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Ten Year Anniversary Capsule available now for preorder!

TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY CAPSULE
PREORDER THROUGH SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

We are SO excited to share our Ten Year Anniversary Capsule with you! The capsule features ten designs by some of our WT Alumni in addition to our Ten Year Logo! The artists were free to create whatever they wanted, and we’re putting their designs on a variety of t-shirts, longsleeves, crewnecks, hoodies, and zipups.

Featuring the work of Daze, Cern, Alice Mizrachi, Sam Rodriguez, Maxx242, Sarah C. Rutherford, Michael Moncibaiz, Justin Suarez, Shawnee Hill, and Salut, this capsule is available for preorder through SEPTEMBER 5, 2022! Don’t miss out!

In addition to the t-shirts, longsleeves, and hoodies, there are a number of great accessories including beaniesmarket bags, bandanas, and socks. Make sure to look around!

The proceeds from the sales of this capsule go directly into creating more murals around Rochester, NY!


Explore our shop for all sorts of extra new available goodies!

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DAZE artworkChris “Daze” Ellis

Cern ArtworkCern

Alice MizrachiAlice Mizrachi

Sam RodriguezSam Rodriguez

MAXX242Maxx242

Sarah C. RutherfordSarah C. Rutherford

Michael MoncibaizMichael Moncibaiz

Justin SuarezJustin Suarez

Shawnee HillShawnee Hill

SalutSalut

WALL THERAPY LOGOWALL\THERAPY Ten Year Logo

WT22 – Final Mural Reveals

It was a whirlwind week, but the Tenth Anniversary Festival has wrapped up. Our final week-long festival went by far too fast, but we’re working on all of the video recaps to share with you from the mural-making to the special events.

As always, photos never do these murals justice, so we hope you take a moment to seek out all of these murals (and the over 140 others!) out in person!

2022 MURALS

Nani Chacon - WT22 Mural

Nani Chacon
62 Marshall St, Rochester, NY 14607

 

Ephraim Gebre with Luvon Sheppard - WT22 Mural

Ephraim Gebre with Luvon Sheppard
488 W Main St, Rochester, NY 14608

 

Conor Harrington - WT22 Mural

“Some Things are Better Left Unseen.”
Conor Harrington
114 St. Paul St., Rochester, NY 14604

 

Sydney G. James - WT22 Mural

Sydney G. James
“Homage to the Blueprint”
330 North St, Rochester, NY 14605

 

Jarus - WT22 MuralJarus
50 Jessie St, Rochester, NY 14615

 

Ian Kualii - WT22 Mural

Ian Kuali’i
“Untitled”
143 S Union St, Rochester, NY 14607

 

Ellena Lourens - WT22 Mural 01

Elléna Lourens
Mural 1
258 Hayward Ave, Rochester, NY 14609

 

Ellena Lourens - WT22 Mural 02Mural 2
50 Jessie St, Rochester, NY 14615

 

Faring Purth and Daniel Jesse Lewis - WT22 Mural

Faring Purth and Daniel Jesse Lewis
1711 N Clinton Ave, Rochester, NY 14621

 

Keya Tama - WT22 mural

Keya Tama - WT22 bonus muralKeya Tama
“Winter with Flowers” (with bonus mural up on the roof)
318 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14604

 

Brittany Williams - WT22 Mural

Brittany Williams
“Inherited Traditions- Inspired by the Quilts of Gee’s Bend”
36 King St, Rochester, NY 14608

 

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BONUS MURAL:

Faring Purth and Daniel Jesse Lewis - mural 2
Faring Purth and Daniel Jesse Lewis
74 University Ave, Rochester, NY 14609

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MAPS TO THE 2022 MURALS

 

 

WALL\THERAPY 2022 – Your guide to events

WALL\THERAPY Ten year Logo

Check back to this post during the week for updates to our programming!

MAPS TO THE 2022 MURALS

 

WALL\THERAPY 2022 muralists:

Nani Chacon
Ephraim Gebre
Conor Harrington
Sydney G. James
Jarus
Ian Kuali’i
Daniel Jesse Lewis
Elléna Lourens
Faring Purth
Luvon Sheppard
Keya Tama
Brittany Williams
with Martha Cooper

To learn more about each artists, click on their name to visit their artist page.

 

FREE SCREENING OF MARTHA: A PICTURE STORY WITH Q&A

Martha - Screening information

The screening and Q&A are free to the public, but Eventbrite registration is required.

For more information about the screening

 

WORKSHOPS, Etc.

• Wednesday, July 27, 2022 – Long Table Discussion – from 6-7:30pm  – Free and open to the public (register here)

Long Table Discussion July 27, 2022

FREE & open to the public – Long Table Discussion – Presented by WALL\THERAPY in Collaboration with Rachel DeGuzman of 21st CENTURY ARTS INC

LONG TABLE DISCUSSION
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27 | 6pm
Courtyard on West Main St (Between King St. & Litchfield St.)

