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3D/ AR STREET PAINTING ARTIST: ANTHONY CAPPETTO
Artist Statement

Founder of Art for After Hours, Anthony has been street painting since 2001 and feels street painting is a way to share his art with many people and bring enjoyment to all.

Since 2007, Anthony has been and is committed to not only street painting (chalk) art as a performance, but the blending of the 400 year old art form with new technologies such as augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and social media as one to transform from a singular experience of seeing chalk art alone to a combined experiential event and emotional experience. 

An international 3D/AR street painting artist, Anthony has been fortunate to be able to travel and share his art with fans throughout the US, Mexico, Japan, the UAE, India, and Europe, and looks forward to sharing his unique view of 3D chalk art and emerging technologies with the world.
Selected Highlights include:

  • 3D/AR exhibition blended street painting at IIT Bobbay - Mumbai, India - 2012
  • Lead artist and designer for 'Visions of Cambodia', the first 3D street painting created with elements of animated augmented reality (AR) at the Sarasota Chalk Festival, Sarasota, FL - 2011
  • Street Paintings created as part of four short films for the Ad Council at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City -2011
  • 3D street painting for Pentax in New York City - 2011
  • 3D exhibition street painting 'Skullduggery' (team leader) for the Sarasota International Chalk Festival - 2010
  • Special Guest exhibition 3D street painter at Tempozan World Performance Festival in Osaka, Japan - 2010
  • Exhibition participant in Sistine Chapel Ceiling Street Painting - Festival Bella Via - Monterrey, Mexico - 2007
  Figurative - 'David and Goliath' and 'Zachariah' areas
  • Exhibition participant in Sistine Chapel Ceiling Street Painting Architectural Team - Youth in Arts Italian Street Painting Festival - San Rafael, CA - 2003
  • Invited/featured street painting artist at major festivals in the U.S., Mexico, Asia, and abroad since 2001
'Geyser' 3D interactive street painting by Anthony Cappetto for the Elmira Street Painting Festival in Elmira, NY - 2010.  Size 6' x 20', 1 & 1/2 days to complete, original design by Anthony Cappetto. 
Anthony Cappetto poses with his 3D street painting in Greenville, SC - 2010.  This street painting, Waterfall, took 3 days to complete for the  public exhibition.  Size 10' x 14', chalk pastel on concrete. Original design by Anthony Cappetto.
Anthony Cappetto's 3D 'Ice Fountain' street painting was 8' x 18' in size and took four days to complete.  Anthony was the Special Guest at the Festival which featured many fine performers and entertainers with large, interested crowds averaging 40,000 people daily.

Anthony Cappetto's 3D 'Ice Fountain' street painting for the Tempozan World Performance Festival in Japan - 2010.  The art was 8' x 18' in size and took four days to complete.  Anthony was the Special Guest at the Festival which featured many fine performers and entertainers with crowds averaging 40,000 people daily and thousands lining up to pose on the water spout!
Halloween 2010: Florida, Oct 28th through 31st, 2010: The Art for After Hours team of Anthony Cappetto (lead), Michael Macaulay, and Shawn McCann created a 20 x 40 foot, 3D anamorphic street painting in a four day period with a dramatic Halloween theme called 'Skull Duggery'.  No tricks, just treats for the viewers who got to see this being created live!
This 20' x 40' Halloween themed piece was a featured street painting at the festival and took about 100 hours of work total.  The Art for After Hours team of Anthony Cappetto (lead), Michael Macaulay, and Shawn McCann created this 3D anamorphic street painting in a four day period with a dramatic Halloween theme. The artists pose with the art work in progress.
'Through to the Pacific' 3D street painting by Anthony Cappetto and Michael Macaulay for an exhibition at the Original Western Mass Home & Garden Show. 'Through to the Pacific' 3D street painting by Anthony Cappetto and Michael Macaulay for an exhibition at the Original Western Mass Home & Garden Show. 'Through to the Pacific' 3D street painting by Anthony Cappetto and Michael Macaulay for an exhibition at the Original Western Mass Home & Garden Show.
'Through to the Pacific' 3D street painting by Anthony Cappetto and Michael Macaulay for an exhibition at the Original Western Mass Home & Garden Show. 'Through to the Pacific' 3D street painting by Anthony Cappetto and Michael Macaulay for an exhibition at the Original Western Mass Home & Garden Show. 'Through to the Pacific' 3D street painting by Anthony Cappetto and Michael Macaulay for an exhibition at the Original Western Mass Home & Garden Show.
3D Street Painting 'Through to the Pacific' by Anthony Cappetto (left) and Michael Macaulay (right) for an exhibition at the Original Western Mass Home & Garden Show. This 3D interpretation of the Currier & Ives lithograph 'Through to the Pacific' tied in with a  Currier & Ives exhibition at the Springfield Museum.  This street painting was created indoors on a 15' x 20' platform and took the two artists 3 1/2 days to complete - March 2011.
'Through to the Pacific' 3D street painting by Anthony Cappetto and Michael Macaulay for an exhibition at the Original Western Mass Home & Garden Show. This art was a 3D interpretation of the Currier & Ives lithograph 'Through to the Pacific'.  This 15' x 20' chalk mural took 3 1/2 days to complete.
Artist Anthony Cappetto poses with 'Barefoot in the Park' a 3D street painting for the Barefoot in the Park arts festival in Georgia - 2011. The park below is flanked by a waterfall at the left and a colorful cliff at the right.  Size 16' x 30'.
ART for AFTER HOURS:3D/AR Chalk Art Experiences – Performance,Blending,Sharing
International 3D/AR Chalk artist Anthony Cappetto led an Art for After Hours team (Shawn McCann, Wendy Stum) in the first public exhibition of 3D  chalk art and augmented reality (AR) blended together anywhere in the world at the Sarasota Chalk Festival in Sarasota, FL.  The 3D/AR chalk artwork, 'Visions of Cambodia' measured 30 by 40 feet in size and took the team approximately 150 hours to create onsite and several weeks of coordination for the successful combination of the 3D chalk design and the AR effects.  Special thanks to our friends at Daqri for the AR assistance, making our concept work so well.This is a view of the completed art as seen through a wide angle lens.
Watch Anthony Cappetto interact with his street paintings, 2D and 3D alike as the subject of a series of lead ins to videos by the Ad Council in 2011.  The full videos follow with a series of public service announcements related to the subjects of Family/Community, Health, Education, and Safety.
Artist Anthony Cappetto posing with 'Rock Climbing Adventures', his 3D street painting for Pentax in New York City - 2011.  Size 10' x 20', 20 hours to complete.
Left: International 3D/AR chalk artist Anthony Cappetto led an Art for After Hours team (Shawn McCann, Wendy Stum) in the first public exhibition of 3D  chalk art and augmented reality (AR) blended together anywhere in the world at the Sarasota Chalk Festival in Sarasota, FL, with the art work called 'Visions of Cambodia'.  Anthony Cappetto is positioned on the lower left ledge reaching for AR generated butterflies and a hummingbird inspired by chalk drawings made by Anthony alllowing the 3D chalk illusions to 'come alive', differing from any other 3D chalk art concepts in the marketplace today.
Above Right: Anthony Cappetto with his completed 3D street painting 'Cityscape', which took approximately 30 hours to complete.
3D  international 3D/AR chalk artist Anthony Cappetto with a group of IIT Bombay students 'chasing' the IIT Bombay Mascot over Cappetto's 'Cityscape', the first 3D chalk art with animated augmented reality (AR) ever done in India and the second such project undertaken anywhere. During the event, a stream of students surrounded our AR station to see the animated effects live and virtually nonstop for the three days of the festival.