Tom R. Chambers Documents

My Dear Malevich MY DEAR MALEVICH (MDM) (supabsmin.blogspot.com) Review by JD Jarvis, Art Critic/Artist and coauthor of  Going Digital: The Practice and Vision of Digital Artists  (ISBN 1-59200-918-2) (Note: This review was written for the first exhibition of "My Dear Malevich" at the Art Gallery, Fine Arts Department, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing, China [April 2 - 15, 2007]). "Can an exhibition of art be both physical and virtual, a historical yet avant-garde, forward-looking homage with one foot in the current 21st century digital art scene and the other in the rich 20th century history of Modernist art? The answer is yes, if you are Tom Chambers and your base of operations is the Fine Arts Department of Zhaoqing University in the Guangdong Province of China. For several years now, Mr. Chambers has treated his students at Zhaoqing University and their peers at selected universities ranging from Wake Forest University, the University of Louisville, the Art Institute of...

IMPLEMENTATION GRANT (AAMP) STATEMENT I. PROFILE OF THE INSTITUTION A. MANDATE The duty and function of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe is to conserve and promote the visual arts and artists of Zimbabwe, and so stimulate culture to provide for a nation's needs and invest in its future. B. SOURCES OF SUPPORT Ministry of Education and Culture City of Harare Private Sector (corporate and individual) Membership ('Friends of the Gallery') Exhibitions (sales) Market (sales) C. AGE AND SIZE The National Gallery of Zimbabwe was inaugurated in July, 1957 ... thirty-seven years old. The institution comprises two stories (11,340 square feet): reception area, seven exhibition areas, penthouse/theater area, studio area, library, market area, four storage areas (Permanent Collection), office areas and workshop area. D. NUMBER AND CATEGORIES OF STAFF Forty-one: Director, Exhibitions Officer, Conservation Officer, Education Officer, Head Instructor/Art Workshop, Librarian, Technical Offi...

Country of Service: Zimbabwe Dates of Service: December 6, 1992 - December 31, 1995 Tommy R. Chambers began Peace Corps Training on October 19, 1992 at the Peace Corps Training Center in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe, and completed an intensive six-week program. The training included Cross Cultural Studies, Shona Language and Personal Health. Mr. Chambers continued two more weeks of personal training/familiarization on-site at cultural institutions throughout Zimbabwe, and he began his Primary Assignment on December 15, 1992. Chambers (left) is seen being sworn in by David Bellama, Country Director, Zimbabwe. Mr. Chambers was enrolled as a Peace Corps Volunteer on December 6, 1992. Assigned to the Ministry of Recreation, Sports and Culture, he was posted as an Art Conservator/Curator at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe to produce a Permanent Collection Catalogue. His responsibilities included research/classification; computerization (he wrote a grant proposal to computerize the Perman...