Kerry Tremain

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Kerry Tremain
Kerry Tremain
Kerry Tremain ca. 2018
Born (1952-03-13) March 13, 1952 (age 72)
Lancaster, California
Occupation
Citizenship United States
Education
Alma mater
Employers
Notable awards
SpouseBarbara Ramsey
Bibliography
Books↙17
Essays↙7
Technical reports↙2
Posters↙6
References and footnotes
Website
kerrytremain.com

Kerry Tremain is an American editor, art director, a wildlife photographer with a focus on birds and a writer with a focus on social issues. From 1987 to 1997 Tremain held several positions with Mother Jones magazine, including executive editor. From 2003 to 2008 he was an editor-in-chief for California magazine and in 2008 was Climate Editor, for the University of California Office of the President. He is the author of several books and has published articles in magazines such as the San Francisco. He is the co-founder of Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography and is the former President and current design director of Northwind Art in Port Townsend, Washington.

Early life and Education

Tremain was born on March 13, 1952 in Lancaster, California. He was born to his mother, Mollie L. Tremain (nee Butts) from Berkeley Springs, West Virginia and father Irl G. Tremain, Jr. from St. Louis, Missouri. Tremain's mother was a clinical psychologist, and his father a psychology teacher at the Coffeyville Junior College. He has five siblings and graduated from Field Kindley High School in Coffeyville, Kansas in 1970.[1]

With a scholarship from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, Tremain graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1973 with a double major in philosophy and psychology. He also attended Coffeyville Junior College for one year and Pittsburg State University (both in Kansas) for two summers and taught briefly at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.[1]

Career

Poster designs

On May 6, 1979, Tremain's design of a No Nukes poster became the symbol on banners, posters and t-shirts for the 70,000-person anti-nuclear protest in Washington, D.C. after the Three Mile Island accident.[2]This protest was the first national protest of nuclear energy and weapons in the United States. His poster is part of a permanent collection at the Oakland Museum of California[3] along with five others.[4]

In These Times

Tremain was the founding Art Director for In These Times under James Weinstein from 1976 to 1979.[1]

Kerry Tremain Design

Tremain owned and ran a design studio, Kerry Tremain Design, from 1981 to 1986, with an office in San Francisco, California.

Mother Jones

Tremain was the first Creative Director at Mother Jones (magazine), where he also served as Art Director and Executive Editor over a ten-year period (1987-1997). While there, he co-founded and was the first director of the Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography, which raised and awarded grants to dozens of social documentary photographers around the world. The board of directors for the fund included notable photographers Sebastião Salgado (chair), Mary Ellen Mark, Graciela Iturbide, Marc Riboud, and Graham Nash.[5]

California magazine

As the Editor-in-chief of California magazine (formerly California Monthly) in 2001, Tremain led a redesign and repositioning of the magazine, which subsequently won multiple awards for editorial excellence. Before and during his tenure at California, he also wrote for publication.[6]

In 2001 Tremain wrote an article in the San Francisco titled, Trouble in the Presidio. It was an investigative journalism story about the mismanagement of funds for the Presidio of San Francisco, a National Historic Landmark. Three weeks after the article ran, the trust chief, Jim Meadows resigned from his position, although the trust board stated that the move was planned before the article was published.[7][6]

University of California

The cover of Tremains 2014 ebook Yosemite: A Storied Landscape

In 2008 Tremain was the Climate Editor, for the University of California Office of the President. As editor, his focus was to publicly surface research from the ten campuses on climate change. With the introduction of new technology such as the iPad, he turned to creating multimedia and interactive ebooks, including the Wild Flight of the Imagination: The Story of the Golden Gate Bridge and Russian California.[8]

In 2014, Tremain proposed and co-curated an exhibit for the California Historical Society, Yosemite: A Storied Landscape, for the 150th anniversary of Yosemite National Park, and produced a multimedia digital book for the exhibit.[9][10] for which he won the Publishing Innovation Award from Digital Book World in 2015.[11]

Starting in 2015, Tremain edited several academic papers and books, including Privacy on the Ground, American Sutra, and a multi-author report from the first One-Hundred Year Study of Artificial Intelligence titled Artificial Intelligence and Life in 2030: Report of the 2015-2016 Study Panel from Stanford University.[12]

Blueprint

In 2002 Tremain was a contributing editor and writer for Blueprint magazine, published by Progressive Policy Institute. He was the Editor of Progressive Policy Institute's Technical report on Medicare, Healthy Aging vs. Chronic Illness: Preparing Medicare for the New Health Care Challenge, which was referenced in a United States House Committee on Ways and Means hearing in 2003.[13][14]

Northwind Art

The cover of Tremains 2022 book Aves: Photographs of Birds by Kerry Tremain, featuring photography of birds.

