A Classic Theatre, St. Augustine
- Pro bono planning
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY THEATRE
- Board retreat facilitation and strategic planning
AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS, WASHINGTON, DC
- Portland National Conference Presenter, Arts Leadership Development
ARTS ALLIANCE OF JACKSON AND HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
- Community assessment and countywide cultural plan
- Arts Alliance’s strategic plan
- City Planning Initiative
- Creative Impact Priority Setting
ARTS AND SCIENCE COUNCIL OF CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG, NORTH CAROLINA
- Agency strategic plan and coaching
- Cultural Education Blueprint
- Cultural Visioning
ARTS CONNECTION, TIFTON, GEORGIA
- Community development project facilitation
ARTS COUNCIL OF NEW ORLEANS
- Personnel assessment
- Board development
ARTS COUNCIL OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND PINELLAS COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL, FLORIDA
- Five-county regional cultural tourism development plan
ARTS COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN KANSAS CITY
- Strategic plan
ARTS COUNCIL OF OKLAHOMA CITY
- Community Arts Education Program Assessment and Plan
- Creative Approach to Community Building through the Arts
- 10-Year Plan to Strengthen the Arts Council of Oklahoma City’s Community Arts Program
ARTS COUNCIL OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
- Partners in the Arts, a six-district arts education assessment and plan in Greater Richmond
ARTS EXTENSION SERVICES MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, MIAMI
- Four-day nonprofit training program for 75 arts organization leaders. Master teacher.
ARTSPACE, RALEIGH
- Broad- based organizational assessment and creation of a new strategic plan for a 28-year old visual arts organization
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF ART + DESIGN, PROVIDENCE
- Board retreat facilitation and strategic planning
AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, SIOUX FALLS
- Strategic plan (completion was impacted by a change in institution leadership)
BACH FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF WINTER PARK
- Strategic Plan
BAKERSFIELD MUSEUM OF ART, CALIFORNIA
- Strategic plan and board & staff retreat facilitation
- Visioning and Strategic Plan update
BRANDYWINE WORKSHOP, PHILADELPHIA
- Board retreat facilitation
BREVARD CULTURAL ALLIANCE, VIERA, FLORIDA
- Comprehensive countywide assessment to determine arts needs including 2,000 individuals, 68 arts organizations, hundreds of artists and creation of the countywide cultural plan
BROWARD COUNTY, CULTURAL AFFAIRS DIVISION, FT. LAUDERDALE
- Community arts education inventory, assessment, summit and plan involving 157 arts and non- arts organizations
CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL, SACRAMENTO
- Update of the Economic Impact of the Arts Report for the State of California surveying 3,200 providers and 20 California foundations which support the arts
CENTER FOR EMERGING VISUAL ARTISTS, PHILADELPHIA
- Philadelphia Open Studios merger with CFEVA
- Philadelphia Open Studios strategic plan
- Two strategic assessment and plan updates
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, OKLAHOMA CITY
- Planning and board retreat facilitation
CHORUS AMERICA, NEW YORK
- Facilitated national Leadership Training Retreat for the executive directors of the largest professional choral organizations in America
CITY OF GAINESVILLE FL AND ALACHUA COUNTY
- Cultural Plan
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
- Venice Island Performing Arts and Recreation Center Business Plan
CITY OF WINTER PARK FLORIDA
- Marketing Plan for Cultural Assets
THE CLAY STUDIO, PHILADELPHIA
- Governance capacity building and strategic planning
CNY ARTS, SYRACUSE, NY
- New York State’s first regional cultural assessment and plan
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TACOMA AND CULTURAL COUNCIL OF GREATER TACOMA, WASHINGTON
- Seven-year capacity building program with:
- Broadway Center for the Performing Arts
- Children’s Museum of Tacoma
- Northwest Sinfonietta
- Tacoma Actors Guild
