Within the framework of the advisory committee for the allocation of Individual Creation Aid (AIC), Bérangère Armand is appointed « rapporteuse », French word for reporter. The choice to use reporters meets a dual objective:
– A concern for fairness: offering the same treatment to all candidate artists,
– A concern for professionalism: allow the meeting with a professional of contemporary art.
This mission also corresponds to the desire of the DRAC (Direction Régionale Art Contemporain, Ministère de la la Culture, French for Ministry of Cultural Affairs) to support art critics and independent exhibition curators.
The reporter supports the artists from the submission of the application file, after study of its admissibility by the DRAC, until the commission which takes place between the months of May and June. During the commission, he becomes an art critic and shares his thoughts on the work.

The reporter also provides feedback to the artists on the results of the commission. A critical text is written for each artist presented.

Courtesy Savana Elahcene