In 2016 tremain, joined the founding board of directors of the Port Townsend School of the Arts and subsequently served as its president for five years, including 2020, when it merged with another arts organization to form Northwind Art. As of 2020, Tremain has been the design director of Northwind Art in Port Townsend, Washington.[15] In 2021 Tremain wrote the book Curtsinger: Reflections on the Life and Adventures of Photographer Bill Curtsinger featuring Bill Curtsinger who was a pioneering freelance underwater photographer for National Geographic. He also co-curated the corresponding exhibit Curtsinger: Undersea Photography at Northwind Art.[1]

Photography

After moving to Port Townsend, Washington in 2015, Tremain took a more serious interest in photography, which led to the several books and exhibits. His latest book Aves: Photographs of Birds by Kerry Tremain was released in 2022 and featured an exhibit at Northwind Art and will be featured in an exhibit with a another photographer at the Jeannette Best Gallery in Port Townsend, Washington titled Outside In. A permanent exhibit of Tremains bird photographs is being prepared for Jefferson Healthcare Hospital.[1]

Personal life

Tremain is married to Barbara Ramsey, a physician and fiber artist specializing in quilts. After forty years in the San Francisco Bay Area, they moved to Port Townsend, Washington, in 2015.[16]

Awards

Jane Fonda (left) speaking to anti-nuclear protesters at the U.S. Capitol building. Tremain's No Nukes banner center stage. Photo by UPI, ca. 1979 .[2]

Exhibitions

  • (2014) Yosemite: A Storied Landscape, co-curator, 2014/15, California Historical Society, San Francisco.[9]
  • (2020) Birds, Artist Showcase, Northwind Art - Grover Gallery, Port Townsend, Washington.[22]
  • (2021) Curtsinger: Undersea Photography co-curator, Northwind Art - Grover Gallery, Port Townsend, Washington.[23]
  • (2021) Roosevelt Elk, Print Night: Contemporary Photography Northwind Art - Grover Gallery, Port Townsend, Washington.[24]
  • (2023) Outside In, Large-scale exhibition, Northwind Art – Jeanette Best Gallery, Port Townsend, Washington.[25]

Bibliography

Books

Title Year Publisher Writer Photo Editor Design ISBN/ AISN
World Views
1991
 Mother Jones
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 ISBN 978-0-96303-130-3
Wayne F. Miller
2008
 PowerHouse Books
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 ISBN 978-1-57687-462-2
Witness in Our Time
2010
 Smithsonian
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 ISBN 978-1-58834-298-0
Russian California
2012
 California State Parks Foundation
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 ISBN 978-0-98835-500-2
Wild Flight of the Imagination: The Story of the Golden Gate Bridge
2012
 California Historical Society
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Yosemite: A Storied Landscape
2014
 California Historical Society
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 ASIN B00PA0EI8A
Privacy on the Ground
2015
 MIT Press
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 ISBN 978-0-26233-135-7
Plastic Reason
2016
 UC Press
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 ISBN 978-0-52096-317-7
One Year
2017
 Pacific Northwest Photographs
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 ISBN 978-0-98835-503-3
2D, Photographs By Kerry Tremain
2017
 Booksmith
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 ISBN 978-0-98835-504-0
Year of the Birds
2018
 Booksmith
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 ISBN 978-0-98835-505-7
Birds Two
2019
 Booksmith
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 ISBN 978-0-98835-506-4
American Sutra
2019
 Harvard University
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 ISBN 978-0-67498-653-4
Curtsinger: Reflections on the Life and Adventures of Photographer Bill Curtsinger
2021
 Northwind Art Editions
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 ISBN 978-0-98835-508-8
Mine, Yours, Nobody’s
2021
 Booksmith
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Still Here: Portraits of the Chemakum
2021
 Northwind Art Editions
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Aves: Photographs of Birds by Kerry Tremain
2022
 Booksmith
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 ISBN 978-0-98835-509-5

Essays

Title Year About Location Publication
Dying Words — Indigenous peoples Vancouver Island, Canada Smithsonian magazine
Trouble in the Presidio
2001
 Presidio of San Francisco San Francisco, California San Francisco (magazine)
The Survivor — 2004 tsunami Khao Lak, Thailand Personal website
Legends of the Park
2014
 Yosemite National Park California American Art Review
River of Colour — Indian people of Canada British Columbia Vancouver Sun
Sufi Surprise — Peoples of Dakar, Senegal Dakar, Senegal California magazine
Cultural Tectonics — People of Shangri-La Shangri-La City, China California magazine

Technical reports

Title Year Role Publisher Ref

Healthy Aging vs. Chronic Illness: Preparing Medicare for the New Health Care Challenge
2002
 Writer Progressive Policy Institute
[14]
Artificial Intelligence and Life in 2030: Report of the 2015-2016 Study Panel
2016
 Editor Stanford University
[12]

Posters

Tremain's work is held in the following permanent collection at the Oakland Museum of California (as of January, 2023).