- Tacoma Art Museum
- The Washington State Historical Society
- Tacoma Little Theatre
- Tacoma Musical Playhouse
- Tacoma Symphony
- Tacoma Opera
COMPASSIONATE ST. AUGUSTINE, FL
- Planning OA450 Project – pro bono
CONSERVATION CENTER FOR ART AND HISTORIC ARTIFACTS, PHILADELPHIA
- Assessment and strategic planning
- Connecting to Collections – Pennsylvania and New Jersey state plans
- Organization’s strategic plan update
CREATIVE ARTISTS NETWORK, PHILADELPHIA
- Strategic plan
- Philadelphia Open Studio Tour (POST)/CFEVA Merger plan
- Plan update
CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART
- Marketing and Recruitment
CREATIVE CAPITAL, NEW YORK
- Artists Professional Development Evaluation
CULTURAL ALLIANCE OF YORK COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
- Cultural assessment and plan
- Annual arts fund kickoff keynote
- Board work session for plan updates
- Annual evaluations of plan progress
- Facilitation of Cultural Plan update
CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL OF SONOMA COUNTY, SANTA ROSA
- Countywide arts and cultural assessment
CULTURAL CENTER FOR THE ARTS, CANTON, OHIO
- Strategic plan
CULTURAL COUNCIL OF JACKSONVILLE, FL
- Creative Capital Blended Learning Program Liaison
CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
- Pursuit and revision of organizational priorities in conjunction with Board of Directors
DANCING CLASSROOMS PHILADELPHIA
- Strategic planning
DELAWARE DIVISION OF THE ARTS, WILMINGTON
- Planning and facilitation for a community arts center project in Lewes
DIVISION OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, FLORIDA ARTS COUNCIL, TALLAHASSEE
- Created local Arts Agency Tool Kit
- 2020 Grants Task Force facilitation
DREXEL UNIVERSITY’S ANTOINETTE WESTPHAL COLLEGE OF MEDIA ARTS & DESIGN, PHILADELPHIA
- Leadership retreat facilitation
DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL
- Strategic plan
FRESNO ARTS COUNCIL, CALIFORNIA
- Cultural plan for the San Joaquin River Valley
GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL, OHIO
- Community arts education inventory and assessment for Franklin County Ohio (ARTSCLASSifieds)
GREATER JACKSON ARTS COUNCIL, MISSISSIPPI
- Business plan development to increase fiscal and culturalsustainability of the Arts Center of Mississippi
GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS, SEATTLE
- Facilitator Annual Conference – Brooklyn
- Facilitator, Arts & Aging Thought Leader Forum, Washington, DC
THE HACKTORY, PHILADELPHIA
- Planning
HANDS FOR HOPE, ST. AUGUSTINE
- Planning – pro bono
HEADLONG DANCE THEATER, PHILADELPHIA
- Transition facilitation and coaching
- Organizational visioning and planning
HINSON AGENCY, OK
- Business plan
INDEPENDENCE SEAPORT MUSEUM, PHILADELPHIA
- Cruise Ship Olympia Summit Project Planning and Facilitation
INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN JEWISH LIFE, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
- Staff retreat
- Board retreat
- Strategic plan development for this 12-state regional organization
- Strategic plan update
KC ARTISTS LINC, KANSAS CITY
- Planning and facilitation
KENTUCKY ARTS COUNCIL, FRANKFORT
- Statewide assessment and evaluation system development for the state’s performing arts institutions
LATIN GRAMMY CULTURAL FOUNDATION, MIAMI
- Business plan for Foundation’s creation and launch
THE LIBRARY COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA
- Board retreat
THE SCHUYLKILL PROJECT IN MANAYUNK, PHILADELPHIA
- The Lower Venice Island Performing Center Strategic Plan
MAINE ARTS COMMISSION
- Statewide assessment and plan
- Statewide arts education census
MICHENER ART MUSEUM, DOYLESTOWN, PA
- Strategic plan
MID ATLANTIC ARTS FOUNDATION, BALTIMORE
- French-American Jazz Program evaluation
MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, PHILADELPHIA
- Assessment and Strategic Plan
- Plan update and accreditation preparation
MUSICOPIA, PHILADELPHIA
- Chester Upland School District music education plan and implementation
- Dancing Classrooms/Musicopia merger
NATIONAL GUILD OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OF THE ARTS, NEW YORK
- National conference presenter on marketing and advocacy
OKLAHOMA ARTS COUNCIL
