not reviewed them.
4
Anonymised where possible. Names and identifying details are removed before scoring when the format allows.
5
Payment buys a process, never a result. No fee changes how any entry is scored.
Tell us what you are working on.
We will tell you plainly whether BCN can help