"[Cheryl] Capezzuti is a revolutionary of sorts." |
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CHERYL CAPEZZUTI WORK HISTORY: 2010-Present Visual Arts Faculty, Falk School, University of Pittsburgh 2008-Present Visiting Lecturer, Duquesne University 1996--present Visual Artist and Puppetmaker, Studio Capezzuti, Pittsburgh, PA Artistic Accomplishments include: · Puppets for Pittsburgh, a giant puppet lending library and series of workshops. · Fuzzy Boundary Productions, co-founder of this active puppet theater company. · First Night Pittsburgh Parade, Artist-in-Charge of a 200+ giant puppet parade. · The National Lint Project, a community-interactive project inspired by dryer lint. · Everyday Art Assignments, an online project that invites everyone to make art. 2002-present Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Artist-in-Residence, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts 1998-present Master Teaching Artist, Gateway to the Arts Aesthetic Education Program 2001-2002 Community Artist Fellow, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA 1996-2001 Visual Arts Faculty, Middle School Art, Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh, PA 1996-2001 Instructor, Art Camps and Classes for Children, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts School 1995-1996 Education Coordinator, HUB Arts and Crafts Center, Penn State, University Park, PA 1993-1995 Assistant Coordinator, HUB Arts and Crafts Center, Penn State, University Park, PA
GRANTS/AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS: Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Eight PA Partners in the Arts Awards for a variety of projects The Sprout Fund Three Seed Awards for a variety of projects The Pittsburgh Foundation Two Individual Artist awards for Colorfast and Beneath the Light The Heinz Endowments The first (and only) Community Artist Fellowship The Heinz Endowments One Small Arts Initiative Grant for Colorfast WQED and Pittsburgh Magazine “Best of the Burgh” Award for Lint in the Laundromat SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: 2009 Eight-Hour Projects, Penlac Gallery, Allegheny College, Meadeville, PA 2008 In the Making, 250 Pittsburgh Artists, FE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2007-2008 Member Show, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA 2006-2007 In Response to Healing, Nationally Traveling Juried Group Exhibition, PA, OH and AZ 2007 Puppets and Masks, Two Person Show, Gallerie Chiz, Pittsburgh, PA 2005 Puppets, Masks and Art in Motion, Artist Upstairs, Pittsburgh, PA 2003 Detours, FE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA and ArtSpot at Tube, Atlanta, GA A Detour from Detours, Midtown Cleaners, Atlanta, GA 2002-2003 Angels and Other Creatures, Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA Angels in the Laundromat, Duds ‘N Suds Laundromat, Pittsburgh, PA 2002 Letters of Lint, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA Orphaned Spaces in the Public Realm, The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA 1998 From Foundation to Ornamentation, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL 1993 Discarded, The Art Alliance, Lemont, PA SELECTED PERFORMANCES: 2009 Stuff, a Fuzzy Boundary Production, toured regional libraries for ACLA Bunny Jump: Don’t be Lump, created with “Things that Stick” for Pittsburgh CitiParks 2008 Shoe, created with “Things that Stick” for The Black Sheep Puppet Festival. Stuff, performed at The Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival, The Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children and The Black Sheep Puppet Festival 2005 Night Flight, Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival, Fuzzy Boundary Productions Coming Up, created for Phipps Conservatory, Fuzzy Boundary Productions 2004 Colorfast, presented as part of The Pittsburgh International Children’s 2004-2005 season, 2001 Lint Guys Dance, created with Staycee Walters for The Black Sheep Puppet Festival. Beneath the Light, created with Laurie Tarter as part of City Theatre’s 4x5 Festival. 2000 Mismatched Pair, created with Kellee Van Aken and performed at The Black Sheep Puppet Festival, Women’s Work Festival (Point Park College), Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Kidapalooza, Duds ‘N Suds Laundromat and The Carnegie Museum of Art
SELECTED TEACHING ARTIST EXPERIENCE: Worked as Artist-in-Residence or Master Teaching Artist in over 40 different schools in western PA SELECTED PRESENTATIONS: 2005 Featured Speaker, PAEA, State College, PA 2004 Community Art Making, NAEA National Conference, Boulder, CO 2003 Art Education in a Laundromat, NAEA National Conference, Minneapolis, MN The Spring Hill Puppet Project, NAEA National Conference, Minneapolis, MN 2002 Notes from the Community Artist Fellow, NAEA National Conference, Miami, FL
SELECTED TELEVISION COVERAGE: The Ellen Degeneres Show, October 2005 NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, July 2003 In KD Country with Dave Crawley, KDKA, Multiple Appearances Good Morning America, ABC, September 2000
EDUCATION: 1992 BA Integrative Arts Penn State University 1996 MEd Art Education Penn State University |