- Master Presenter, Statewide Conference (2)
- Strategic planning
OKLAHOMANS FOR THE ARTS
- Advocacy strategy and workshops
ORLANDO BALLET
- Organizational coaching and strategic planning for the organization, its company and school
PENNSYLVANIA PERFORMING ARTS ON TOUR EVALUATION, PHILADELPHIA
- In partnership with Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The Heinz Endowments, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and the William Penn Foundation
PHILADELPHIA BOYS CHOIR AND CHORALE
- Strategic plan
- Strategic plan update
PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE, PENNSYLVANIA
- Management assessment and capacity building consultancies with Philadelphia arts organizations in conjunction with Pew Center for Arts and Heritage
- Academy of Natural Sciences
- Brandywine Workshop
- Group Motion
- Creative Artists Network
- Darlington Arts Center
- Elmwood Park Zoo
- Headlong Dance Theatre
- Independence Seaport Museum
- Lantern Theater Company
- Media Theatre
- Orchestra 2001
- Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale
- Pig Iron Theatre Company
- Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memoria
PHILADELPHIA VOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOR THE ARTS, PHILADELPHIA
- Strategic planning
PIG IRON THEATRE COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA
- Strategic planning
PRAIRIE ARTS MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, SIOUX FALLS
- Master teacher for annual nonprofit training programs for arts organization leaders in seven western states
RAICES CULTURALES LATINOAMERICANAS, INC. PHILADELPHIA
- Planning, coaching, and capacity building
THE ROCK SCHOOL OF DANCE EDUCATION, PHILADELPHIA
- Planning, coaching, and capacity building
SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN ARTS COMMISSION, SACRAMENTO
- Commissioner’s retreat and report
SALINA ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION, KANSAS
- Staff retreat, capacity building
- Cultural assessment and planning
SOUTHEAST PHILADELPHIA COLLABORATIVE
- Plan facilitation
SPIRALQ, PHILADELPHIA
- Organizational development
ST. JOHN’S CULTURAL COUNCIL, FL
- Cultural Plan facilitation – pro bono
SUNFLOWER INSTITUTE, SALINA, KANSAS
- Master Teacher, Arts Management Institute
THE TANNERY ARTS CENTER, SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA
- Assessment and Strategic Plan
UMASS Amherst
- Arts Extension Service planning
UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, MAITLAND
- Panelist, Professional Development Grants for Artists
- Capacity Building Project
- The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community Orlando Ballet
UNITED STATES REGIONAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
- Retreat facilitation and planning (2)
UNIVERSITY CITY ARTS LEAGUE, PHILADELPHIA
- Planning
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE
- Planning project melding the University of Florida, City of Gainesville, and Alachua County Cultural Plan
VERY SPECIAL ARTS FL
- Business Plan for Community Art Program
THE VILLAGE OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES, PHILADELPHIA
- Operating Plan and Capacity Building
VIRGINIA PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION
- Landmark Performing Arts Education Center Assessment and Plan
WASHINGTON STATE ARTS COUNCIL
- Marketing and advocacy training
WEST VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL, AVONDALE, ARIZONA
- West Valley, Phoenix – 13 Cities Regional Cultural Assessment & Plan
- West Valley Arts Council Strategic Plan
THE WYCK ASSOCIATION, PHILADELPHIA
- Strategic planning
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I have known and worked with Diane Mataraza for over 20 years as an arts advocate, nonprofit executive, funder and consultant. Her work is always community and client-centric. She goes the extra mile to make sure the results are relevant, clear and substantive. You can’t do better than working with Diane.
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– JANET BROWN, Former Executive Director of Grantmakers in the Arts read more
– JANET BROWN, Former Executive Director of Grantmakers in the Arts read more