Director, Office of Public Art
Renee Piechocki is an artist and public art consultant. She is the director of Pittsburgh's Office of Public Art, a partnership of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and the Department of City Planning which provides technical assistance and educational programs to the public and private sectors in Pittsburgh. She was the Facilitator of Americans for the Arts' Public Art Network (2000-2004), the only national service program for the field of public art; was the studio manager for Vito Acconci and Acconci Studio (1998-2000); and a public art project manager for the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (1994-1998).
Her publications include theCall for Artists Resource Guidepublished by the Public Art Network, "Beyond the Ribbon Cutting: Education and Programming Strategies for Public Art Projects and Programs" in Public Art By the Book, edited by Barbara Goldstein; and Pittsburgh Art in Public Places: Downtown Walking Tour. She collaborated with artist Tiffany Ludwig as part of Two Girls Working on a national, interview-based public art project "Trappings." Their book,Trappings: Stories of Women, Power and Clothingwas published by Rutgers University Press in 2007.
Renee Piechocki was born in Queens, New York and grew up in Long Island. She received her BA in Studio Art and Honors Program from Hunter College of the City University of New York. After living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where she served as the co-chair of the Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission, she moved to Pittsburgh in 2003.
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