Margaret has a 24 year history advocating passionately and boldly for the arts and for cultivating community experience of place. She is a seasoned arts professional with a proven track record in coalition building, program management and project management.
As the former Director of Civic Art at the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Margaret had overall responsibility for planning, developing and implementing what is becoming one of the largest public art programs in the country, with an annual average of 50 projects, ranging in size from $10,000 to $1 million, in various stages of development. The Civic Art Program, which began in 2005, allocates 1% of county capital projects for public art. Policy planning and development was core to her role, which involved coordination with some 30 departments across Los Angeles County.
Previously, Margaret served as Associate Director of Scottsdale Public Art and former Project Manager for 13 years, where she focused primarily on permanent sculpture, integrated and functional art, and temporary art and events around the city. She also provided advocacy, leadership and strategic planning in the development of the comprehensive public art program.
Margaret holds an M.A. from Arizona State University in Art History with a specialization on the intersection of contemporary public art and infrastructure. She has consulted for Governor Janet Napolitano’s Committees for the 911 Memorial and the Iraqi War Memorial, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the Rural Economic Development Conference of Arizona, and the Copper Corridor Economic Development Coalition.
In recent years, she has been a guest speaker for the Americans for the Arts, American Association of University Women, Arizona State University’s Canalscape Symposium for Sustainable Desert Urbanism, California State University Fullerton Grand Central Art Center, Phoenix Art Museum, and the University of Arizona.
As the former Director of Civic Art at the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Margaret had overall responsibility for planning, developing and implementing what is becoming one of the largest public art programs in the country, with an annual average of 50 projects, ranging in size from $10,000 to $1 million, in various stages of development. The Civic Art Program, which began in 2005, allocates 1% of county capital projects for public art. Policy planning and development was core to her role, which involved coordination with some 30 departments across Los Angeles County.
Previously, Margaret served as Associate Director of Scottsdale Public Art and former Project Manager for 13 years, where she focused primarily on permanent sculpture, integrated and functional art, and temporary art and events around the city. She also provided advocacy, leadership and strategic planning in the development of the comprehensive public art program.
Margaret holds an M.A. from Arizona State University in Art History with a specialization on the intersection of contemporary public art and infrastructure. She has consulted for Governor Janet Napolitano’s Committees for the 911 Memorial and the Iraqi War Memorial, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the Rural Economic Development Conference of Arizona, and the Copper Corridor Economic Development Coalition.
In recent years, she has been a guest speaker for the Americans for the Arts, American Association of University Women, Arizona State University’s Canalscape Symposium for Sustainable Desert Urbanism, California State University Fullerton Grand Central Art Center, Phoenix Art Museum, and the University of Arizona.