After filling up on turkey, stuffing, and pie, walk it off while checking out these fresh-air art treks.
Street art
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Rochester’s infamous ‘Sleeping Bears’ mural vandalized
The mural, created in 2012 by the Belgian artist ROA, was derided by many who saw in it the depiction of a sex act.
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No WallTherapy festival, still fresh paint
July is wrapping up, and for the only the second time eight years, WallTherapy is not putting on its annual mural festival. But the group’s organizers are still working to link WT artists with opportunities to paint new murals around Rochester.
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WALLTHERAPY 2017: Lucinda Yrene’s mural celebrates motherhood, healing
A smudge stick and a good omen for GP4H: Lucinda Yrene’s WALLTHERAPY mural at 1112 East Main Street.
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WALLTHERAPY 2017: Jess X Snow, Chrysanthemum Tran, and the Queer Mother Earth
Rochester just got its first mural that spotlights queer identity
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WALLTHERAPY 2017: Todd Stahl takes a focus on Syria
Although WALL\THERAPY organizers set a theme of arts and activism for this year’s festival, they left the specifics up to the individual artists. Todd Stahl, a teacher at Webster Thomas High School, began working Sunday at 59 Pennsylvania Avenue, assisted by a few of his students. His mural features an oversize portrait of a young […]
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WALLTHERAPY focuses on activism in 2017 festival
Rochester’s mural festival, WALL\THERAPY, returns Friday, July 21, through Sunday, July 30, presenting a theme of arts, activism, and community. The festival has been held each July since 2011, except for 2016 when the organization participated in an artist exchange with a Berlin-based arts group. The organizers originally had “storytelling” as a loose theme for […]
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Mural series ‘Her Voice Carries’ lifts local women
Rochester-based artist Sarah Rutherford is in the midst of a new series of murals that spotlight local women who work to lift up the voices of others.
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The City Seen: December 11-13
This was a busy weekend of Christmas shopping (and not just window shopping) at the Metro Justice Alternative Fair and Holidays at the Market. When our lists were checked off, City also learn about a few exotic animals at the Wildlife Educators Coalition show at MuCCC. There were a few cultural vendors at the Metro […]
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Three to see
Three currently running art shows, featuring the work of four Rochester artists, deal with concepts of the human condition.
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Fantasy on flesh and facade
Every time I see Lea Rizzo, the artist and single mom is buzzing with slightly frazzled energy but still somehow has a dose of sunshine for everyone. She has a sensitive and loving nature, and stays busy with her own projects between her practice as a tattoo artist, collaborating with artist friends, helping run The […]
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Backward and forward vision with Jeff Soto and Maxx242
California-based artists Jeff Soto and Maxx242 finished their collaborative mural, “Love is Sacrifice,” at the Rochester Public Market early on Tuesday. Afterward, Maxx put up a second, more traditional graffiti-style piece at Hudson Avenue and Dayton Street of just the title script from the first painting. “It represents the sacrifices we make, when we become […]
