WALL\THERAPY 2015 opened on Friday night, July 17, with a reception for “IMPACT!,” an exhibition of work by each of this year’s featured artists at 1975 Gallery (89 Charlotte Street). And though the heat has been pretty oppressive during the early portion of the nine-day festival, a few of the artists have banged out one […]
Street art
Posted inArts & Entertainment
A study on symbiosis with Onur & Wes21
The two Swiss artists talk collaboration and envision nature taking its revenge.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Wonder walls
WALL\THERAPY 2015 informally kicked off over the holiday weekend with the installation of a gargantuan wheatpaste mural, “Bollywood Sugar,” on The Playhouse/Swillburger building by Amsterdam-based artist Handiedan. The striking digital collage of bold imagery — which includes many flourishes, flowers, and architectural bits surrounding a large central pin-up figure — earned cheers and honks from […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
The writings on the wall
When WALL\THERAPY and related events started about four years ago, Rochester joined the ranks of cities who have officially embraced the street art movement. Generally, the more than 70 murals that have been created since the project began have received positive responses from the public, but there have been a couple of hiccups. Rochester’s walls […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Fresh Paint
Rochester’s annual, week-long mural-making festival, Wall Therapy, kicked off officially on Friday, July 18. Most of the out-of-town artists have arrived and are now working on their large-scale public artworks under this year’s portraiture theme. Due to scheduling, a couple more artists will have arrived by midweek and have a later start. Gloomy weather and […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Portrait of a new city
Wall Therapy begins Friday, July 18, and runs through Sunday, July 27.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
WallTherapy continues into Fall Therapy
After the ambitious endeavor put on in Rochester this past July, it would be reasonable for the Wall\Therapy organizers to call it a season and kick back for a bit. But the momentum for the local street-art festival is showing no signs of slowing, as Dr. Ian Wilson and his crew have more in store […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
WallTherapy 2013 Update: The artists speak
Thursday was Day 7 of the 10-day Wall\Therapy street-art festival, with at least eight murals completed and many more nearing completion. Wednesday night, an artist talk was held at School of the Arts, which included a panel of six muralists who engaged in a discussion led by Wall\Therapy co-founder Dr. Ian Wilson. The panel included […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Worlds collide on walls: WallTherapy 2013
Symbolically, walls stand to divide space, to enclose people and property. But for Dr. Ian Wilson and the network of medical professionals, artists, and volunteers he has organized around Rochester’s annual Wall\Therapy street-art festival, and the medical-philanthropy organization Impact, walls stand for something other than themselves. Through those initiatives, walls have the capability to unite […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
“Wall/Therapy” update: Finished murals, new murals, and what those bears aren’t doing
**NOTE: City’s original story on “Wall/Therapy” can be found here. Our previous update can be found here.** As the week wraps up, many murals for this year’s “Wall/Therapy” project are finished, some are getting closer to completion, and the artists who have stayed in town are beginning new ones. Manhattan-based twin How & Nosm departed […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
WallTherapy update: getting started, block party, and Martha Cooper
Wall\Therapy kicked off with a reception for the visiting and local artists on Friday, July 20, at 1975 Gallery’s elegant new spot on Charlotte Street, providing Rochesterians with the opportunity to speak with several of the artists before they began work early Saturday morning. Missing from the reception were ROA and Siloette, who will arrive […]
