I'm looking to return to the States and hopefully within a creative
environment. I'm currently teaching, and pursuing personal projects in
South Korea.
I have over twenty-eight years of media/communications, journalism and
photography experience; versed in various software and the Internet; Arts
project development and public programming; public relations; promotions;
marketing; research and analysis; management and supervision; curriculum
design and teaching/training; Arts community outreach/volunteer - U.S.A.
and Africa (Peace Corps Volunteer/RPCV - Zimbabwe, 1993-1995); over thirty
documentary and visual arts exhibitions (nationally and internationally
recognized).
I'm highly active on the Internet via my personal Website ...
http://members.tripod.com/~chamberst/ ... and others, and currently the
Third Quarter/2000 Artist In Residence at Studio211.com:
http://www.studio211.com/airp/airp_cover.html
then click on my name.
RESUME:
Tom R. Chambers
Chung-ju, South Korea
Home: 82-043-231-3691
Cellphone: 016-684-1009
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
BIRTHPLACE
Nocona, Texas, U.S.A. (1947)
EDUCATION
BSc, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.A., 1969
Graduate, Austin High School, El Paso, Texas, U.S.A., 1965
EMPLOYMENT
1999-Pres.: Visiting Professor, English/American Culture, Changwon National
University, Changwon, South Korea; Curriculum Designer/Instructor, SISA
Foreign Language Institute, Changwon, South Korea; Curriculum
Designer/Instructor, Oxford Academy, Chung-ju, South Korea.
1998-1999: Consultation/Contract, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.: Internet;
Prototype development; Web design; media and communications.
1996-1998: Curriculum Designer/Instructor, ELS Yeoksam, Seoul, South
Korea/ELS Kwangju, Kwangju, South Korea: English curriculum design/club
activities; English instruction (beginning through advanced levels) for
Korean students; initiation and utilization of 'Village Voice', an ELS
student journal, as a club activity to improve writing and discussion
skills; initiation and utilization of 'Talkin' American' as a club activity
to familiarize the students with informal English in America; initiation
and utilization of 'Interactive English' as a club activity to improve
communication skills via E-mail and group discussion of stories
(information) accessed via the Net/Web.
1992-1996: Institutional/Community Developer (Curator/Volunteer), United
States Peace Corps, Harare, Zimbabwe, Africa: Primary assignment: Staff
training and development at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe - grant
proposal writing; computerization setup for information databases;
marketing/promotions; public programming; exhibitions (curatorial);
workshops. Secondary project I - photojournalism and fine arts photography
curriculum design/teaching ('The McEwen Photographic Studio') for
African 'school leavers'; grant proposal writing; exhibitions ('Moments In
Time/II/III'). Secondary project II - community development to setup a
program, 'Street Kids In Action', to offer educational/vocational
opportunities to children 'at-risk'; grant proposal writing.
1985-1992: Media/Communications Officer (City Photographer and Personal
Photographer to the Mayor), Executive Office of the Mayor, City of
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Political and documentary
photography; project development; public programming (exhibitions); public
relations; marketing; community outreach (Polaroid workshops for 'at-risk',
inner-City youth); grant proposal writing; management.
1984-1985: Manager, Photo, Radio and TV, University of Rhode Island,
Kingston, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Photojournalism for University newspaper;
documentary; slide presentations; displays; intern instruction and
supervision; management.
1980-1984: Manager, Educational Media Services, Texas Tech Health Sciences
Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, U.S.A.: Medical photography;
photojournalism for newspapers and reports; documentary; project
development; presentations; seminars for media/communications
professionals; supervision (staff of four).
OTHER POSITIONS
1979-1980: Teacher/Advisor, Crosbyton High School, Crosbyton, Texas, U.S.A.
(science and photojournalism/journalism for school newspaper).
1973-1979: Research Associate, University of Texas Medical Branch at
Galveston, Galveston, Texas, U.S.A. (research and scientific photography).
1969-1973: Research Analyst, Brown and Root-Northrop, NASA (Apollo Program)
Houston, Texas, U.S.A. (research and scientific photography).
