Mary Scott
Academy of Art
www.academyart.edu
For over 25 years, Mary Scott was Vice-President and director of Creative Operations for Maddocks ∓ Company, a multi-disciplinary firm involved in all phases of communication design. The firm’s clients range from Procter & Gamble, Microsoft Web TV, Disney, Platinum Equities, Warner Bros, Columbia TriStar Pictures, Cheseborough-Ponds, Fredericks of Hollywood, Avon, The Limited and Sony.
Mary taught at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena for more than ten years and at Otis College of Art & Design in Los Angeles. During her years at Art Center, she was honored twice by receiving The Great Teacher Award. During her seven + years at the Academy of Art University, Mary has been named to the published editions of Who’s Who in America’s Teachers 2004 through 2006, an honor for which she feels is deeply rewarding.
In September of 1999, Mary was named Chair of Graphic Design, at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco serving as is department chair and an instructor. Her mission is to continue developing curriculum that truly serves the needs of the design student in a rapidly evolving, dynamic profession. In 2000, she assumed the role of Chair of Graphic Design for both the graduate and undergraduate schools. To ensure that her students get outstanding jobs, Mary has developed a unique portfolio class for the BFA students and MFA candidates in the School of Graphic Design. (The university offers a total of 15 different majors).
Since 1998 to 2001, Mary served on the National Board of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and is a former Los Angeles Chapter President. In September of 1999 AIGA Biennial Conference in Las Vegas, Mary was a speaker at the Student sessions. Mary’s activities in AIGA’s San Francisco chapter include being a judge for the 2000 AIGA Enrichment Scholarship and AIGA Annual Student Portfolio Days 2000 through 2004. In 2001, Mary was one of the three judges in the Minneapolis Chapter of the AIGA’s Annual Design Show and in March 2001 she was one of the judges for the Clio Awards. She has served as Development Chair and Education Chair on the aiga San Francisco board from 2001 to 2006 and is currently on the chapter’s Advisory Board. In June of 2006, Mary was honored by the San Francisco Chapter, receiving the AIGA Fellows Award.
Mary studied Fine Arts and Foreign Languages at Mt. St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles and Environmental Design at the University of California at Los Angeles. She’s an avid landscaper and a grandmother of two little girls. She has two grown children, Tara and Tom, one’s a doctor the other an airline pilot.
