Chew’s work will be featured in Shipley’s Speer Gallery from Nov. 17 – Dec. 17.The Gallery is open between 8:30 and 4:00 and is located in the Upper School. All visitors are asked to check in at the Reception Desk located at the main entrance of the school at 814 Yarrow Street. For more information or directions please phone 610.525.4300.

Artist's Statement
"The images featured on this web site were mostly captured, imagined, and produced in my studio in Rockland, Maine. They are about simplicity, mystery, humor, and balance.

 I have been influenced by many artists who work, or have worked in the Penobscot Bay area. My vision was sparked many years ago in a college poetry seminar, where we were taught to look into, with thought and effort, that which is right under our noses.

The objects that I photograph have great personal significance. They are like memories of long ago summers. Many have been in my possession for years, some have been borrowed, and most connect me to a time, a place, an event, or a person from my past."
John Chew 2004

Biography
John Chew has been a photographer since 1970. He has photographed collections of art and antiques and the buildings that house them, since 1975, for museums, corporations and private clients.

His corporate client list includes Sotheby's and Christies (both in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington). His photographs have appeared as ads and / or editorials in such periodicals as The Magazine Antiques, House & Garden Magazine, and The New York Times Sunday Magazine. Catalogues include The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Antique Show Program (anniversary issue and assorted other issues). He has produced a number of book covers including the cover and frontice piece for Building Early America edited by Charles Peterson, AIA. John also received a NeoGraphics Silver Award for the photography, layout, and design of the brochure of the Museum of the First Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry. He has worked on assignments for the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Baltimore Museum of Art. He is a former member of The American Society of Media Photographers. As a video producer / director he was nominated as a finalist in 1995 by the Alliance for Community Media, and as a finalist for a national Cable Ace Award. He served on the startup board of directors for The Radnor Township Public Access Television Station Channel 21.

John served as Director of Advertising for Ryan James Limited, a precious metals investment firm, and David Keefe Galleries, dealers and auctioneers of rare coins and currency, in Manhattan and northern New Jersey during a two year sabbatical from photography in the early 1980’s. He has served two terms on the Board of Trustees of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, DC where he was a member of the Marketing, Development, and Historic Property Committees. He served as the Chairman of the Board Presidents and Property Council Chairs for the eighteen National Trust Historic Properties and Museum Sites, and currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cliveden of the National Trust Inc. in Germantown, Pennsylvania.

John attended The Episcopal Academy, graduated from Westminster School in Simsbury, CT, and majored in English  at Franklin and Marshall College. He served in the United States Air Force and the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. John Chew was born in Texas and divides his time between St. Davids, Pennsylvania, and Rockland, Maine.

Posted October 21, 2004