…Capezzuti continues to be one of the most visible figures in the Pittsburgh art scene.”
–Amanda Waltz, Pittsburgh Citypaper
Cheryl Capezzuti |
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WORK HISTORY |
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| 1996-present | Visual Artist, Studio Capezzuti, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2009-present | Visual Arts Faculty, Falk Lab School, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2002-2012 | Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Artist-in-Residence, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts |
| 2001-2002 | Community Artist Fellow, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1996-2000 | Visual Arts Faculty, Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh, PA |
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EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2023 | AAP New Member Show, Brew House Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Featured Artist, June 2023, Associated Artist of Pittsburgh, Online | |
| Taking up Space, TRAF Juried Show, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 2020 | Discarded: A Retrospective, BE Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2016 | Stix and Stones, Penn State Alumni Exhibit, Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA |
| 2009 | 8-hour projects, Allegheny College Galleries, Meadville, PA |
| 2008 | In the Making, 250 Pittsburgh Artists, FE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2007 | Member Show, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Puppets and Masks, Two Person Show, Gallerie Chiz, Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 2006 | In Response to Healing, Nationally Traveling Juried Group Exhibition, PA, OH and AZ |
| 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 Laundry, Atlanta, GA | |
| A Detour from Detours, Butler Street Coin-Op Laundry, Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 2002 | Angels and Other Creatures, Three Rivers Arts Festival/ Gallery 808, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 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 |
| 1997 | The Doll Show, Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1993 | Discarded, The Art Alliance, Lemont, PA |
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COMMUNITY INTERACTIVE PUBLIC ART |
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| 2020 | Laundromat Pop-up, Butler St. Coin-Op Laundromat, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2018 | Pittsburgh International Airport Artist-in-Residence, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2019-2021 | IllumiNATION, a campus-wide art experience, Penn State University, University Park, PA |
| 2018 | Moon and Star, commissioned by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2016 | History of Pittsburgh in Puppets for the Bicentennial Parade, City of Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2016-present | Giant Puppet Dance Club, a community-powered dance experience, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2013-present | Puppets to Go at the Braddock Carnegie Free Library, a lending library of community-made giant puppets available to the public with just a library card, Braddock, PA |
| 2013 | The Details in Everyday Dust, an art installation at Trey’s Laundromat, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2004-2010 | North Side Celebration in the Park, including a History of Famous Pittsburgh Women Parade, North Shore Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2000-2004 | Lint in the Laundromat, a series of weekly happenings at a working laundromat, Pittsburgh |
| 1998-present | First Night Pittsburgh Parade, Artist-in-Charge and Master Puppetmaker |
| 1994-present | The National Lint Project, an on-going project that features sculptures made from donated dryer lint and hundreds of collected letters about doing laundry. |
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SELECTED PUPPET PERFORMANCES |
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| 2023 | Finding your Voice, touring show, commissioned by the City of Pittsburgh |
| 2022 | Giving Tales, touring show, commissioned by the City of Pittsburgh |
| 2019 | Aesop’s Fables, touring show, commissioned by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh |
| 2018 | Puppet Pieces, a showcase of 10 years for small works, Glitter Box, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2017 | Song from a Lost Civilization, Potpourri at the National Puppetry Festival, Minneapolis, MN |
| Dining in Space, Puppet Homecoming Potpourri, NY 2016 Arrangement #1 | |
| 2015 | Songs from a Lost Civilization and Other Stories, Pittsburgh Fringe |
| 2014 | Random Teleology, Margo Lovelace Puppet Festival |
| 2013 | Who Needs Neighbors, pageant in Point State Park at Three Rivers Arts Festival |
| 2008-2011 | Stuff, A Fuzzy Boundary Production, performed repeatedly for years |
| 2004 | 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 4×5 Festival | |
| 2000 | Mismatched Pair, created with Kellee Van Aken and performed around the state of PA |
GRANTS/AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS |
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| Jane Henson Foundation | For excellence in puppetry education in 2021 and 2022 | |||
| Awesome Pittsburgh | July 2018 Recipient of this monthly award | |||
| Pennsylvania Council on the Arts | Thirty + Arts-in-Education Grants for work as an Artist-in-Residence | |||
| Pennsylvania Council on the Arts | Fourteen PA Partners in the Arts Awards | |||
| The Sprout Fund | Three Seed Awards | |||
| The Sprout Fund | One SIX Award for social innovation & public art projects | |||
| ONE Northside | Three project grants | |||
| The Pittsburgh Foundation | Two Individual Artist Awards | |||
| The Heinz Endowments | The first PCA Community Artist Fellowship | |||
| The Heinz Endowments | One Small Arts Initiative Grant | |||
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EDUCATION |
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| 1992 | BA | Integrative Arts (Emphasis: Architecture) | Penn State University | |
| 1996 | MEd | Art Education (Emphasis: Interactive Public Art) | Penn State University | |