Please join us on Wednesday July 27, 2022 in the courtyard on West Main St (between King St & Litchfield St) for a Long Table Discussion reflecting on a decade of mural making in Rochester, presented by WALL\THERAPY in collaboration with Rachel DeGuzman of 21st Century Arts Inc.

Discussion begins promptly at 6:00pm.

For more details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reflecting-on-a-decade-of-mural-making-in-rochester-tickets-388295571507

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• Saturday July 30, 2022 – Watercolor workshop with Luvon Sheppard – 12-2pm (details coming soon)

 

OTHER EVENTS

Our friends at Tiny Fish printing will be celebrating their 15th Anniversary on Saturday, July 30th from 4-8pm, and we’ll be unveiling Elléna Lourens’ new mural at their location!

TINY FISH ANNIVERSARY PARTY

WALL\THERAPY awarded grant from the John Steuart Curry Foundation

John Steuart Curry - The Tragic Prelude artwork

WALL\THERAPY IS RECIPIENT OF 2022 GRANT FROM JOHN STEUART CURRY FOUNDATION

WALL\THERAPY is thrilled to announce that the John Steuart Curry Foundation has awarded our non-profit a $25,000 grant for the year 2022 that will help us produce our ten-year anniversary festival.

Renowned American regionalist painter, John Steuart Curry believed that art should appeal to the common man. He also firmly believed that art should have meaning and say something beyond bucolic scenes. Best known for his powerful, socially, and historically located canvases and murals – paintings of actual people, real communities, and tangible geographies, Curry used his artistic talents to translate, and subsequently elevate the experiences of his fellow Americans by reflecting the beauty, triumphs, sins and sorrows that have helped to define our identity as a nation.

WALL\THERAPY will return to form in celebration of our tenth anniversary during a week-long summer festival taking place July 22-31, 2022, hosting approximately 14 total artists. This curation will include six artists specifically chosen for work and practice that honors the spirit of John Steuart Curry’s work. Together, all the artists will be creating murals at various sites with partnering neighborhoods and businesses across the city of Rochester.

WALL\THERAPY also plans to specifically highlight the impact of John Steuart Curry and help educate WALL\THERAPY supporters and the broader community about his work and legacy through our website, highlighting the artists selected to as part of this program, and how their work and WALL\THERAPY’s work carries on the spirit of John Steuart Curry.

You can read more about it and John Steuart Curry on our dedicated John Steuart Curry Foundation Section . . .

Martha: A Picture Story – Free screening on July 26!

Martha - Screening information

Martha: A Picture Story

TUESDAY, JULY 26 | 7:30pm

Doors at 6:30pm \\ 
Little Theatre 1 (240 East Ave.)

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ABOUT THE FILM

In 1970s New York, photographer Martha Cooper captured some of the first images of graffiti at a time when the city had declared war on it. Decades later, Cooper has become influential to the global movement of street artists.

82 mins | Documentary | 2019 | US | English
Not Rated

 

Please join us at the historic Little Theatre on East Ave for a screening of Martha: A Picture Story on Tuesday, July 26th at 7:30pm followed by a Q&A with Martha Cooper herself in person! She’ll be in town documenting the week’s WALL\THERAPY Ten Year Anniversary Festival!

 

Doors open at 6:30pm, screening starts promptly at 7:30pm.

Q&A will begin after the documentary is finished, approximately 9pm.

 

The screening and Q&A are free to the public, but Eventbrite registration is required.

Please bring proof of registration!

 

Le Petit Poutine will be parked outside of Little 1 selling their delicious wares before the show!

*Covid Policies for the event will be defined by Monroe Counties policies at the time. Masking is always encouraged in indoor spaces.

Screening generously sponsored by the RIT School of Performing Arts .

 

 


WT22 – Big news about the festival!

Friends and Family!

On the run up to our ten year anniversary fest, we have decided that July 23-31 will be our last WEEK-LONG festival.

BUT! We aren’t going away (and we’re still calling ourselves WALL\THERAPY!), we’re just evolving how we do things. We still have a host of artists we want to work with, and there are too many walls still to paint in #Rochester! (PSST, we’ve already got something up our sleeves for this Fall . . .)

We’ve all got so many thoughts about this evolution, and you can read a little bit about our decision in the July issue of @roccitynews coming out this month. (link in bio)

I’m sure both Ian and I and the crew will have more to share after the fest, but for now, we’re focusing on making the big event at the end of the month the best it can be!

We love you and thank you for all of your support the last decade, and we can’t wait to see you in the streets of Rochester July 23-31!

You can hear more about it by clicking this text to watch a video from co-curator Erich Lehman on our Instagram Page!