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WALL\THERAPY 2017 Fundraiser is live – Two ways to help!

admin May 4, 2017June 7, 2022 Event, News

Our Fundraiser is live!!
It’s that time of year! The biggest change of note is that we are using Generosity, which is Indiegogo’s platform for non-profits. Everything else will operate the same way as in previous years. We just launched it last week, and we’re already well on our way to our goal!

https://www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/wall-therapy-2017-fundraiser/x/290103
We’ve got a lot of great perks, from WALL\THERAPY gear to Rochester-centric perks to original artwork. We’re also adding more perks as others sell out, so keep checking back throughout our fundraiser!

What is happening this year?

After taking a year to refresh and to do research, WALL\THERAPY is back for 2017! Inspired and honored by receiving the CITY newspaper’s “Best Group Improving the Community” for 2015 and 2016, we are energized to expand the project even more, carring the project’s momentum forward to significantly deepen our engagement with the community through new programming intended to connect Rochester residents of all ages and all walks of life.

In addition to our traditional murals, we’ll be working with local groups improving the lives of Rochester’s residents to directly impact even more lives in positive ways. We’ll also be launching our first-ever conference on arts and activism on July 29, followed by a special community music event that same night to cap off a week of art intervention.

Your continued support will allow us to support the local and international artists as they produce visually compelling murals in the Rochester cityscape, in turn improving and strengthening our thriving community.

Please visit our fundraiser to learn more!
https://www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/wall-therapy-2017-fundraiser/x/290103

We’ll be announcing more fundraiser events over the next month!

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We Still Need Your Vote for A Community Thrives!
Please Vote Daily!

Thank you to everyone who’s voted for us so far! Please remember that we need you to cast your vote DAILY for us to even get into the top 10 for consideration!

Click on the link below to vote:

http://act.usatoday.com/submit-an-idea/#/gallery/60465569/

In case you missed our email last week, we are entered in a competition called A Community Thrives that enables community members to act on ideas that improve the people, organizations, government, and businesses around them by equipping them with the resources they need to thrive. There are a handful of $50,000 and $100,000 prizes, which would go a LONG way towards improving our sustainability, enabling us to deepen our engagement with this city we hold so dear.

Preliminary voting runs from until May 12 at noon. To get to the final voting round, we need as many of you to vote ONCE DAILY so that we can be in the top 10 semi-finalists. We hope that you will join us in pushing our project to the semi-finals!

http://act.usatoday.com/submit-an-idea/#/gallery/60465569/

Download a calendar reminder!

We know voting every day is a lot to ask, but to make it easier for you help us on this, we’ve created a little calendar reminder. It will remind you every day at noon until May 12, the last day of voting. Doing this is a voluntary thing, but we hope you’ll jump in and help us! Just click on the icon below to download the reminder!

You can also download the Calendar Reminder as a .zip file.

WALL\THERAPY Needs Your Vote!

admin April 12, 2017June 7, 2022 Artist, Event

WALL\THERAPY Needs Your Vote!

Hello everyone! We have been hard at work preparing for WALL\THERAPY 2017 this July, and we’ll be launching our yearly fundraiser in just a short week or so as well as sharing a whole series of upcoming events.

In the meantime, we need your help! We are entered in a competition called A Community Thrives, starting TODAY, that enables community members to act on ideas that improve the people, organizations, government, and businesses around them by equipping them with the resources they need to thrive. There are $50,000 and $100,000 prizes, which would go a LONG way towards improving our sustainability, enabling us to deepen our engagement with this city we hold so dear.

Preliminary voting runs from April 12 at noon until May 12 at noon. To get to the final voting round, we need as many of you to vote so that we can be in the top 10 semi-finalists. Each of you can vote daily, and we hope that you will join us in pushing our project to the semi-finals!

Click on any of the photos or the link below to vote:

http://act.usatoday.com/submit-an-idea/#/gallery/60465569/

You can also download the Calendar Reminder as a .zip file.

Thank you in advance, and stay tuned for more announcements next week!

– Ian, Erich, and The WALL\THERAPY crew!

WALL\THERAPY wraps up BELIEVE/BECOME with Urban Nation Berlin

admin April 19, 2016June 7, 2022 Artist, Event, News

It’s a wrap! In just six days the WALL\THERAPY crew laid down six human-scale murals and an immersive indoor installation as part of our Unite & Ignite international exchange with Urban Nation Berlin. The exhibition opened on Saturday, April 16 and runs until May 9.

