Staff

Public art at Riverfront Park in North Charleston.

How we serve

The SCAC’s service model is designed to serve constituents based on how they engage with the SCAC.

You can seek advisement or assistance from arts professionals serving as program directors and coordinators in these primary lines of service (and more):

  • Grants
  • Artist Development
  • Arts Industry (non and for-profit arts organizations)
  • Arts Learning (all ages)

Whom we serve

  • artists,
  • community arts providers,
  • educational institutions and arts learning providers,
  • and local communities and non-arts groups.

Our people

  • David joined the South Carolina Arts Commission team as the executive director in 2019.

    For 26 years prior, David worked in South Carolina as an educator, principal and district level administrator. He served as the arts and sciences coordinator for Lancaster County School District, a position he held for 15 years.

    In addition to his work as an educator, Platts has served the Lancaster County Council of the Arts as a board member and president. He has statewide experience as a member, president, and treasurer of the Palmetto State Arts Education board and as a past member of the South Carolina Arts Alliance board, where he became active as an arts advocate.

    On the national level, David began serving a three-year term as board chair of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) in 2025. He is currently also a member of the South Arts board. He served previously as a member of the Education Advisory Committee for the John F. Kennedy Center’s Partners in Education Program and, before his election to chair, on the board and executive committee of NASAA.

    David keeps his own artistic expression fresh by serving as organist and choir director at Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Columbia.