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Upcoming Art Exhibit – JUST FOLKS – Ten Years of 1975 and WALL\THERAPY Curation

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WALL\THERAPY Co-Curator and RIT alumni Erich S. Lehman is curating a second ten year anniversary group show, this time at RIT’s new City Art Space located in downtown Rochester. This show will feature 10 artists from his 1975 Gallery project as well as 10 artists from WALL\THERAPY’s history so far. A portion of the proceeds from the sales of artwork will be donated to this year’s WALL\THERAPY project. We hope you will be able to attend!

A list of the artists in attendance will be shared closer to the opening.

JUST FOLKS
Ten Years of 1975 and WALL\THERAPY Curation

March 1-23, 2019
Opening Reception March 1, 6-9pm
Artist Talk to follow

Free and open to the public

A companion exhibition to DEARLY DEPARTED – Ten Years of 1975 in October 2018, JUST FOLKS is a more formal retrospective of the influence of 1975 Gallery on Rochester, NY’s art scene since its inception in 2008. Among the selected artists is a group who grew/came of age with the gallery and emerged as names in their own right in Rochester and beyond. Overlapping with this is a selection of artists who participated in the WALL\THERAPY mural project whose impact on Rochester is seen on a daily basis. The artists selected represent important elements of 1975 curation over the last ten years.

“Just Folks” is a phrase coined between the curators of WALL\THERAPY to describe the power of the average person to make an incredible difference in their community. We are living in a time when it is essential to realize the common vein between us all and the capacity for great change that we share.

A percentage of all artwork sales will be donated to the WALL\THERAPY project.

BONES – Sarah Blood – Carter Burwell – DAZE – Chloe Early – Faith XLVII – Conor Harrington – HOWNOSM – Ian Kuali’i – Mike Ming – St. Monci – Don Pendleton – Mark Penxa – Faring Purth – David Schnuckel – Justin Suarez aka Mr. Prvrt – Sarah C. Rutherford – David Walker – Brittany Williams – Addam Yekutieli aka Know Hope

Curated by Erich S. Lehman.

For more about the artists:

1975
Bones – www.instagram.com/bones_tribute
Sarah Blood – www.sarahblood.com
Carter Burwell – www.instagram.com/carterburwellart
St. Monci – www.st.monci.com
Don Pendleton – www.elephont.com
Mark Penxa – www.markpenxa.com
David Schnuckel – www.davidschnuckel.com
Justin Suarez (aka Mr. Prvrt) – www.mrprvrt.com
Sarah C. Rutherford – www.sarahcrutherford.com
Brittany Williams – www.instagram.com/bwilliamsart

WALL\THERAPY
Daze – www.dazeworld.com
Chloe Early – www.chloeearly.com
FaithXLVII – www.faith47.com
Conor Harrington – www.conorharrington.com
HOW and NOSM – www.howandnosm.com
Ian Kuali’i – www.instagram.com/iankualii
Mike Ming – www.instagram.com/surfnuts195
Faring Purth – www.instagram.com/faringpurth
David Walker – www.artofdavidwalker.com
Addam Yekutieli aka Know Hope – www.thisislimbo.com

RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/377435413067227/

RIT City Art Space
Sibley Tower Building
Entrance at Liberty Pole Plaza
280 East Main Street Rochester NY 14604
cityartspace.rit.edu

Regular Hours: Thursday – Sunday, 1-5pm

Parking:
Street Parking is free after 6pm and on Weekends.
Parking Garages available at Mortimer Street Garage or St. Joe’s Garage

2015 WALL\THERAPY Artist Videos

2015 WALL\THERAPY Artist Videos

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You can now view ALL of our artist recap videos! Thank you to our awesome video crew who worked day and night to bring you a taste of WALL\THERAPY 2015

WALL\THERAPY 2015 Teaser Trailer

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/134691853

Li-Hill

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/135265888

Andreas Englund

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/135496884

DAZE

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/135494855

NEVERCREW

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/135896958

Eder Muniz

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/135927331

HANDIEDAN

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/133198720

VEXTA
 
You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/135935819

BRITTANY WILLIAMS

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/136538753

JEFF SOTO and MAXX242

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/136559723

JOE GUY ALLARD and MATTHEW ROBERTS

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/137139295

NATE HODGE

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/137154747

ONUR and WES21

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/137150868

WT15 – Artist Recap Videos Part 1!

