WALL\THERAPY IS RECIPIENT OF 2022 GRANT FROM JOHN STEUART CURRY FOUNDATION

WALL\THERAPY is thrilled to announce that the John Steuart Curry Foundation has awarded our non-profit a $25,000 grant for the year 2022 that will help us produce our ten-year anniversary festival.

Renowned American regionalist painter, John Steuart Curry believed that art should appeal to the common man. He also firmly believed that art should have meaning and say something beyond bucolic scenes. Best known for his powerful, socially, and historically located canvases and murals – paintings of actual people, real communities, and tangible geographies, Curry used his artistic talents to translate, and subsequently elevate the experiences of his fellow Americans by reflecting the beauty, triumphs, sins and sorrows that have helped to define our identity as a nation.

WALL\THERAPY will return to form in celebration of our tenth anniversary during a week-long summer festival taking place July 22-31, 2022, hosting approximately 14 total artists. This curation will include six artists specifically chosen for work and practice that honors the spirit of John Steuart Curry’s work. Together, all the artists will be creating murals at various sites with partnering neighborhoods and businesses across the city of Rochester.

WALL\THERAPY also plans to specifically highlight the impact of John Steuart Curry and help educate WALL\THERAPY supporters and the broader community about his work and legacy through our website, highlighting the artists selected to as part of this program, and how their work and WALL\THERAPY’s work carries on the spirit of John Steuart Curry.

You can read more about it and John Steuart Curry on our dedicated John Steuart Curry Foundation Section . . .

Friends and Family!

On the run up to our ten year anniversary fest, we have decided that July 23-31 will be our last WEEK-LONG festival.

BUT! We aren’t going away (and we’re still calling ourselves WALL\THERAPY!), we’re just evolving how we do things. We still have a host of artists we want to work with, and there are too many walls still to paint in #Rochester! (PSST, we’ve already got something up our sleeves for this Fall . . .)

We’ve all got so many thoughts about this evolution, and you can read a little bit about our decision in the July issue of @roccitynews coming out this month. (link in bio)

I’m sure both Ian and I and the crew will have more to share after the fest, but for now, we’re focusing on making the big event at the end of the month the best it can be!

We love you and thank you for all of your support the last decade, and we can’t wait to see you in the streets of Rochester July 23-31!

You can hear more about it by clicking this text to watch a video from co-curator Erich Lehman on our Instagram Page!