About Us

Capelli d’Angeli Foundation was established in 2004 by Marcia Reid Marsted and her family to publish a new edition of her book, About My Hair: A Journey To Recovery, making it more readily available to hospitals, cancer centers, libraries and, most important, to cancer patients and their families.

In 2004 the Foundation gave a number of framed images from the book, as well as a group of framed large-format images from Marcia’s Iceland Series to the UConn Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, for the enjoyment of patients and medical staff. They have been placed in the treatment rooms and halls.

In 2005, with the support and assistance of Kathy Cockroft, Director of the Canton Public Library, and her able staff, the Foundation donated copies of About My Hair: A Journey To To Recovery to every public library in Connecticut. Efforts are underway to make the book available to cancer patients through appropriate medical and social work professionals and volunteers throughout the State. This same network, as well as the Internet, will be used to publicize the availability of grants for women artists/patients who wish to use their artistic skills as part of the healing process and need assistance in doing so.

The Foundation celebrated its launching with a party at the Town & County Club in Hartford in May 2005. We were able to raise more than $7,000 from wonderful supporters to begin helping women artists with cancer. That night we awarded the first Capelli d’Angeli Foundation Grant for a Woman Artist With Cancer, a check for $500, to Susan Bradley, President of the Gallery on the Green in Canton. Susan’s art was instrumental in helping her through her cancer. Her work touches all who see it. Some of Susan’s images are viewable in our gallery.

The first Capelli d’Angeli Foundation Juried Art Competition was held in 2006. Winners’ work was shown at The Helen & Harry Gray Cancer Center at Hartford Hospital.  We are looking for a venue for our next juried art exhibit.  Let us know if you would like to show the work of “women artists with cancer”.  Look at this website to see the work of our twenty-five artists who have been helped by Capelli d’Angeli Foundation since 2005.

If you would like to be on our email list, please send your email address to capellifoundation@yahoo.com.

To Contact us by USMail, write to:

Capelli d’Angeli Foundation

P.O. Box 309

Canton, CT 06019

Phone/Fax: 860.693.6208

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"Many thanks to Robinson & Cole of Hartford, CT for their assistance in gaining 501 (c) (3) status for Capelli d’Angeli Foundation.  All your gifts will continue to be tax deductible to the extent the law allows."