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Final Murals

Sarah C. Rutherford and Mr. Prvrt

Cern

Shawnee Hill

Faring Purth

Brittany Williams

LNY

Photos by Mark Deff (@markdeffphoto).

Indoor Installation

Sarah C. Rutherford

Faring Purth, Shawnee Hill, Brittany Williams

Shawnee Hill

Brittany Williams

St. Monci

LNY

Cern

Mr. Prvrt

Sarah C. Rutherford

Cern, LNY, Faring Purth

Work from the Believe/Become exhibit will be available for U.S. buyers in a few days. Those interested in purchasing work should contact sales@wall-therapy.com.

Photos above by Erich Lehman.

Believe/Become Opening

Photos above by Nika Kramer.

Photos above by Mark Deff (@markdeffphoto).

The WALL\THERAPY team is sincerely grateful for the support we receive, without which it would be impossible to deliver inspirational mural art throughout Rochester, and now, abroad.

Thanks to our partner, URBAN NATION and Yasha Young for providing the space and opportunity to collaborate and create the Believe/Become concept and exhibit. WALL\THERAPY is incredibly grateful to have been able to work alongside new friends among the Urban Nation team including Elisabetta, Alejandra, Imed, Anna, Dennis and Roland–without your guidance and assistance, the successful execution of this project would not have been possible!

Big thanks go to photographers Olaf Heine and Nika Kramer for capturing the spirit of our artists and staff interactions.

It was great to see some WALL\THERAPY alumni, including Addison Karl, David Walker, Above, Onur Dinc and all the other new friends we made throughout the week. Special thanks go to Addison Karl for his wonderful hospitality–from providing delicious home-cooked meals and acting as a guide for the city–you made us feel right at home in Berlin.

To our contributing artists, who have honored us with their inventive and inspiring creations, whose belief in the healing power of art is reflected in their dedication to the work and kind regard for community members and staff, we thank you.

To our Believe/Become staff and photographer, who took time from their jobs to travel to Berlin in support of our project, you are the heart and soul of WALL\THERAPY.

Please visit our Facebook page to see even more galleries of this year’s event!

WALL\THERAPY in the final days of prep for BELIEVE/BECOME opening at Urban Nation Berlin

admin April 15, 2016June 7, 2022 Artist, Event, News

As the week flies by, the WALL\THERAPY crew keeps pushing toward completion of our exhibit at Urban Nation Berlin, with the opening tomorrow, Saturday, April 16.

BELIEVE/BECOME draws a line between the first WALL\THERAPY project’s theme of “Believe”–the belief in the power of art and individual expression to serve as a catalyst for inspiration in the communities in which we work–and the progress over the last five years toward realization of our goals: If you believe it, you become it. With “Become,” WALL\THERAPY brings to light issues close to the artists, from those with global impact to those affecting their own local communities.

Murals at Urban Nation

During the first part of the week, the crew was focused on laying down six human-scale murals on walls outside of the UN Production Offices.

Sarah C. Rutherford & Mr. Prvrt

Cern

Shawnee Hill

Maria, Faring Purth

Brittany Williams

Neo Colonialism/Decolonización, LNY

While most of our time in Berlin has been spent making the BELIEVE/BECOME exhibit a true representation of the spirit of WALL\THERAPY, the crew has gotten to enjoy some down time, too. A group dinner in the Kruezberg neighborhood at Kimchi Princess, courtesy of Urban Nation, a home-cooked meal with past WALL\THERAPY artist Addison Karl and a group outing to the nearby Bauhaus Archive all helped keep the group grounded and relaxed, and gave us a taste of local life in our home for the week.

As the opening draws closer, we turn our attention indoors. Sarah Rutherford and St. Monci are both creating installations, all of the artists will exhibit studio work, and some special surprises are also in the works.

Keep up to date on the BELIEVE/BECOME exhibit by visiting this site and following the WALL\THERAPY social media channels:

Search hashtag #believebecome
Facebook: facebook.com/walltherapyny
Instagram: @walltherapyny
Twitter: @walltherapyny

Snapchat: @walltherapyny

Learn more about Urban Nation by visiting their site or following them on their social media channels:

Online: www.urban-nation.net
Facebook: facebook.com/urbannationberlin
Instagram: @urbannationberlin

All photos by Mark Deff (@markdeffphoto).

