Thanks to artists for transforming this South Hill Fence into an ever-changing outdoor gallery!
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10+ years of artists:
Amy Callahan, Andy Finkle, Annika Salzberg & Hayley Schroeder, Audra Linsner, Bryan Riek, Changerous63, Chris Daley, Elan Shapiro, Glyphe, Hannah Teush, Heather WIlliams, Jessica Warner, Kristin Dutcher, Lisa Baechtle, Lisa Spring Orinda, Lost Cat, Melody Often, Michelle Carolina Buckholtz, Nico Cathcart, Nicole Costa, Nina Widger, Rupal Khaitan, Sarah Rose Sheppard, Shane Scarofile, Sophie Becraft, Wren Verga, Yen Ospina, and more!
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Amy Callahan
Painted with her mom Laurel Callahan!
“The cells in our bodies are always moving, transporting oxygen and nutrients to where they are needed most. This piece expands that same concept to a macroscopic scale - playing with the idea that, maybe, all travelers are guided by some necessity beyond their immediate understanding.”
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Andy Finkle
I like to draw monsters.
Instagram: @andyfinkle
andyfinkleart@gmail.com
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Annika Salzberg & Hayley Schroeder
"Through Diversity we Flourish" painted Nov 2020
We are so excited to bring some native insects to the South Hill rec trail! Insects populations around the world are declining due to human forces, and if we do not take action at a large scale, many of the insects in this mural may not be around much longer. The messages on the South Hill rec trail fence are those of racial justice and unity. We have added our message of environmental justice as well, because one cannot be achieved without the other. Environmentalism will achieve nothing without intersectionality.
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Instagram: @the_bug_ladies
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Audra Linsner
GOOD things are going to HAPPEN
TRUTH ACCESS JUSTICE and FREEDOM will ALWAYS PREVAIL I'm a designer & muralist who's obsessed with letters, colors, thrifting, and slapping paint on walls to make them look pretty.
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Change
Two fun yellow PEZ dispensers mailed in from graffiti artist Michael Change and attached to the fence. Some of you may know him? ✌️ Originally from Rochester, Change lived in Ithaca 1998-2003 (used to paint at GIAC, AJ's Foreign Auto & Pixel). Now he’s in Milwaukee!
"It is great to have the opportunity to participate again with some new art in the streets of Ithaca. My time there was a very creative period for me and a rebirth of sorts that started in 2000 with the mural on the construction barrier for the then-new Tompkins County library. It's especially gratifying to be able to contribute during this moment of fighting for social justice. The image of the black power fist "Paz" dispenser evokes a lot for me. If we want peace, if we want justice -- then we do need to fight for it. However, not with violence, but in our willingness to resist the abuse of power. And this is no fantasy or mere childish dream. This is in fact the will of the people. We get the world we are willing to fight for." Instagram: @chngrus_63
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Elan Shapiro
"So happy to be part of a wall that invites people in, rather than keeping them out. My doodle-based images celebrate inclusion and justice; resistance and resilience; play and self-healing; collective consciousness and positive futures. I aim to encourage and to explore together: Another way of being is possible! Another world is possible! We can do this!" Website: ourcollectiveliberation.org
Facebook: Elan Shapiro Instagram: @elan.shapiro Email: elanshapiro343@gmail.com |
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Glyphe
“Anonymous Birds"
By using the anonymous graffiti already written, the birds are the personification of people. People who have something to say. People who are part of the society who don't listen to them. The painting is modestly trying to amplify people silenced. |
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Hannah Teush
“Big Toad"
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Jessica Warner
“A Walk in the Woods"
Say Their Name Say Her Name Say His Name |
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Lisa Baechtle
“Motherblood"
Mural painted with assistants Jennie Scarbrough & Tara Gildersleeve. Lisa Baechtle is an introverted artist who receives love from the wilderness & expresses that love with images in watercolor.
Instagram: @lisabaechtle
Facebook: LisaBaechtle Artist: @transformationalimages www.LisaBaechtleArtist.com |
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Melody Often
KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER
Free and reunite detained immigrants with their families! "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
- Emma Lazarus, inscription on the Statue of Liberty |
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Michelle Carolina Buckholtz
“Snail Joy"
Water colorist
Linoleum block artist Printmaker Muralist Nature lover Instagram: @carobu__
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Nico Cathcart
“The Watcher”
Short eared owl & kerner blue butterfly - endangered species painted by Richmond Virginia based muralist Nico Cathcart.
Nico Cathcart at the fence: IthacaVoice VIDEO
Tedtalk: The Responsibility of Public Art Facebook: nicocathcartpainting Website: nicocathcart.com Instagram: nicocathcart |
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Nicole Costa
Visual artist and teacher specializing in slaying cardboard into dragons.
Instagram: @_ellipsis_
Website: n-costa.squarespace.com
“Virusssss"
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Nina Widger
Assisted by Lily Armstrong-Davies “I love bright colors and images that tell stories!"
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Rupal Khaitan
“Some fun circles inspired by Ithaca"
...with painting assistants Bhavya Bhushan & Laura Cvetkovski.
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Sarah Rose Sheppard
WORKERS AT THE BOTTOM CREATE WEALTH
Capitalism is exploitation. Capitalism is white supremacy. Money is a made up concept. The real power is within workers. Instagram: @visionsofsarahrose
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Shane Scarofile
Born and raised on south hill, Shane attended South Hill Tots and South Hill Elementary and painted this mural as a thank you to the neighborhood that raised him.
Of all the artists with artwork currently on the fence, Shane was the first. When we started in 2012, it took a couple years to the permission for him to paint. Now the fence looks so good, the neighborhood is more trusting, and permission often takes less than a couple weeks.
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Sophie Becraft
“Mothers of Nature"
I love the outdoors & finding ways to incorporate it into my art.
Instagram: @skbecrafty
Facebook: Sophie Becraft
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Yen Ospina
“The Kiss"
Yen Ospina is a Queer Colombian-American self-taught artist and illustrator depicting her own interpretation of folk and art nouveau. Through earth tone colors, ornamental layouts, and meticulous detail, the work challenges viewers to delve beyond aesthetic allure and allow mysticism to guide their interpretation.
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Instagram: @yenospina
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Website: yenospina.com
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This beautiful South Hill Recreation Way fence is located near the junction of Hudson and Hillview.
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Anonymous Graffiti Additions
past and present |
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VIDEOS:
South Hill Recreation Way fence in the MEDIA Interviews with Nico Cathcart and Caleb R Thomas |
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