Cappelleri returns as Civic Theatre's artist in residence

LAFAYETTE, Ind. − Taylor Cappelleri will serve as Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette's artist in residence for the 2023-2024 season.

Cappelleri served this role from 2022-2023, and is reprising it for the follow up season. According to Cappelleri's biography, she and her husband moved to West Lafayette in 2013. A few years after that, she enrolled her kids into some Civic Theatre classes which eventually, lead to, now seven years later, her and her family being very involved in the theatre.

"It has been a true full circle moment for our family," Cappelleri wrote. "...(In college), I fell in love with a 2D design class that required us to make art only using black and white paper. Fast forward twenty years later, paper is the medium I chose to go back to when I started creating again in 2019.

"During 2020 I spent a lot of time in my art room using art as a tool toward self-discovery and healing. This is the story and process I shared in my first gallery show at The Arts Federation in October 2020. Thereafter, I began offering a commissioned art experience called 'Tell Me Your Story.' This process gave me the honor of hearing people’s most precious stories and turning them into pieces of art.

"In September 2021, Raquel Lopez, artistic director of Civic Theatre, reached out and asked if I would be willing to create the show art for the 2022-23 season. Theatre is the art of acting out stories, and I was drawing stories, so it was a perfect fit."

Cappelleri's art will be on showcase at the 92 Annual Season Reveal at 6 p.m. on April 22. This year's show lineup and accompanying artwork will be revealed at that date.

"Thank you to everyone who has supported me on this journey and to Civic Theatre for this incredible opportunity," Cappelleri wrote.

This article originally appeared on Lafayette Journal & Courier: Cappelleri returns as Civic Theatre's artist in residence