WT15 – Artist Recap Videos Part 1!

Please enjoy this first series of our Artist Recap Videos from WALL\THERAPY 2015!

WALL\THERAPY 2015 Teaser Trailer

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/134691853

Li-Hill

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/135265888

Andreas Englund

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/135496884

DAZE

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/135494855

NEVERCREW

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/135896958

Eder Muniz

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/135927331

HANDIEDAN

You can also view it on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/133198720

WALL\THERAPY 2015 winds to a close

WALL\THERAPY 2015 winds to a close

Wall Therapy 2015

After 10 days of frenzied activity, logistical maneuvering, creative expression, and many laughs, group dinners, and companionable conversation at our home base at The Yards, WALL\THERAPY 2015 has come to an end. In its fifth year, the project continued to evolve, most significantly this year through its new partnership with URBAN NATION, which co-curated roughly half of the project’s artists and contributed to the continued realization of our primary goals: transforming Rochester’s urban landscape, providing healing inspiration, and building community.

WALL\THERAPY 2015 was punctuated by three open-to-the-public events. It kicked off with its first ever art exhibition in support of IMPACT! – IMProving Access to Care by Teleradiology, featuring studio work from all of the participating artists. A portion of all sales from the show will go directly to The Synthesis Collaborative to support the IMPACT! project. You can view available work here: http://shop.1975ish.com/category/impact-wt15

IMPACT! seeks to provide easier access to better care in underdeveloped and underserved regions through cloud-based x-ray services and a network of volunteer radiologists supporting IMPACT! sites. Both WALL\THERAPY and IMPACT! are projects of The Synthesis Collaborative. The Synthesis Collaborative is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health status of communities in the developing world using the tools of teleradiology and cloud computing.

 

Photo by Jason Wilder
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Photo by @markdeffphoto

 

On Thursday, partners, artists, staff, volunteers and visitors enjoyed the FLOOR\THERAPY dance party hosted by The Lobbyist at Rochester’s Bug Jar to celebrate the week’s work.

 

Finally, on Friday, media partners Brooklyn Street Art hosted their popular BSA Film Friday—Live from WALL\THERAPY at the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester.

 

Photo by Jason Wilder
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Photo by Jason Wilder
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You can view a short trailer of our upcoming artist spotlight videos that we’ll be releasing every Monday in August below:


(or you can view it on Vimeo if you prefer.)

 

THE MURALS

Focused on a theme of surrealism and the fantastic, the artists’ work did not disappoint, with subjects ranging from a whale of melting ice, a young girl with a blooming mind to a retaliating beaver and a battle royale between monsters and robots.

Click on any of the images to open a larger version in a new window.

 

Prior to the official start of WALL\THERAPY 2015, Dutch artist Handiedan completed a wheatpaste mural in Rochester’s South Wedge/Swillburg neighborhood entitled “Bollywood Sugar.”

820 South Clinton Avenue – Photo by @markdeffphoto
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New York City-based artist Daze completed three murals during his time in Rochester, “Rochester Dream” on Rochester’s north side, a collaboration with the city’s local FUA Krew and a final wall on Atlantic Avenue.

646 Joseph Ave – Photo by @markdeffphoto
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646 Joseph Ave – Photo by @markdeffphoto
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FUA KREW production wall with DAZE – Photo by @markdeffphoto
From L – R: Daze, Range FUA, Zoner FUA, Snoe FUA, Mas, Bones FUA
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430 Atlantic Ave – Photo by Jason Wilder
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Daze’s third mural merged into clouds emanating from Nate Hodge’s mural just around the corner on the same building.

430 Atlantic Ave – Photo by Tomas Flint
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Continuing to round the building, visitors will encounter Brazilian artist Eder Muniz’s mural of vibrant animals and mythological creatures dancing across a saturated blue background.

 

430 Atlantic Ave – Photo by Erich Lehman
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The final mural located on the building belongs to Vexta, a Brooklyn-based artist, whose mural of fluorescent cosmic shards is anchored by the face of a masked woman.

430 Atlantic Ave – Photo by Tomas Flint
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Just down Atlantic Avenue, artist Li-Hill completed a large, three-story mural in just over three days.

 

400 Atlantic Ave – Photo courtesy of ©Ian Cox
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Prior to tackling his giant wall, Li-Hill first created an installation piece in an undisclosed location in the Northwest side of the city.

