Objective: |
A position using my skills and experience to plan, organize and direct the design and visual presentation of exhibits and exhibit-related products. |
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Summary of Qualifications: |
Consistently produce work that exceeds the expectations of my clients, delivering at a higher level than seemed possible given budget and time constraints. Adaptable in my practices and driven by passion for the subjects chosen to focus on. I’m a Kansas raised artist who has proudly helped to tell the story of Kansas and to serve the communities that I’ve come into contact with during my years working both in the private sector and as an educator and professional artist. Working with the Kansas Historical Society as a Public Service Executive (Visual Information Specialist) is truly a position I would relish the opportunity to fill in that it would give me the kind of personal and professional satisfaction that few are lucky enough to obtain. |
Exhibit Design, |
Worked on exhibits large and small, from start to finish, from early planning thru design, final production and installation. Helped with the planning of exhibits with million-dollar budgets as well as fully realizing complex and immersive exhibits with even small budgets in the thousands and even hundreds. Worked as an intern, production consultant, lead designer, primary photographer, videographer, project manager, art director, interactive designer, curator and even featured artist. Helped to personally produce or to contract the production of various elements that made up the exhibits. In all cases, have striven to seek out projects that are important to not only myself but to my community, telling stories with my work and applying my skills to relate the subjects to the interest of the audience. |
Communication: |
As an educator, researcher and artist not only designed, prepared and taught original course work, but have also been asked to give numerous presentations to a wide range of groups about my work as an artist and researcher. This has taken me around the state and more broadly the Midwest. In the process of presenting my work, have had the opportunity to connect with thousands of Kansans and have established lasting relationships. Have served as a liaison to many Historical Societies around the Flint Hills as part of my duties at the Chapman Center at K-State. |
Software/ |
Proficient with a broad range of software and have a reputation for quickly learning, adapting the use of, and mastering software that is required for the projects. Proficient with the Adobe suite and have used nearly every application professionally, some on a daily basis. Have also worked with many other new and emerging technologies and have incorporated these into my practice. Incorporated many such technologies (software and hardware) into the installations and exhibits I’ve helped to design and implement. Have extensive work experience as a photographer and videographer, web/interactive as well as print designer, photographic restoration and digital archiving (including the digitization of motion pictures for the State Archives). Licensed as a commercial drone pilot. Earned degrees in Graphic Design, Photography and Digital Art. Known for my ability to quickly learn and adopt the use of new and emerging technologies. |
EDUCATION: | Have considerable experience in project management and have served in the role of project leader and art director on a large number of projects. In all aspects of my work have striven to lead by example and have taught necessary skills to those who work under me in order to achieve the quality of work that I expect from others as well as myself. My experience as an educator is also very informative to my leadership strategies. In all cases I have striven to create harmonious and united efforts as I have coordinated and worked with community organizations and committees and individuals charged with the production of exhibit elements. |
Leadership: |
Have considerable experience in project management and have served in the role of project leader and art director on a large number of projects. In all aspects of my work have striven to lead by example and have taught necessary skills to those who work under me in order to achieve the quality of work that I expect from others as well as myself. My experience as an educator is also very informative to my leadership strategies. In all cases I have striven to create harmonious and united efforts as I have coordinated and worked with community organizations and committees and individuals charged with the production of exhibit elements. |
EDUCATION:
Fall 2012 Master of Fine Arts, Photography/Digital Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
Fall 2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Communications, Kansas State University, Manhattan,
KS.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2018 – Present Contracted Artist, Researcher and Consultant – Subterranean Shelter Survey, Historic Preservation Grant, Douglas County Historic Society. Sponsored by the Department of Archeology at The University of Kansas.
2017 – Present Project Leader, Exhibit Designer, Interactive Content Manager – Peace Memorial Auditorium, Veterans Memorial Information Kiosk, Friends of Peace Memorial Auditorium and City of Manhattan, Manhattan, Kansas.
2015 – 2017 Visiting Instructor of Digital Humanities, Chapman Center for Rural Studies,Department of History, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas (Acted as lead exhibit designer [Going Home Exhibit, Flint Hills Discovery Center], developed curriculum for Digital History courses, planned and performed archival practices and routines, and presented numerous workshops).
