S.C. Arts Commission appoints new interim executive director
Search continues for permanent staff leadership
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Arts Commission Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Thursday, Oct. 15 to appoint Ce Scott-Fitts as the agency’s new interim director effective today.
Ce Scott-Fitts
Scott-Fitts joined the agency in 2019 as artist development director. She was most recently the interim senior deputy director, managing human resources, communications, the artist development, arts industry, and public art programs and grants.
A Detroit native, Scott-Fitts is an artist, poet, chef, and curator in addition to being a proven arts administrator. She was formerly creative director and founding staff of McColl Center in Charlotte, where she established an international residency program in South Africa and Ireland for North Carolina artists, curated exhibitions, and developed the artist-in-residence program. She built the education/outreach and artist services programs which fostered support for local artists as well as connect artists with the local community.
Scott-Fitts taught at Central Piedmont Community College and served on selection panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, the North Carolina Arts Council, Creative Capitol, and the San Francisco Arts Commission. She is active as a leader or co-leader on committees nationally, from Charlotte to Rhode Island, and was co-chair of the individual artist support committee for Grantmakers in the Arts.
As an artist, she has exhibited at museums, public spaces, and galleries throughout the Southeast and her work is held in public and private collections including the US Bank, Issey Miyake Studios and Commes des Garcons in Tokyo, and in the UK. Ce holds her Master of Fine Arts in painting from Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore.
Scott-Fitts assumes the interim leadership role vacated by Ashley Brown, whom the board voted in February 2026 to lead agency staff upon the retirement of David Platts. Brown will continue serving as SCAC deputy director. The board’s search to fill the executive director role continues.
About the South Carolina Arts Commission
The mission of the South Carolina Arts Commission is to expand access to the arts and foster the cultivation of creativity in South Carolina. We envision a South Carolina where the arts are valued and all people benefit from a variety of creative experiences.
A state agency created by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1967, the SCAC works to increase public participation in the arts through grants, direct programs, staff assistance and partnerships in artist development, arts industry, arts learning, creative placemaking, and folklife and traditional arts. Headquartered in Columbia, S.C., the SCAC is funded by the state of South Carolina, by the federal government through the National Endowment for the Arts, and other sources. Visit SouthCarolinaArts.com or call 803.734.8696, and follow @SCArtsComm on Facebook, Instagram, and X for #Arts4SC and #SCArtists content.
