Mariel Capanna

Visiting Assistant Professor

Art

Email:mcapann1@swarthmore.edu
Phone: (610) 690-3714
Beardsley Hall 306
Office Hours: Students can schedule meeting times via Calendly.

Artist website

Education

MFA, Yale University
BFA and certificate of Fine Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art

Specialty

Painting

Courses

ARTT 003A Painting I: Drawing into Painting
ARTT 033A. Painting II: Color and Structure
ARTT 034C: Painting III: Fresco Painting

Please view full course details in the online College Bulletin Course Catalog here.

Biographical Statement

Mariel Capanna is a visual artist whose paintings have been exhibited nationally and internationally with galleries including Adams and Ollman (Portland, OR), Central Park (Los Angeles, CA), Gross McCleaf Gallery (Philadelphia, PA), and Good Weather (North Little Rock, AR). She has been an artist in residence at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Haverford College, the Guapamacátaro Art and Ecology Residency in Michoacan, Mexico, and elsewhere, and she has received grants and fellowships from institutions including the Independence Foundation and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. A former Mellon Fellow in Studio Art at Williams College, Capanna currently serves as Fresco Instructor at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.