Background
Calapai, Letterio was born on May 29, 1902 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Biagio and Emanuela (Planeta) Calapai.
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Letterio Calapai
Edit ProfileEducation
Graduate, Massachusetts College Art. Graduate, Boston School Fine Arts and Crafts. Graduate, Art Students League New York City.
Career
Head graphics Albright Art School, Buffalo, 1949-1954. Became associate Contemporaries Graphic Art Center, 1956. Faculty member New School Social Research, New York City, 1957-1961.
Founder, director Intaglio Workshop, New York City, 1960-1965. Lecturer department art education New York University, 1962-1965. Associate professor Brandeis University, 1964-1965.
Visiting associate professor Kendall College, Evanston, Illinois, 1965-1969. Lecturer department art and architecture University Illinois, Chicago Circle, 1966. Member art advisory committee Field Museum Natural History, Chicago, 1973-1974.
Member advisory panel Illinois Arts Council, 1971-1973.
Achievements
Membership
Member Society of America Graphic Artists, Boston Printmakers, Deer Isle Artists Association (president 1979-1981).
Connections
Married Jean Hilliard, January 5, 1962.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient prize award America In the War Exhibition, 1943. Work chosen for Fifty Best Prints of the Year, 1944. Albert H. Wiggins purchaseprize First Boston Printmakers Exhibition, 1948. John Taylor Arms prize Society American Graphic Artists, 1954. Library of Congress purchase prize, 1950, 51, 54. William J. Keller prize Western New York Exhibition, 1954. Tiffany Foundation grant in graphic arts, 1959. Audubon Artists medal for creative graphics, 1967. Purchase prize 27th Illinois Invitational Exhibition Illinois State Museum, 1974. Purchase awards The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1972-1973. Gold medal for graphics Italian-American Artists in United States of America, 1977, 79. Honorable mention Illinois Regional Print Show, 1977. Purchase award Northwestern University, 1978. Purchase award University Illinois, 1978. Excellence award N. Shore Art League, Chicago, 1982. Selected among Chicago's North Shore Celebrities in the Arts for a video tape documentary about the artist's work under auspicies of Archival Collection of Highland Pk. (Illinois) Public Library. video-production department, 1988. Selected one of "Seven Venerable Masters" Exhibition, David Adler Cultural Center, 1989. Invited by Smithsonian Institution Archives American Art. to submit papers and materials relative to life work, 1990.Recipient prize award America In the War Exhibition, 1943. Work chosen for Fifty Best Prints of the Year, 1944. Albert H. Wiggins purchaseprize First Boston Printmakers Exhibition, 1948.
John Taylor Arms prize Society American Graphic Artists, 1954. Library of Congress purchase prize, 1950, 51, 54. William J. Keller prize Western New York Exhibition, 1954.
Tiffany Foundation grant in graphic arts, 1959. Audubon Artists medal for creative graphics, 1967. Purchase prize 27th Illinois Invitational Exhibition Illinois State Museum, 1974.
Purchase awards The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1972-1973. Gold medal for graphics Italian-American Artists in United States of America, 1977, 79. Honorable mention Illinois Regional Print Show, 1977.
Purchase award Northwestern University, 1978. Purchase award University Illinois, 1978. Excellence award N. Shore Art League, Chicago, 1982.
Selected among Chicago's North Shore Celebrities in the Arts for a video tape documentary about the artist's work under auspicies of Archival Collection of Highland Pk. (Illinois) Public Library. video-production department, 1988. Selected one of "Seven Venerable Masters" Exhibition, David Adler Cultural Center, 1989.
Invited by Smithsonian Institution Archives American Art. to submit papers and materials relative to life work, 1990.