Tom Van Dyke

Tom received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Arts. A member of Western Writers of America, he has been writing screenplays since 1970. One of his motion pictures was considered for nomination of an Academy Award ®.

Tom created and wrote the American Bicentennial television public service announcements, Stand Up and Be Counted, the most widely viewed national and international PSAs in the history of television.

His creative expression of writing and film production is shared with his creation of fine art. Tom’s sculptures, paintings and photography have been exhibited or are in the permanent collections of the NY Museum of Modern Art, the Carnegie Art Institute, the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Henry Ford Museum, the Cranbrook Academy of Arts, and the Butler Art Institute of American Art.