If you want to survive in this jungle of festivals, you need a good guide. This is it.
WallTherapy
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Take a post-feast street art stroll
After filling up on turkey, stuffing, and pie, walk it off while checking out these fresh-air art treks.
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WallTherapy’s decade of rallying Rochester around murals
Ten years and 135 murals later, WallTherapy organizers reflect on the impact the initiative has had on Rochester.
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WALLTHERAPY 2018 recap
Another WALLTHERAPY mural festival down, another set of Rochester’s walls freshly adorned with imagery that projects playful, positive messages.
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Preview: WALLTHERAPY 2018
Now it its seventh year, Rochester’s annual home-grown mural festival, WALLTHERAPY, is back this week with a scaled-down but nonetheless ambitious event. This year’s event features a tight roster of just six artistsinvited to paint walls around the city, as well as the second annual Art & Activism conference.
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WALLTHERAPY 2017 Coverage
The popular mural festival takes place Friday, July 21, through Sunday, July 30, and features a new arts and activism conference and a block party
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WALLTHERAPY brings crochet artist Olek to Rochester
WALL\THERAPY didn’t host its annual summer street art festival in 2016 for various reasons. Founder Dr. Ian Wilson has been busy launching his own private practice, Rochester Endovascular, and in April the team sent five Rochester artists to work with Urban Nation in Berlin. But organizers say the festival will be back this summer, taking […]
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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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Feedback 8/5
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Feedback 7/15
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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 […]
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Art preview: WALLTHERAPY 2015
WALL\THERAPY organizers have announced a partnership with URBAN NATION, a Berlin-based organization that supports street art, for the launch of an international exchange program between Rochester and Berlin. This summer, artists curated by UN director, Yasha Young, have been invited to participate and contribute to WALL\THERAPY 2015, curated by Ian Wilson (founder, co-curator) and Erich […]
