Chet Garner Visits the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center

On Monday, February 27, Chet Garner, television host and writer, presented a special lecture in the Clyde H Wells Fine Arts Center This special event was free to the public and sponsored by the Digital Media Studies program, the Department of Visual Arts & Design, and the College of Liberal and Fine Arts After the lecture, there was also a public reception in the Clyde H Wells Gallery of Art

Chet Garner is the creator, host, and executive producer of The Daytripper, a 12time Emmy-award-winning Texas travel show on PBS stations nationwide Born in nearby Comanche and raised in Port Neches, Texas, Chet’s love for storytelling began at a young age around the Boy Scout campfire and toting around his grandfather’s VHS video camera

Chet earned a degree in Radio-TelevisionFilm from the University of Texas at Austin and graduated first in his class from Baylor Law School. However, after practicing law for three years, he decided to follow his passions and simultaneously inspire folks to appreciate the beauty, history, and food of the Lone Star State. At this lecture, Chet shared his stories, which amount to a crash course in travel, filmmaking, marketing, and doing whatever it takes to start a successful TV show

The Daytripper is now in its thirteenth season, it has won 12 Lone Star Emmys, including four for “Outstanding Program Host,” and is well on its way to becoming a Texas institution. Chet also shares his stories via monthly columns for Texas Highways and Texas CoOp Power magazines His company, Hogaboom Road, Inc , is now a full-service commercial production company with clients ranging from Smokey Bear to Best Western.