FEATURED MEMBER - TRUDY KAPNER

“Art is a celebration of life “ . . . a theme of Judy’s life.

As a small child, Trudy began her art odyssey drawing and painting with her identical twin sister, Judy. Subsequent to Trudy receiving her B.S. in Textiles and Clothing from Carnegie-Mellon University, her professional career encompassed creative endeavors in advertising illustrations and graphics, fashion design and illustrations, set design, extensive credits in costume design for television, film and stage, and over the past fifteen years, fine art photography.

Trudy has worked on such television shows as Designing Women and Mama’s Family to name a few but says that working with Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning and Marilou Henner on Evening Shade was “the most fun I’ve had.”
Trudy also worked with famed designer Bob Mackie and his partners Ret Turner, Ray Aghayan and Pete Menefee at his costume house EC2.
On the stage, Trudy designed for Shakespeare On The Meadow, New Place Theatre Company and Beverly Hills Playhouse giving her artistic costuming flare to over twenty plays and ballets.
A former member of Women In Film L.A. and now a member of our Palm Springs chapter, Trudy has a strong commitment to community and is affiliated with KUSC Desert Advisory Council, Palm Springs Art Museum Art Council, the La Quinta Arts Festival, DARC and The Palm Springs Opera Guild. She, and her husband Len, are currently producing a concert with the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony at Temple Sinai Palm Desert on February 24th while her fine art photography can be seen on exhibit at the offices of Better Hearing Systems in Indian Wells with all proceeds from sales going to the Starkey Hearing Foundation’s “So The World May Hear.” Trudy’s art can be seen on her website www.tkkphotography.com