Detail Shot Photo by Lisa Barker
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Nearby on Greenleaf Street, Swedish artist Andreas Englund wrapped up his second ever mural of a resting superhero entitled “Pebbles.”

40 Greenleaf Street – Photo by Jason Wilder
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Just around the corner on an eastern wall at Fedder Industrial Park, which is also populated with work from 2014 WALL\THERAPY artists Addison Karl, Omen, Jarus and Troy Lovegates, local artists Joe Guy Allard and Matthew Roberts created a giant blockbuster mural of a battle between monsters and robots.

1237 East Main Street – Photo by Jason Wilder
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Early in the week, California-based artists Jeff Soto and Maxx242 quickly completed a massive mural in Rochester’s Public Market and then promptly headed to another on which Maxx completed a scripted mural with the words “Love and Sacrifice.”

43 Public Market – Photo by @markdeffphoto
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912 Hudson Ave – Photo by @markdeffphoto
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Near Daze’s first mural on Joseph Avenue, Rochester artist Brittany Williams lay down a striking portrait of a young woman in profile, whose mind splits open to reveal flower petals flowing from her mind.

488 Joseph Avenue – Photo by Jason Wilder
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Swiss artists NEVERCREW created a stunning wall downtown, already popular among WALL\THERAPY followers, that shows a small whale inside a larger whale made of melting ice with the city skyline reflecting back, intersected by a burning ombré ray of sunlight.

14 Capron Street – Photo by Jason Wilder
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Also hailing from Switzerland, artists Onur and Wes21 created a masterpiece of the natural world’s retaliation against human incursion on Main Street.

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Year after year, it becomes more evident that WALL\THERAPY’s mission of inspiration has caught on among its supporters—artists, staff, volunteers, sponsors and community partners alike—and has created an undercurrent of passion in action that makes a project such as this possible. With just 15 artists, our event was an intimate one that allowed the artists time to appreciate the city they are helping to heal, and gave volunteers and staff time to meet those artists whose work will grace 14 of its walls.

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THANK YOU!

The WALL\THERAPY team is sincerely grateful for the support we receive, without which it would be impossible to deliver inspirational mural art throughout Rochester.

To the Rochester community, your support is integral to our continued work. You’ve helped us to raise more than $35,000 on our Indiegogo campaign, without which we would not have gotten the project off the ground. Community sponsors provided meals and beverages that fueled artists, staff and volunteers throughout a busy week. And the donation of time and sharing of links and photos help us to reach more and more community members.

To our major partners — URBAN NATION, Brooklyn Street Art and Montana Cans — your involvement helped us to raise our 2015 event to even greater heights through increased outreach and support.

To business owners who donated walls now graced with WALL\THERAPY murals, thank you for the opportunity and trust you have granted us. You have helped us to continue the work of positive change and healing throughout Rochester.

To our contributing artists, who have honored us with their incredible creations and helped us to continue to heal our city, and whose appreciation for our city is reflected in their dedication to the work, and kind regard for our community members and volunteers, we thank you.

To our volunteers and staff, many of whom took time from their jobs to work long hours in support of our project, managing the complicated logistics of artists and volunteers spread throughout the city, providing hospitality to our artists, ensuring they had the cans of paint and supplies they needed when they needed them, and delivering much needed refreshment and shade during the long hot days of the past week, you are the heart and soul of WALL\THERAPY.

To our photographers and videographers, who often worked long into the night alongside artists to ensure we documented the images of the work, and but also captured the sense of community and enjoyment that surrounds the work, we are enormously grateful.

Please visit our Facebook page to see even more galleries of this year’s event!

Photo courtesy of ©Ian Cox
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(First image at top: Eder Muniz – Photo by Jenn Poggi)

New Site and WALL\THERAPY 2015 begins Friday!

New Site and WALL\THERAPY 2015 begins Friday!

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Welcome to the new WALL\THERAPY site!

Our new site is jam-packed with bios and photos from the last five years, a searchable map of the murals, and tons of easier ways to find our murals or be a part of the project. We’ve integrated our Google Cultural Institute exhibitions so that you can view the murals in high resolution year by year. Best of all, the entire site is now searchable!

We want to thank our team member Katie Verrant for the seemingly countless hours she’s put in to both this site, our Google Cultural Institute presence, and a few other projects about to come out! We couldn’t have done this without all her hard work!