Title Year Ref

No Nukes
1979
[3]
Berkeley Earth Day '80
1980
[26]
Stop the Draft
1980
[27]
Week for Social Responsibility
1982
[28]
The land and the people
1985
[29]
1936-1986: Commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War
1986
[30]

External links

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Personal correspondence between Tremain and author of this article, February 2023
  2. ^ a b Hebert, H. Josef (7 May 1979). "Anti-Nuclear Rally Fires Up an Issue for 1980 Election". Fort Lauderdale News. p. 3. Retrieved 11 January 2023 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Kerry Tremain, designer No Nukes poster work on paper". museumca.org. Oakland Museum of California. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Browse the Collection". museumca.org. Oakland Museum of California. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  5. ^ Gourevitch, Rebecca (2020). Encountering the Records of the Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography (Masters). University of Rochester. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  6. ^ a b Hamlin, Jesse (17 December 2006). "Not Strictly Academic / New look, focus for Berkeley's alumni magazine". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  7. ^ Fost, Dan (12 December 2001). "Magazine helps topple Presidio Trust chief". SFGATE. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Global Climate Change". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 11 January 2023. Kerry Tremain, University of California, Office of the President, and former Editor-in-Chief, California magazine
  9. ^ a b Ness, Carol (25 September 2014). "Berkeley and the making of Yosemite". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  10. ^ Leader Staff (14 November 2020). "Art Salon returns with artists, experts to discuss 'Shared Experiences of Manzanar'". ptleader.com. Port Townsend Leader. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Announcing the Winners of the Digital Book Awards". eventscloud.com. January 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  12. ^ a b Stone, Peter; Brooks, Rodney; Brynjolfsson, Erik (September 2016). Tremain, Kerry (ed.). Artificial Intelligence and Life in 2030: One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence: Report of the 2015-2016 Study Panel (Technical report). Stanford University. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Eliminating Barriers to Chronic Care Management in Medcare". United States House Committee on Ways and Means. 25 February 2003. Retrieved 4 January 2023..
  14. ^ a b Kendall, David B.; Lemieux, Jeff; Levine, M.D., Robert (2002). Tremain, Kerry (ed.). Healthy Aging v. Chronic Illness: Preparing Medicare for the New Health Care Challenge (Technical report). Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved 11 January 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  15. ^ "About - Northwind Art". Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  16. ^ Ramsey, Barbara. "Artist's Statement". Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  17. ^ Oei, Lilly (20 March 2002). "New Yorker receives most mag kudo noms". Variety. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  18. ^ Rodriguez, Richard (October 2007). Wallace, David Foster; Atwan, Robert (eds.). The Best American Essays 2007. ISBN 978-0-61870-927-4.
  19. ^ "The 2007 Eddie and Ozzie Award Winners". Folio. Vol. 36, no. 11. November 2007.
  20. ^ "The 2008 Eddie and Ozzie Award Winners". Folio. Vol. 37, no. 11. November 2008.
  21. ^ Davidson, Keay (2009). Tremain, Kerry (ed.). Best American Science and Nature Writing. Schlow Centre Region Library.
  22. ^ Leader news staff (6 November 2020). "'The Gift of Art' opens for holiday season at PT's Grover Gallery". Port Townsend Leader. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  23. ^ "Bill Curtsinger: Undersea and Nature Photography". Northwind Art. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  24. ^ "'Print Night' first show of new organization". Peninsula Daily News. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  25. ^ "Show highlights nature photography, sculptures". Peninsula Daily News. June 29, 2023.
  26. ^ "Berkeley Earth Day '80". museumca.org. Oakland Museum of California. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  27. ^ "Stop the Draft". museumca.org. Oakland Museum of California. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  28. ^ "Week for Social Responsibility". museumca.org. Oakland Museum of California. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  29. ^ "The land and the people". museumca.org. Oakland Museum of California. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  30. ^ "1936-1986 : Commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War". museumca.org. Oakland Museum of California. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
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