2014 – 2015 Instructor of Photography and Area Coordinator, Department of Art, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas (Courses taught: Advanced Studio [Photography], Photography 1 and 3, 2D Design – Fall 2014. Introduction to Digital Imaging, Photography 4, 3, 2, and 1, – Spring 2015. Landscape in Contemporary Photography - Summer 2015).
2006 – Present Graphic Designer/Photographer/Art Director/Consultant, Tom Parish Photography and Design, Manhattan and Emporia, Kansas.
2013 – 2014 Primary Investigator/Researcher, 2013 Kansas Humanities Grant, Manhattan, Kansas.
2013 Adjunct Professor, Department of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas (Courses taught: Digital Photography 1 and 2).
2010 – 2012 Instructor of Record, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas (Courses taught: Digital Photography 1 and 2 – Fall 2012; Photography in Art – 2010 to 2012, 7 sections; 2D Design – 2010, 3 sections).
2009 – 2010 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas (2-D Design, Photography in Art, Digital Photography, Alternative Processes).
2006 – 2008 Art Director, Hamilton Karol & Associates, Manhattan, Kansas.
2005 Exhibit Design Intern, Missouri Conservation Department, Jefferson City, Missouri.
2003 – 2004 Webmaster and Departmental Technical Assistant, Kansas State University Art Department, Manhattan, Kansas.
1999 – 2002 Graphic Artist / Staff Photographer, Varney’s Campus Bookstore, Manhattan, Kansas.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:
2017 Featured Speaker, Flint Hills Stonework Symposium, The Stone Foundation Annual Conference (International), Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.
2015 Keynote Speaker, Kansas Preservation Alliance Annual Conference, Manhattan, Kansas.
2015 Featured Story (cover), "Kansas History Written in Stone". (Project and Personal Profile featured in) The Kansas City Star Magazine, Cindy Hoedel (Writer), Kansas City Star Publication, Pgs 4-10 (January, 2015).
2014 Honoree, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Selected as Gift Print Artist.
2014 Selected to be profiled on the 2014 season of Sunflower Journey’s on PBS. Episode 2704 "Flint Hills Structures". Scott Williams - Director.
2013 Commissioned to create multimedia installation as part of show at Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University.
2013 Recipient of major Kansas Humanities Grant, Kansas Humanities Council (July 2013). Sponsored by Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art. Co-Sponsored by the Flint Hills Discovery Center and the Riley, Wabaunsee and Rock Creek Valley Historic Societies.
2010 Best in Show and 1st place (Places Category) – Manhattan Arts Center Photography Competition, Manhattan, Kansas.
2010 James A. Fletcher Memorial Award for 2D Art awarded by the Manhattan Arts Center, Manhattan, Kansas.
2008 Best in Show and 1st place (Places Category) – Manhattan Arts Center Photography Competition, Manhattan, Kansas.
2003 Outstanding Senior Portfolio Award – Visual Communications, Kansas State Art Department.
PUBLICATIONS:
2016 Storm Shelter Art. (Cover and Featured Story), Dean Houghton (Writer), Homestead Magazine, Deere and Company Publications.
2015 Understanding Narrative Inquiry. (Cover and Chapter Photos), Jeong-Hee Kim (Writer), Kansas State University, Sage Publications.
2014 Taking Shelter; Focus on the Past". (Work and Interview featured in) Highway 24 Magazine, Morgan Chilson (Writer), St. Marys Star Publication, Pgs 20-28.
2013 “Choice Theory and Photography: Capturing the Consequences of Choice". International Journal of Choice Theory and Reality Therapy, Vol. XXXII (no. 2), pgs 12 -15 (Spring Edition).
2013 “Take Shelter – Flint Hills Native Stone Subterranean Shelters”, Manhattan, KS: Mixbook, Inc.
2012 “Take Shelter” – Highlights of project, Online Journal of Rural Research and Policy (Winter Edition).
2012 “Root Cellars in America: Their History, Design, and Construction 1609 -1920”, 2nd Edition, James Gage, Powwow River Books.
