Resume of Anthony Foster
542 Morgan St. , St. Charles, MO 63301
Contact- Phone (314)916-0910 Fax: (314)595-4344
email: afoster@fv.stlcc.cc.mo.us
Education- BFA in Art / minor in Education-
Murray State University, Murray, KY
Summary of Qualifications- 15 years experience in art direction and design
of multimedia and educational media titles. Prolific illustrator/photographer/animator/
composer. Extensive experience in all phases of art direction and production,
project management, budgeting and cost specification.
Hardware- Macintosh, Multi format cameras, Oxberry animation stand, all
shop tools.
Software- Director, Authorware, Photoshop, Illustrator, Hypercard, MacDraw,
MacPaint, Filemaker, MS Word and many others
Language: Lingo, HTML
Work Experience
Exhibition Designer , Dallas, Texas
11/89 - 10/96
Summary: Managed large, detailed projects as Exhibition Designer for the
Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Responsible
for objective based designs for all exhibitions.
Experience: Research and design of 6-10 exhibitions yearly, supervision
of overall exhibition program and production assistants, production planning
and implementation of museum educational goals. Art direction, photography,
graphic design. LAN administrator, Macintosh training and support to staff.
Art courier and on site staff representative for travelling exhibitions.
Audiovisual production, responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining
department's Web page. Utilized Authorware Pro and MM Director to create
docent training materials and educational media for schools. Currently converting
collections catalog to HTML format as well as creating user friendly interface
to collections database for scholarly research.
Other responsibilities: Maintain internationally known permanent collection
of Spanish Masterworks and sculpture garden. Interact frequently with world
class institutions. Frequent consultant to other departments on design and
computing matters.
Freelance Designer/Artist- self employed
12/87- 11/89
Summary: Designed exhibits and audiovisual presentations for trade and government
exhibitions. Built museum, architectural,mechanical and topographic models.
Graphic design, illustration, photography of models, facsimiles and prototypes.
Designed visual media for law firms for use in court cases.
Experience: Audiovisual media for court cases (Employer confidential)
Several architectural models, including a major riverfront reconstruction
master model for HFC Corporation, Louisville, KY
Mechanical models of boom cranes and accident sites - FMC-Linkbelt Corp.
Topographic modelling of beachhead site from geologic survey data- U.S.Army
Complete refurbishment of seven architectural models for Humana Corporation.
Architectural masterplan design and model for Ethnic Museum, Louisville,
KY.
Exhibit for Indiana Dunes State Park
Racetrack facilities model for HFC Corp. Baltimore division
Worked on stadium model used by sponsor of Superbowl XXIII halftime competition
"Finger Flick Football"
Trade show exhibit- Ford Motor Co.
Graphic design, graphic arts darkroom, silkscreen for Leonard Kik and Associates
exhibit house, Louisville, KY.
Art Direction and Design, Memphis, TN
1983-1988
Summary: Oversaw department in house art production studio for Memphis Museums
Foundation. Produced large scale programmed multimedia presentations for
educational and entertainment purposes that were marketed worldwide to hundreds
of colleges, universities, schools, and museums. Full charge of art department,
photographic facilities, development and maintenance of slide archives.
Responsible for print media nad marketing materials design, show sales production.
This endeavor was so successful it had to be incorporated into a private
foundation as it endangered the umbrella department's non profit status.
Partial list of productions-
Japan: Reflections of Time (Sponsored by Richards Medical Corp.)
Death of the Dinosaurs
Starlit Nights
Astrology: Fact or Fiction?
A Season of Light
Israel: 4000 Years and Home (sponsored by the William B. Tanner Company,
Inc.)
Cosmic Believe it or Not!
Egypt's Eternal Skies (sponsored by the Commercial Appeal and Robert F.
Sharpe and Company)
Netherlands: Vision of Light (sponsored by Dillard's Department Stores,
Inc.)
Land of the Southern Cross (Sponsored by Holiday Corporation)
On the Shoulders of Giants (Britain)
Other shows that were not marketed...
Astronomy of Ancient Mexico
"LaserRock" and "LaserSphere"- Laser Light shows incorporating
65+ projectors, 24 screens, original artwork , special effects,smoke, both
classical and rock music (alternately), and laser animations with the most
powerful display of lasers in one sustained site in the U. S.
All Systems Go!- a history of manned space flight
Elvis: Legacy in Light
Voyager (complete with original models)
Energy in Motion (sponsored by Federal Express) and numerous planetarium
star shows.
I also created the following unproduced shows-
Via Galactica (Interstellar travel with lots of original models)
The Dynamic Earth (geology) ,
Passages in Time (later adapted into Chronos:Marking Time , a cbt module
created in Authorware)
Impressions- a look at art and visual perception.
The Play- poetry and images in two parts
Music- performance and composition-
Composed "After the Fall" a soundtrack for an unproduced project-
composed entirely on the ARP 2600 synthesizer.
Wrote lyrics and music to over 800 songs.
Other:
Represented in many group art exhibitions since 1982. (medium-sculpture)
Taught art in public schools 1982-83. Professional photographer 1976-82
Designed and taught Childrens' Art Workshops.