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Word/Works/Wordperfect/Publisher/PowerPoint/FrontPage Express;
Pagemaker; AmiPro; Adobe Photoshop/; Paintshop Pro; Corel Photo-Paint 7
Plus; Gif Construction; Gif Animator LE; ImageMapper; Xara3D; Homesite;
ViaPage; WebStudio; 3D Creator; SmartScript.
Internet: Website design (HTML); marketing; navigation.
PANELS/BOARDS
Panelist, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Providence, Rhode Island,
U.S.A. (Determined funding for 'Artists in Education/Residence' grants for
Rhode Island Public Schools.), 1987.
Panelist, Commission on the Arts, State of Connecticut, Hartford,
Connecticut, U.S.A. (Determined funding for 'Artists in
Education/Residence' grants for Connecticut Public Schools.), 1989.
Board Member, Rhode Island Arts Advocates, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
(Policy decisions; public relations/promotions; marketing; spokesperson.),
1986-1990.
Advisory Board Member, Metro Arts/Smith Hill Center, Providence, Rhode
Island, U.S.A. (Policy decisions; project development; public programming;
workshops for 'at-risk', inner-City youth; conducted a 'Metro Arts
Performance Night' at City Hall (Providence)), 1986-1990.
AWARDS/PROCLAMATIONS/CITATIONS/COMMENDATIONS
Commendation (institutional and community development), United States Peace
Corps, Harare, Zimbabwe, Africa, 1995.
Community Leadership Award (youth development), Metro Arts/Smith Hill
Center, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 1991.
Youth Leadership Award (youth development), Metro Arts/Smith Hill Center,
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 1991.
Mayor's Proclamation ('Hot City' project - public programming),City of
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 1989
Mayor's Citation (community work - youth development), City of Providence,
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 1989.
Youth Leadership Award (youth development), Metro Arts/Smith Hill Center,
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 1988.
Commendation (promotions), 'First Night Providence', City of Providence,
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 1988.
Governor's Proclamation ('Descendants/350' project - public programming),
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 1988.
Commendation (communications work with high school students - Crosbyton
High School, Crosbyton, Texas, U.S.A.), Education Services Center, Lubbock,
Texas, U.S.A., 1980.
State Award (journalism and photojournalism for high school newspaper -
adviser to students, Crosbyton High School, Crosbyton, Texas, U.S.A.),
Lubbock, Texas, U.S.A., 1980.
First Place Award (photography), Lubbock Arts Alliance (Council), Lubbock,
Texas, U.S.A., 1980.
Award of Highest Merit (public programming and coordination of 'July Fourth
Event'), Houston Jaycees, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 1978.
First Place Award (photomicrography), BioCommunications Association,
Galveston, Texas, U.S.A., 1974.
First Place Award (best technical paper published in a national scientific
journal, LAS), AALAS, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 1971.
BIOGRAPHY
Tom R. Chambers is a Documentary Photographer/Visual Artist. He is
currently working with digital manipulation as an art form under the
namesake of 'New Directions' with several online exhibitions to his credit.
And he is Artist In Residence for the 3rd quarter/2000 at Studio211.com and
Featured Guest (September 2000) at Creativenue.com. He is on the Faculty
for WebPhotoSchool.com and Photo-Seminars.com. His documentary portraiture
lesson is featured at these aforementioned sites and also at the Visual
Arts Center of Northwest Florida, Click Photography, NAOFA (August 2000)
and It's Art, Baby! Art!. As he becomes more and more involved with digital
manipulation as an art form and the Internet, he continues to pick up his
well-worn Nikon FE2s to generate conventional documentary projects.
He exhibited his work as a part of a two-person show, 'People To People' (a
series of documentary portraits of the Korean people), at Kumho Art Center,
Kwangju, South Korea (1997); and this coverage was accepted as a part of
the Kumho Art Foundation Archives Permanent Collection.
