“Burning Down The House: Women and Art in an Uncertain World” will be on exhibition at Brickbottom Gallery January 11 – February.

Brickbottom Gallery, a non-profit exhibition space run by the Brickbottom Artists’ Association (BAA), will present an exhibition of five established Boston-area women artists in its groundbreaking new show Burning Down The House: Women and Art in an Uncertain World.

Curated by artist Kim Triedman, this will be the launch exhibit for a multi-city exhibition, which will next move to The PEG Center for Arts and Activism in Newburyport, MA.

Using a variety of media – drawing and painting (Kathryn Geismar), photography (Tira Khan), fiber arts (Virginia Mahoney), assemblage (Lorraine Sullivan), and collage (Kim Triedman) – the artists address the enormity of this particular moment in history.

With an emphasis on the backward slide in women’s rights 50 years after Roe v. Wade was passed, the artists have all lived long enough to remember what was before – all with work relating to the ongoing struggle for dignity, independence, equality, and the power to make personal, sexual, and medical decisions.

The timing is critical: As the Supreme Court falls increasingly out of step with the inclinations of the American public, the exhibit shines a light on where we have come from, where we are headed, and the price to be paid for political inertia. There is an opportunity for important conversation here – not just between the artworks themselves but also about this uncertain tipping point in our national story.

Running January 11 – February 11, 2024 at One Fitchburg St, Somerville, the gallery will hold an opening reception on January 13 (3:00 – 5:00 p.m.) as well as an associated artists’ talk/closing reception on February 11 (3:00 – 5:00 p.m.).

A portion of all earnings will be donated Rosie’s Place of Boston, which offers women in need shelter, support, opportunity, and important life tools.

All events are open to the public.

“Art is its own form of resistance,” says curator Kim Triedman. “To the viewer it offers a window onto the times we are living through.  To the artist – a release valve when that world veers into injustice and inhumanity.”