SERVICE:
2018 Consultant, Videographer and Graphic Artist, Kansas Oral History Project, Inc., Topeka, Kansas.
2018 Guest Speaker, Botanica Organization – Wichita Gardens, Wichita, Kansas.
2017 Guest Speaker, Kansas Photographer Association, Emporia, Kansas.
2016 Guest Lecturer and Guide, Lost Town Tours - Wabuansee County, in support of the Going Home exhibit at the Flint Hills Discovery Center, Manhattan, Kansas. Guest Lecturer and Guide, Cave Tours - Wabuansee County (3 dates) to Benefit the Volland Gallery, Volland, Kansas.
2015 Lecturer and Guide, Field Class: Photographic Approaches for Documenting Historic Sites for Preservation and Research, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
2015 Co-Organizer and Presenter, Workshop: Basics of Scanning, Restoring, and Retouching of Distressed Photographs, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
2015 Lecturer and Instructor, Workshop: Creating an Explorable Photographic Virtual Tour and Stitched Panoramas Photographs, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
2014 Guest Speaker, Art Forum - Influences, Inspirations and Techniques, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas.
2014 Featured Speaker, Take Shelter - Influences, Inspirations and Techniques, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, Kansas.
2014 Guest Lecturer, Take Shelter Roundtable, Flint Hills Discovery Center, Manhattan, Kansas.
2014 Guest Lecturer, NARFE Conference, Manhattan, Kansas.
2013 Guest Lecturer, General Federation of Women's Clubs of Kansas, Goff, Kansas.
2013 Guest Lecturer, Wabaunsee Historic Society, Wabaunsee County Museum, Alma, Kansas.
2013 Guest Lecturer, Riley County High School, Riley, Kansas.
2013 Guest Lecturer, Rock Creek Valley Historic Society, Westmorland, Kansas.
2013 Guest Lecturer, Riley County Historic Society, Manhattan, Kansas.
2013 Guest Lecturer, Leonardville Community Center, Leonardville, Kansas.
2012 President, Graduate Students of the Visual Arts (GSOVA), Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
2012 Guest Lecturer, Root Cellars of the Flint Hills, Meadowlark Hills Community Center, Manhattan, Kansas.
2011 Guest Lecturer, Live + Learn Art, Main Street Pop-Up Gallery, Great Bend, Kansas.
2011 Co-Curated with Curtis Jones, From the Prairie to the Plains, Exchange Exhibition between Kansas State University and University of Oklahoma Art Grads, Lightwell Gallery, School of Visual Arts, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.
2011 Co-Curated with Curtis Jones, Norman Invasion, Exchange Exhibition between Kansas State University and University of Oklahoma Art Grads, Chapmen Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
2011 Treasurer, Graduate Students of the Visual Arts (GSOVA), Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
2010 Guest Lecturer, Art 105 – Careers in Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
2008 Guest Lecturer, MC 589, Issues in Mass Communications, A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
2007 Guest Lecturer, MC 589, Issues in Mass Communications, A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
2003 President, Kansas State University Photo Club, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
EXHIBITIONS:
2017 Volland, Then and Now (October – December, 2017). Photographs of Otto Kratzer, Re-Photographs by Tom Parish. Volland Gallery, Volland, Kansas.
2016 Going Home: Hidden Histories of the Flint Hills, Head designer and Art Director. Part of work performed for the Chapman Center of Rural Studies at Kansas State University. Flint Hills Discovery Center, Manhattan, Kansas, (September 2016 – January 2017).
2016 Two Artist Exhibit – Kansas Abstraction Series: Photographs of Tom Parish and Paintings of Stephen T. Johnson. Pioneer Bluffs Gallery, Matfield Green, Kansas, (June – July 2016).
2016 Two Artist Exhibit – Rooted in the Flint Hills: Photographs of Tom Parish and Paintings of James Pringel Cook. Volland Gallery, Volland, Kansas, (Jan - March 2016).
2014 Solo Exhibit – Tom Parish: Take Shelter, Box Gallery, Kansas City, Kansas, (Dec 2014 - Jan, 2015).
2014 Solo Exhibit – Tom Parish: 2014 Friends of the Beach Museum Gift Print Artist Exhibition, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, (Feb 4 thru June 29, 2014).
