"MCLA’s location provided me with endless opportunities to gain professional experience in the arts. I had a lot of fun working as a tour guide at MASS MoCA and in the education department at the Berkshire Museum, which allowed me to figure out what kinds of jobs I would like and to meet a lot of interesting arts professionals along the way. MCLA’s small size helped me develop close working relationships with my favorite professors who always took time to advise me on academic and professional concerns. I really felt like they were with me all the way."
Monica Henry ’07 Education Coordinator, Clark Art Institute
Lauren O’Neal<br>
Assistant Professor of Arts Management<br>
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts<br> www.mcla.edu
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Lauren O’Neal is an assistant professor of arts management at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. She has worked with numerous arts organizations in the areas of management, fundraising, and program development. She is also a visual artist and art educator, and has exhibited her work at the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, the South Shore Arts Center, the Copley Society of Art, and the Housatonic Museum. She is a 2006 recipient of a Somerville Arts Council Artist’s Fellowship Award. Before joining MCLA, O’Neal served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Education at Massachusetts College of Art. She is also an independent curator and a contributing writer to Art New England.
