WALL THERAPY

Deadline Approaching! 📌🗓️‼️

Submission deadline = March 15 at 5pm

We welcome visual artists of all genres, whose work connects visitors to the location, engages the community or history of the neighborhood, challenges viewers and passersby, or addresses important social and political issues.

For more information about the program, eligibility, timeline, and dimensions/file types pls visit: rochestercontemporary.org/read

ARTs + Change Featured Presenter: 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗦. 𝗟𝗲𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻
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Erich will be presenting "𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗟\𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗬 - 𝗔 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺” on 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟭 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟮:𝟭𝟱𝗽𝗺
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Erich S. Lehman is a curator/creative/tech geek/workaholic who simply finds the world far too interesting to sit still for long. He has been an arts activist in Rochester, NY for over 17 years, primarily as curator/owner of 1975 Gallery (est. 2008) as well as serving as co-curator and lead organizer of the WALL\THERAPY mural intervention project since 2012, helping kickstart a resurgence and newfound appreciation of muralism in Rochester. Join Erich (Co-curator and Lead Organizer) as he discusses the story and lessons of WALL\THERAPY, an art and community-intervention project based in Rochester, NY that uses public murals as a means to transform the urban landscape, inspire, and build community. Learn about how a scrappy team of like-minded individuals banded together around a vision to give back to the community through art and muralism.
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Read more and see Erich and others at the ARTs (Activate. Reimagine. Transform.) + Change Virtual Conference, February 18 - 22, 2026!
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𝗧𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁: tinyurl.com/2026-AC
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