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Artist grantee urges San Francisco Arts Commission to disclose staff criteria after high panel scores went unfunded

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At the SFAC special meeting May 5, grantee and artist Nilufar Lehi said unpublished staff criteria overrode high peer-review scores in the Arts Impact Endowment "New Creative Opportunities" funding round and asked the commission to disclose criteria or provide remedies.

Nilufar Lehi, an organizer and longtime San Francisco artist, told the San Francisco Arts Commission on May 5 that unpublished staff criteria were used to override high review-panel scores in the Arts Impact Endowment "New Creative Opportunities" grant competition.

The comment came during the commission's public-comment period at a special meeting held at the Port Commission Hearing Room. Lehi said several applicants from one subpanel earned scores in the 90s yet were not recommended for any of the 14 available grants while applicants from the…

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