With a theme of “Art and Activism”, the 2017 edition of Wall\Therapy is happening mid-summer in Rochester with local and national artists coming to complete murals that keep people in mind. More of a grassroots mural festival than many, this one works to deepen engagement with the community through new programming intended to connect residents of all ages. BSA is happy to support Wall\Therapy again this year and we invite you to take a look at a people-powered organization that continues to keep it real.
Wall\Therapy is progressing very nicely right now with three members of Rochesters’ youth mural program doing self portraits.
Roc Paint Division at work for Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Lisa Barker)
Etana Brown, Nzinga Muhammed, and Kaori-Mei Stephens are each 17 years old and are focusing the message that All Black Lives Matter. Elsewhere Jess X Snow is doing a portrait of transgender poet Chrysanthemum Tran and muralist Sarah C. Rutherford honors all mothers with her portrait of Trelawney McCoy, a celebrated Rochester native who has opened her home to children through adoption and fostering. The mural is part of Rutherford’s “Her Voice Carries” project.
Roc Paint Division at work for Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Lisa Barker)
Today is the inaugural Wall\Therapy conference featuring Keynote speaker Jessica Pabón-Colón and a full day of panels and discussions and a project room featuring representatives from other community-based art programs and social justice/relief organizations such as the O+ Festival, WXXI, The Ghandi Institute, the New York Civil Liberties Union, Refugees Helping Refugees, Flying Squirrel Community Space and the Visual Studies Workshop.
Roc Paint Division at work for Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Lisa Barker)
Tonight is the block party, a summertime celebration with Kaleidoscope Collective, a local artist space that will include an artist market, an official revealing of the murals by Aubrey Roemer and Jess X Snow, food trucks, live art, and music from Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People. Check out this video by the ebullient and classy Ms. Ponder performing with this talented local family of friends with an inspirational tagline, “Live Your Life, Love Your Life.”
Jess X Snow at work for Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Josh Saunders)
Jess X Snow at work for Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Josh Saunders)
Jess X Snow at work for Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Mark Deff)
Jess X Snow. Work in progress for Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Mark Deff)
Sarah C. Rutherford at work for Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Mark Deff)
Sarah C. Rutherford. Detail. Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Mark Deff)
Sarah C. Rutherford. Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Ted Wong)
Ian Kuali’i at work for Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Josh Saunders)
“Yesterday was super productive. I was able to paste up everything for Rochester’s new hand cut paper mural and starting today I begin the actual process…weather permitting naturally…,” says Ian Kuali’i on his Facebook page.
Ian Kuali’i at work for Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Jason Wilder)
Ian Kuali’i at work for Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Mark Deff)
Aubrey Roemer. Work in progress for Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Ted Wong)
Aubrey Roemer at work for Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Jason Wilder)
Aubrey Roemer at work for Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Mark Deff)
Lucinda Yrene/La Morena. Work in progress Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Mark Deff)
Lucinda Yrene/La Morena. Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Jason Wilder)
Todd Stahl. Work in progress Wall Therapy 2017. Rochester, NY. (photo © Ted Wong)
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