Tom Carroll
b. Whittier, CA 1985
BA/Art/Occidental '08
MA/Journalism/USC '18
Sagittarius
ENFP

Video 🎥

♦ Tom Explores Los Angeles 2013-present

  1. Did Jack Parsons Blow Himself Up? | Oct 2021
  2. Why Are There Wild Parrots in L.A.? | March 2021
  3. Hanging By A String | November 2020
  4. Charlie's Lot | August 2020
  5. Jack's Signs | Aug 2018
  6. The Cradle of Los Angeles Part 4 | Apr 2017
  7. The Cradle of Los Angeles Part 3 | Apr 2017
  8. The Cradle of Los Angeles Part 2 | Mar 2017
  9. The Cradle of Los Angeles Part 1 | Mar 2017
  10. The White Cross | May 2016
  11. Tom Wanders Aound Los Angeles | Feb 2016
  12. The Salton Sea | July 2015
  13. Breaking Out of Lincoln Heights Jail | May 2015
  14. Llano Del Rio | Apr 2015
  15. Watching Paint Dry | Mar 2015
  16. The Piggyback Yard | Jan 2015
  17. The Piggyback Yard | Jan 2015
  18. Life and Death of a Bridge | Oct 2014
  19. The Bronson Cave | Sep 2014
  20. Evergreen Cemetary | July 2014
  21. Hawthorne Plaza | June 2014
  22. L.A. State Historic Park | May 2014
  23. KCHUNG Radio | Apr 2014
  24. Murphy Ranch | Jan 2014
  25. Manchester Square | Dec 2013
  26. Dust | Oct 2013
  27. Ferndell | Sep 2013
  28. Old Trapper's Lodge | Aug 2013
  29. The Map Librarian | July 2013
  30. St. Vincent Court | July 2013
  31. The Sunken City | June 2013
  32. The Los Angeles River | May 2013
  33. The Old Zoo | May 2013
  34. The Triforium | April 2013
  35. Eldred St. | Mar 2013
  36. The 110 Walkway | Feb 2013

♦ Visible Statements 2018-present

  1. 41 Payphones in Los Angeles | Dec 2018
  2. 41 Shadows in Los Angeles | May 2018
  3. 89 Shades of Green in Los Angeles | May 2018
  4. 23 People and a Cat in Los Angeles | May 2018

♦ Rios Architecture 2019-2020

  1. Operation PPE | April 2020
  2. Harvest Home Flourish Campaign | March 2020
  3. "Hi There" | Jan 2020
  4. Promenade 3.0 | Oct 2019
  5. designed by Rios | June 2019

Radio/Podcast 🔊

not past it cover The Birth of Emojis, Not Past It | Gimlet Oct 2021



puppets cover Where Will The Puppets Go?, DnA | KCRW Nov 2018*

rad dan cover Rad Dan Radio Race | KCRW Aug 2018*

kqed cover NO ICE Man, CA Report | KQED May 2018*

Warren cover Tom Has a Conversation with Warren Olney Feb 2018*

Radio Imagination cover Uncovering Octavia E. Butler's Pasadena Radio Imagination | Clockshop Jan 2017*

Radio Imagination cover Kindred 37 Years Later Radio Imagination | Clockshop Nov 2016*

Radio Imagination cover Talkin' Tony Radio Race | KCRW Aug 2016*

Radio Imagination cover Archiving a Writer's Life Radio Imagination | Clockshop June 2016*

Radio Imagination cover 'Devil Girl as Anti-Muse' Radio Imagination | Clockshop June 2016*

Off Ramp cover Remembering Octavia Butler Off-Ramp | KPCC March 2016*

Off Ramp cover What is the Triforium, Off-Ramp | KPCC Dec 2015*

Off Ramp cover The Bronson Caves Off-Ramp | KPCC Sept 2014*

* Host / Writer/ Producer / Editor

Select Events

  1. Did Jack Parsons Blow Himself Up? | Live Screening Q and A | Zebulon Oct 2021
  2. Some Short Films and Some Music - A Night Feb 2020
  3. An Angel Sunday with Tom Carroll Now Instant Image Hall Feb 2019
  4. HONK! A Night of storytelling and puppet performances told through the windshield Nov 2018
  5. Triforium Fridays Oct/Nov 2018
  6. Mystery Tour 3 June 2018
  7. Art In the Open, Moderator for panel discussion, May 2018
  8. Mystery Tour 2 June 2016
  9. LA Explorers Club, March 2016
  10. Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, DigitaLA Panel Discussion Jan 2016
  11. Triforium’s 40th Birthday Dec 2015
  12. Los Angeles Explorers Club Guest Host Aug 2015
  13. Mystery Tour June 2015
  14. Walk Wilshire May 2015
  15. Cinefamily Screening Jan 2015
  16. All Winter Solstice Celebration, stay outside for one full day, Dec 2014
  17. (Re)Building China City Oct 2014
  18. L.A. River Corp Double Bill Screening at LA State Historic Park
  19. A Wake for the Riverside Bridge June 2014
  20. A Walk on the 110 walkway Feb 2014

Speaking

  1. It’s the Pits Jan 2016
  2. Of Walking on Concrete / reflections on walking the L.A. River in 2 days Nov 2016
  3. Creative Mornings “Five Speakers. Five Minutes” Dec 2015
  4. Archives Bazzar “Documenting the Mundane” October 2016
  5. Mt Sac Lecture Series

Select Projects

  1. The Triforium Project | Co-Director

Professional Experience

  1. Video Producer RIOS Feb 2019-Apr 2020
  2. Radio/Podcast Host & Producer | Freelance for KQED, KPCC, KCRW, Clockshop March 2014-present
  3. Sign Painter Nov 2010-

Awards & Grants

  1. Charlie's Lot | Offical Selection
    Sonoma International 2021
    Palm Springs International ShortFest 2020

    Maryland 2020

    San Francisco DocFest 2020

    Arizona International 2020

    Florida 2020
  2. LA2050 $100,000 Grant for the Triforium Project 2015
  3. "Of Walking on Concrete" 1st Place, Best A&E Feature, Student, National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards 2016

Education

  1. Occidental College 2008 B.A. Art and Art History
  2. University of Southern California 2018 M.A. Specialized Journalism

Acting / Voice Over

  1. The Person I Am When No One is Looking | actor | May 2019
  2. When Your Friend is a Coffee Snob | actor | July 2015
  3. 3 Minutes in American | narrator | March 2015

Bibliography

  1. Interview for Huck Magazine Aug 2015
  2. Interview with Adam Papagan on The ASMR Talk Show