Detroit native Ce Scott-Fitts is an artist, poet, chef, curator, and arts administrator. In 2019, she joined the South Carolina Arts Commission as artist development director. She is currently on the executive team as a deputy director, where she oversees the artist development, arts industry, and public art programs and grants. Ce was formerly creative director and founding staff of McColl Center for Art + Innovation in Charlotte, North Carolina. During her tenure, she established an international residency program in South Africa and Ireland for North Carolina artists, curated exhibitions and developed the artist-in-residence program. Ce built the education/outreach and artist services programs which fostered support for local artists as well as connect artists with the local community. In addition, Ce began or furthered partnerships with North and South Carolina colleges and universities, Charlotte- Mecklenburg schools, Atrium Health, and Charlotte Area Transit Authority (CATS) to develop and fund residencies and public art commissions. She was also program manager for Charlotte’s largest public art project.
Over the years, Ce has taught at Central Piedmont Community College and served on selection panels for the NEA, 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 as co-chair of the individual artist support committee for Grantmakers in the. She founded SCAiA (South Carolina Artists in Action) a statewide initiative that focuses on sustainability and support for South Carolina’s Black artists. Ce 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 Mikake 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.
