Kent Lambert

Kent Lambert – Widefield High School, class of 1995

Kent attended Butler University for one year before transferring to the University of Iowa. He also attended the University of Glasgow for one semester of study-abroad. He earned his bachelor of arts in communication studies, specifically the film and video production track, in 1999. He currently resides in Chicago where he is the Media Center and Arts Technology Manager for the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, at the University of Chicago. In this position, he oversees the media center and supports and facilitates the use of technology in artwork made by students, faculty, staff and visiting artists. On the side, Kent is the band leader, synth player, and lead singer for Roommate, a recording project and live band established in 2000. He has also done some freelance composing for the National Geographic Television series “Witness: Disaster” from 2010-2013.

# 1 – How did earning the Dollars For Scholars/Fountain Valley Scholars award make you feel knowing that your community believed in you enough to invest in your education?

It was heart-warming and gratifying to be supported by my community in that way. Hearing from my mom over the years about various scholarship recipients made me proud of my hometown community. I watched Jonathan Watts’ Cop Car recently and was delighted at the way he represented the landscape of Security/Fountain, and at knowing that he too was a recipient of the scholarship.

# 2 – Please provide a statement or quote that you feel represents you and your post high school educational experience

The spirit of lively dissent that has fueled much of my creative work was supported in my adolescence by particular teachers and peers in the Widefield school system, and further nurtured by professors and friends in college, and at the universities I’ve worked at since 2001. I’m grateful to have been raised in Widefield. I would not be who I am without its diversity, the dedication so many of its educators, and the spirit of community that supports and fosters programs like Fountain Valley Scholars.