Let the 2015 show begin!

WALLTHERAPY and URBAN NATION are excited to launch the International exchange program between Rochester and Berlin. Artists curated by the UN Director Yasha Young have been invited to participate and contribute to the program of WALLTHERAPY 2015 curated by Ian Wilson (founder, co-curator) and Erich Lehman (co-curator, lead organizer). WALLTHERAPY 2015 will kick off on July 17, 2015, and our theme for this year is surrealism and the fantastic.

Brooklyn Street Art founders Jaime Rojo and Steve Harrington will be contributing with a very exciting special BSA FILM FRIDAY at the Memorial Art Gallery.

To start things off right, we will be holding our first proper exhibition kickoff titled IMPACT! This exhibition will take place at 1975 Gallery (89 Charlotte St.) and will showcase artwork from all the 2015 participating WALLTHERAPY artists in support of IMPACT! – IMProving Access to Care by Teleradiology – www.impactrad.org. IMPACT seeks to provide easier access to better care in underdeveloped and underserved regions through cloud-based x-ray services and a network of volunteer radiologists supporting IMPACT sites. Both WALLTHERAPY and IMPACT! are projects of The Synthesis Collaborative.

UN Exchange artists 2015 include:
Andreas Englund
Onur and Wes21
NEVERCREW
Vexta
Li Hill
Handiedan (Who joined us in late June))

WT artists 2015 include:
Daze
Jeff Soto
Maxx242
Nate Hodge
Eder Muniz
Brittany Williams
Matthew Roberts and Joe Guy Allard

Events this week:

FRIDAY – JULY 17 – IMPACT! art show and kickoff featuring work from this year’s participating artists!
Portions of ALL sales will go directly to The Synthesis Collaborative to support the IMPACT project!

Free and open to the public.

RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1460196637612900/

SATURDAY – JULY 18 – Painting begins!

THURSDAY – JULY 23 – FLOOR THERAPY at the Bug Jar!
$5 at the door.

WALL\THERAPY & The Lobby present the third annual FLOOR/THERAPY with Thievin’ Stephen, DJ Tim Tones, Stay Gold, Lord Krow, and more TBA. Come boogie as the 2015 roster of visiting WALL\THERAPY artists take a mid-week party break at Bug Jar. 10pm-2am Thursday, July 23.

RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/655336504610239/

FRIDAY – JULY 24 – Brooklyn Street Art hosts BSA FILM FRIDAYS at the MAG!
Free and open to the public (limited to capacity of the auditorium)

BSA FILM FRIDAY LIVE
with hosts
Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo
Founders of Brooklyn Street Art (BSA)
Friday July 24, 2015 – 5:00 pm
MAG Auditorium
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester

Take an entertaining trip with Steve and Jaime through many of their favorite short video pieces selected from the last 10 months of the popular BrooklynStreetArt.com section: BSA Film Friday. Experimenters, explorers, anti-heroes and dreamers all, you’ll see how WALL\THERAPY 2015 is on-point with this year’s theme of surrealism and the fantastic

RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1010465602320305/

We hope you can join, tag , follow and most of all support us for this year’s exciting installment, starting this Friday!

Ian, Erich, Yasha, and the wonderful WT and UN teams and volunteers.

For more:
www.wall-therapy.com
www.urban-nation.net
www.impactrad.org

WALLTHERAPY 2013 Media Recap

WALLTHERAPY 2013 - MLK mural by CASE

July, August and the beginning of September were busy months for us, and as the dust settles on another amazing WALLTHERAPY season, we wanted to share some of the amazing words and coverage that we got this year! From videos to photo essays, we are honored that so many folks have turned their attention to our project here in Rochester.

We’ll be adding more and more photos to the site here as well, but in the meantime, you can check out some of our images on our Facebook page:

WALLTHERAPY 2013 IN PROCESS
Progress Album #1
Progress Album #2

WALLTHERAPY 2013 Finished Walls
Final Walls – Partial Set

And to see photos tied to #walltherapy, check out our Tagboard:
http://tagboard.com/walltherapy