WALL\THERAPY’s Believe/Become exhibit starts to take shape…Artist Talk with Urban Nation tonight!

admin April 12, 2016June 7, 2022 Artist, Event, News

WALL\THERAPY artists and staff have arrived in Berlin! The crew spent its first 24 hours exploring neighborhoods, checking out murals and catching up with local alumni artists and friends Addison Karl and David Walker.

WALL\THERAPY crew at Urban Nation Berlin

Monday marked the crew’s first day at Urban Nation. The artists quickly oriented to their new home base, grabbed their cans and brushes and headed out to spend the first half of their week on the outdoor portion of the BELIEVE/BECOME exhibit.

Brittany Williams and LNY

Faring Purth

Shawnee Hill

Cern and Mr. Prvrt

The artists will continue to rock out their murals today. Later tonight, they’ll take part in the WALL\THERAPY x Urban Nation Artist Talk. If you’re in the area, be sure to swing by Urban Nation at 7 p.m. to check it out!

WALL\THERAPY x URBAN NATION Artist Talk
Tuesday, April 12, 7-9pm
Urban Nation Production Office
Bülowstraße 97 // 10738 Berlin-Schöneberg
Join the visiting artists for a conversation about muralism and community, speaking from their experiences with WALL\THERAPY and other localized projects as well as the impact Street Art has had on their home towns and own lives. We’ll also discuss the importance of cultural exchanges, and offer a glimpse into their personal work that will be exhibited at the opening reception this Saturday.
The talk will be lead by Erich Lehman, co-curator of WALL \ THERAPY, introducing these wonderful artists to the Berlin community:

Cern Wonder
Shawnee R M Hill
LNY
MR. PRVRT
Faring Purth
Sarah Rutherford
St. Monci
Brittany Williams
All photos by Mark Deff.

WALL\THERAPY brings a touch of Rochester to Berlin

admin March 18, 2016June 7, 2022 Artist, Event, News

This spring, WALL\THERAPY will pack up its cans, brushes and paints and head across the pond to a city that has seen a flowering of street art and graffiti, and echoes the project’s guiding principle of the transformative power of art in our communities.

Following Urban Nation’s guest co-curation of our 2015 festival, WALL\THERAPY will bring the spirit of its five-year project to Berlin, Germany, spending a week creating an indoor/outdoor exhibit with Urban Nation.

$BELIEVE BECOME - WALL\THERAPY X URBAN NATION$

The event, entitled BELIEVE/BECOME, is the 10th edition of Urban Nation’s UNITE & IGNITE International Exchange Program. Named in part for WALL\THERAPY’s very first mural, BELIEVE/BECOME showcases the talents of a subset of WALL\THERAPY muralists, using their work to bring light to issues close to them, from those with global impact to those affecting their own local communities.

For the week of April 10-17, 2016, the artists will immerse themselves in Urban Nation’s Schoeneberg-Berlin neighborhood, starting their visit by working on a series of “human-scale” murals surrounding the Urban Nation offices, offering the artists a chance to interact with the adjacent community. WALL\THERAPY and Urban Nation will host a community discussion on the evening of Tuesday, April 12, examining the role of art in the public sphere as well as the evolving roles of mural festivals and institutions in the Street Art movement. These discussions will then be reflected in the group’s installation within the Urban Nation offices, culminating in an exhibit that will open on Saturday, April 16.

The project will serve as the second half of the international exchange program between Rochester and Berlin, launched in July 2015 in Rochester. Eight artists, who have all participated in past WALL\THERAPY events, have been invited to contribute to the program, curated by Ian Wilson (founder, co-curator) and Erich Lehman (co-curator, lead organizer).

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Artist Roster

Cern (New York, N.Y.)

Photo provided by Artist

Shawnee Hill (Rochester, N.Y.)

Photo by Jason Wilder

LNY (Newark, N.J.)

Mr. Prvrt (Rochester, N.Y.)

Faring Purth (St. Louis, Mo.)

Sarah C. Rutherford (Rochester, N.Y.)

St. Monci (Rochester, N.Y.)

Brittany Williams (Rochester, N.Y.)

Community members can get updates and track the artists’ progress by visiting this site and following the WALL\THERAPY social media channels:
Facebook: facebook.com/walltherapyny
Instagram: @walltherapyny
Twitter: @walltherapyny

Learn more about Urban Nation by visiting their site or following them on their social media channels:

Online: www.urban-nation.net
Facebook: facebook.com/urbannationberlin
Instagram: @urbannationberlin