Diane R. Scott
Diane Scott is an Associate Professor in Arts Management and Chair of the Fine and Performing Arts Department at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, Massachusetts. Before joining the MCLA faculty, Diane created nationally recognized programming that helps artists with the business end of their fine arts careers as the principal designer and program director for Artist INC programs in Kansas City, Missouri. Prior to this Diane was a member of the management faculty at Wichita State University for more than 11 years, winning numerous teaching awards including the 2006 Barton School of Business Undergraduate Teacher of the Year and the 2008 WSU Academy for Effective Teaching award. Diane specializes in creative and fine arts entrepreneurship, management and organizational behavior and has taught thousands of fine artists of all disciplines in traditional classrooms and professional development settings how to improve their strategic planning, marketing, project planning, teamwork, leadership, coaching and communication skills. Diane has an active arts consulting practice providing program assessment and analysis and program development for organizations across the country.