VIDEO

WALLTHERAPY by Rosanna Bach

“Wall Therapy” for Rochester neighborhoods by Seth Voorhees for YNN

BINHO time-lapse next to 1975 Gallery

BINHO Eagle timelapsea

Brooklyn Street Art
http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/2013/07/20/wall-therapy-2013-freedom/

http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/2013/07/22/walltherapy-2013-daily-checkup-and-scan-of-founder-ian-wilson/#.UjdHPhacfeN

http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/2013/07/23/walltherapy-2013-tuesday-update/#.UjdIvhacfeN

http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/2013/07/23/walltherapy-2013-tuesday-update/

http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/2013/07/24/walltherapy-2013-wednesday-update-7-24-13/

http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/2013/07/25/sarah-c-rutherford-flies-high-at-walltherapy/

http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/2013/07/26/wall-therapy-2013-friday-update-07-26-13/

HUFFINGTON POST
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jaime-rojo-steven-harrington/wall-therapy-street-art-f_b_3679711.html

JUXTAPOZ
http://www.juxtapoz.com/street-art/walll-therapy-2013

http://www.juxtapoz.com/street-art/wall-therapy-2013-part-1

http://www.juxtapoz.com/street-art/wall-therapy-2013-part-2

http://www.juxtapoz.com/street-art/wall-therapy-2013-part-3

http://www.juxtapoz.com/street-art/wall-therapy-part-4

http://www.juxtapoz.com/street-art/wall-therapy-2237262564524624

http://www.juxtapoz.com/street-art/another-wall-from-roa-at-wall-therapy

http://www.juxtapoz.com/street-art/video-and-photos-know-hope-the-abstract-and-the-very-real

ARRESTED MOTION
http://arrestedmotion.com/2013/07/streets-gaia-rochester-richmond-and-baltimore/

http://arrestedmotion.com/2013/08/streets-daleast-rochester-ny/

http://arrestedmotion.com/2013/09/streets-case-for-walltherapy-rochester/

12OZ PROPHET
http://www.12ozprophet.com/index.php/news/recap-beyond_the_horizon-wall_therapy-2013-part-1

http://www.12ozprophet.com/index.php/news/wall-therapy-progress-roundup

VANDALOG
http://blog.vandalog.com/2013/07/wall-therapy-firsthand-part-1/

http://blog.vandalog.com/2013/07/wall-therapy-firsthand-part-2/

http://blog.vandalog.com/2013/07/walltherapy-firsthand-part-3/

http://blog.vandalog.com/2013/07/walltherapy-firsthand-part-4/

STREET ART NEWS
http://www.streetartnews.net/2013/07/faith47-new-mural-in-rochester-usa.html

http://www.streetartnews.net/2013/07/daleast-new-mural-in-rochester-usa.html

http://www.streetartnews.net/2013/07/ever-new-mural-in-rochester-usa.html

http://www.streetartnews.net/2013/07/gaia-new-mural-in-rochester-usa.html

http://www.streetartnews.net/2013/07/roa-new-street-piece-in-rochester-usa.html

http://www.streetartnews.net/2013/07/conor-harrington-new-mural-in-rochester.html

http://www.streetartnews.net/2013/07/conor-harrington-new-mural-in-rochester_25.html

http://www.streetartnews.net/2013/07/roa-new-mural-in-rochester-usa.html

http://www.streetartnews.net/2013/07/roa-new-street-piece-in-rochester-usa.html

ROCHESTER CITY PAPER
http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/worlds-collide-on-walls-walltherapy-2013/Content?oid=2247008

http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/walltherapy-2013-update-the-artists-speak/Content?oid=2252348

http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/walltherapy-continues-into-fall-therapy/Content?oid=2266545

DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE
Flipbooks of the walls in progress: http://media.democratandchronicle.com/walltherapy/

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130719/NEWS01/307190022/Wall-Therapy-rochester-mural

YNN ROCHESTER
http://rochester.ynn.com/content/news/674568/rochester-is-getting-some-wall-therapy/ (with Video)

ROCHESTER HOME PAGE
http://www.rochesterhomepage.net/story/dozens-of-artists-participate-in-wall-therapy-project/d/story/jB4h7b1IJ0mDJ0H4sLTL-A (with video)

MONTANA BLOG
http://www.montana-cans.com/montana-blog/2013/07/26/wall-therapy-2013-the-first-few-days/

http://www.montana-cans.com/montana-blog/2013/07/30/wall-therapy-2013-the-first-few-days-part-2/

Savage Habbit
http://savagehabbit.com/?p=9358

Collosal
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/08/dalest/

Adeline House
http://adelinehouse.com/blog/ (Scroll down for WALL THERAPY)