2013 Solo Exhibit – Tom Parish: Take Shelter; Flint Hills Native Stone Subterranean Shelters, SRO Photography Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, (Sept 30th thru Nov 3rd, 2013).
2013 Featured Artist – Big Picture Show, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, Kansas.
2012 Solo Exhibit – Take Shelter; Flint Hills Native Stone Subterranean Shelters, MFA Exhibition, Kansas State University, Manhattan Kansas.
2012 Solo Exhibit – Tailings, Picher Oklahoma Lead Mining Aftermath, Solo Exhibition, Kemper Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
2012 Featured Artist – Live + Learn Art, Invitational Exhibition, Featured Artist and Lecturer, Main Street Pop Up Gallery, Great Bend, Kansas.
2012 Positive/Negative 27, National Juried Art Exhibition, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee (Juror: Dr. Gail Levin, Professor, The City University of New York)(catalogue).
2011 Intercommunication, KSU Art Grads Bi-Annual Show, Kemper Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
2011 From the Prairie to the Plains, Lightwell Gallery, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.
2011 Identifying Marks, Columbian Theatre, Museum and Art Center, Swogger Gallery, Wamego, KS.
2011 Graduate Students of the Visual Arts and Graduate Association of Painters and Printmakers Exchange Show, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois.
2011 Kansas Arts for Japan, Exhibition and Silent Auction, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, Kansas.
2011 An Amalgamation of Voices, KSU Art Grads Bi-Annual Show, Kemper Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
2011 University Life Café Art Exhibit (Selected Artist), Kemper Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
2010 Wrap it Up 2010 (selected artist), Manhattan Arts Center, James A. Fletcher Award recipient, Manhattan, KS.
2010 Manhattan Arts Center Photography Competition 2010, regional photography competition, Best in Show and 1st Place (Places Category) (Juror: Mark Rose, Professional Photographer, Manhattan, Kansas), Manhattan, KS.
2010 Beyond the Visible Spectrum, KSU Art Grads Bi-Annual Show, Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
2010 Between Order and Chaos, KSU Art Grads Bi-Annual Show, Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
2010 Multitudes, GSOVA Exhibition, Kemper Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
2009 Wrap it Up 2009 (selected artist), Manhattan Arts Center, Manhattan, Kansas.
2009 Manhattan Arts Center Photography Competition 2009, regional photography competition Manhattan, Kansas (Juror: Armon Means, Assistant Professor of Photography/Photography Area Head, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas).
2009 KSU vs. WSU Exchange Show, Shift Space Gallery, Wichita, Kansas.
2009 Random Vernaculars, KSU Art Grads Bi-Annual Show, Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
2008 Manhattan Arts Center Photography Competition 2008, regional photography competition Manhattan, Kansas, Best in Show and 1st Place (Places Category) (Juror: Gerry Craig, Professor/Department Chair and Art Critique, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas).
2007 Untitled Exhibit, Junction City Opera House, Junction City, Kansas.
2006 Featured Artist – Art of Noise, Varney’s Gallery, Manhattan, Kansas.
2005 3 Artist Show – From a Small Town, Mabee Gallery, Culver-Stockton University, Canton, Missouri.=
2005 In Transit, Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
2004 Untitled Works, Invitational Exhibit, Blue Shag Gallery, Columbia, Missouri.
2004 Origins, Moberly Community College, Moberly, Missouri.
COLLECTIONS:
2014 Selected for permanent collection, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
2013 Multiple pieces selected for permanent collection, Kansas Leadership Center, Wichita, Kansas.
2012 Selected for public collection of Kansas Artists, President Shultz Home, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
2011 Selected for inclusion in Michael Michealis Permanent Public Collection, Wichita, Kansas.
2010 Selected for permanent collection of work by Kansas Artists, Leadership Studies Building, School of Leadership Studies, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
RELATED TRAVEL:
2012 Photographic and Cultural Exploration of New York City Art Galleries and Museums and city streets.
2003 Solo Photographic and Cultural Exploration of France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Germany and the Netherlands.
RELATED TRAINGING AND CERTIFICATION:
2017 Earned Remote Pilot Certification – Commercial Drone Pilots License. Kansas State University - Polytechnic, Salina, Kansas.