He completed a three-year tour (1993-1995) as a United States Peace Corps
Volunteer in Harare, Zimbabwe, Africa as an Art Conservator/Curator for the
National Gallery of Zimbabwe and as the Initiator/Instructor of 'The McEwen
Photographic Studio' for the National Gallery’s Art School:
research/classification and computerization of the National Gallery’s
Permanent Collection to produce a catalogue; and instruction of a fine
arts/documentary photography workshop for Africans (exhibitions held of the
students works: 'Moments In Time' (1993), 'Moments In Time II' (1994)
and 'Moments In Time III' (1995) at the National Gallery).
He was invited by the National Gallery to exhibit 'Variations On The Dan
Mask' (a conceptual look at the African mask form through manipulation of
the photogram technique) (December 1995; officially opened by the U.S.
Ambassador to Zimbabwe); and he received a U.S. Government Grant via the
United States Information Service (USIS), Harare to exhibit 'Southwest Of
Rusape: The Mucharambeyi Connection' (a series of documentary portraits of
the African people) at the USIS Gallery (June-July 1995; officially opened
by the U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe; and accepted as a part of the USIS
Archives Permanent Collection).
He has exhibited his fine arts/documentary work throughout the U.S.A. (over
thirty exhibitions), and his mixed media/interactive work, 'Mother's 45s'
(a tribute to his mother through a combination of her 45rpm records, family
photographs and sound (music from the records)), was selected through
national competition for exhibition as a part of the 'Parents' show at the
Museum of Contemporary Art, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A.
(1992).
American Photo magazine listed one of his documentary projects, 'Dyer
Street Portraiture' (a look at the culture mix on a particular military
street in El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.), in its March, 1986 issue. His
documentary project, 'Descendants/350' (a look at Rhode Island’s (U.S.A.)
early history through a combination of portraits of Descendants of the
Founding Fathers and historical text), was shown throughout Rhode Island
(ten sites) and accepted by the Secretary of State (Rhode Island) as a part
of the Rhode Island State Archives Permanent Collection (1990) (received a
Governor’s (Rhode Island) Proclamation); and his documentary project, 'In
Black And White' (a look at Black culture and influence in Rhode Island)
was shown and accepted as a part of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society
Permanent Collection (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.) (1989).
He founded and directed a not-for-profit, photographic arts organization
and gallery, 'Viewpoint', Lubbock, Texas, U.S.A. (American Photo magazine
reviewed one of the exhibitions at the gallery in its April, 1983 issue)
(1982-1983); and founded and directed a not-for-profit, photographic arts
organization, 'Photoreach', Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. (1990).
He was listed (1984-1991) in the Artists-In-Education roster with the Rhode
Island State Council for the Arts (RISCA) (U.S.A.), and served as an
Advisory Panelist for RISCA to determine funding for residency programs. He
also served as an Advisory Panelist for the State of Connecticut Commission
on the Arts (U.S.A.) to determine funding for residency programs.
He provided documentation of the homeless and poor in Rhode Island (U.S.A.)
for the Rhode Island Food Bank (1986); provided documentation of the
elderly in Rhode Island (U.S.A.) for Brown University (Providence, Rhode
Island, U.S.A.) and the Andrus Foundation/American Association for Retired
Persons (1987); and provided documentation of city life and politics for
the Executive Office of the Mayor, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. (also
for the Rhode Island Delegation at the Democratic National Convention,
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. - 1988), which culminated in the exhibition, 'Hot
City', at the Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank, Providence, Rhode
Island, U.S.A. (1989) (1985-1990) (received a grant and Mayor’s
Proclamation).
He conducted Polaroid workshops for at-risk, inner-city youth in
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. for Metro Arts (grants from the Polaroid
Foundation); and served as an Advisory Panelist for the organization (1986-
1990). And he produced and directed visual arts/performance arts
presentations, 'VP90 (Release)' and 'CYSX2' as a part of 'First Night
Providence', Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. (1989-1991).
Thank you for your consideration.
Tom R. Chambers
Chung-ju, South Korea
DVA: http://members.tripod.com/~chamberst/
Focus Gallery: http://members.tripod.com/~chamberst/index-145.html
New Directions: http://members.tripod.com/~chamberst/index-29.html
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