The Jury

Executive Director of the Crafts Council, leading strategy, partnerships and advocacy for the UK craft sector. Co-founder of The New Craftsmen and member of the Creative Industries Council. Read more

Engagement and Participation lead at In-Situ in Nelson, Lancashire, and co-founder of Hillo Hub, a centre for women’s health and wellbeing. Read more

Transdisciplinary artist-curator based between London and Gimuy/Cairns, working across performance, installation, textiles and new media. Read more

Founder and Artistic Director of Meadow Arts, the contemporary visual arts charity bringing ambitious projects to unexpected, often rural places. Curator and former arts journalist based on the Welsh Border. Read more

Founding Director Protege Director Firstsite Sabita Kumari-Dass is the founding director of Protege – an experiment in learning innovation facilitating marginalised young people to work alongside artists – emerging and established – to tailor their own cultural education and skills development, turning exclusion and disadvantage into opportunity and empowerment.  From this, Great West Gallery has… Read more

Creative Director and founder of Mediale, the independent arts charity based in Selby curating digital culture and ambitious creative projects with artists, organisations and policy makers worldwide. Read more

Curator at the Institute of International Visual Arts (iniva) and Guest Curator of the 15th Havana Biennial ‘Shared Horizons’ (2024–25). Researcher in anticolonial methodologies, with prior curatorial roles at GoMA Glasgow, The NewBridge Project, and Museu do Índio. Read more

Founder and CEO of Portraits of Recovery (PORe), the UK’s only visual arts charity dedicated to substance use and recovery. Pioneer of Recoverism – a cultural philosophy positioning recovery as a creative process. Read more

Director at Southwark Park Galleries, a non-profit contemporary art space and ACE NPO in South East London. Former Deputy Director at Matt’s Gallery and Gallery Manager at Cubitt. Read more

Professor of Graphic Art and Course Leader for MA Visual Communication at Birmingham City University. Royal College of Art-trained illustrator and printmaker with work held in the V&A and Tate collections. Read more

Programme Curator at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Cornwall. Curator of Social Fabric (2024/25) and partnerships with the Arts Council Collection and National Portrait Gallery. Read more

CEO of MAKE Southwest, leading centre for contemporary and heritage craft. Former Head of Development at Arts University Plymouth with over a decade of experience in arts education and leadership. Read more

Senior Curator at Midlands Arts Centre, overseeing its programme of exhibitions and public events. Co-founder of Centrala Gallery, Birmingham, and former Senior Exhibitions Manager at Ikon Gallery. Read more

Director of Culture at Vieunite, bridging traditional art and new technology. Artist and scholar with sculpture exhibited internationally and recognised by the Jerwood Sculpture Prize. Read more

Rachel Drury Co-Founder and Director of Collusion, an Arts Council England NPO incubating artist-led experimentation with technology. Co-Lead of the Create Cambridge cultural compact, with 15 years’ senior experience at Arts Council England. Read more

Artist-Curator based in Birmingham, UK. Dinosaur currently works at Wolverhampton Art Gallery as a Creative Producer. Read more

CEO & Artistic Director at Humber Street Gallery, Hull. Founder and Editor of YAC – Young Artists in Conversation, and Chair of Trustees at Our Big Picture, Grimsby. Former Director of Bloc Projects, Sheffield. Read more

Director of West Yorkshire Print Workshop and former Senior Curator of the Arts Council Collection (2003–2021). Art historian, curator and writer with over 25 years’ expertise in strategic leadership and inclusive programming, and doctorate-level expertise in recent sculpture by women. Read more

Curator & Programme Manager at ‘a space’ arts in Southampton, programming exhibitions and artist development at God’s House Tower. Trustee at SPUD in the New Forest, and a filmmaker and visual artist. Read more

Assistant Curator at The Art House in Wakefield, championing accessibility, neurodivergence, and mental health in the creative sector. Performance and installation artist, and a graduate of Leeds Arts University. Read more

Artist and Co-founder & Creative Director of Invisible Flock, the multi-award-winning art-and-technology studio based at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Recipient of the Wellcome Trust Hub Award (2021) Read more

Director of Bedford Creative Arts and Chair of the Bedford Cultural Partnership, with a career spanning touring theatre, arts development, and major live events. Read more

Curator and Programme Coordinator at BACKLIT Gallery, Nottingham. Curatorial research focused on queering, oppositional methodologies and archival practice. Read more