Inside/Out: Face to Face
The impetus for the Butch Heroes series was curiosity. I had a desire to find out how queer people survived throughout history—specifically, how I would have survived. Obviously, this is…
Author Ria Brodell
Ria Brodell
Ria Brodell is an artist and educator based in Boston. Brodell received a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle and an MFA from the SMFA/Tufts University. Brodell is a recipient of an Artadia Award, a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship and an SMFA Traveling Fellowship. A selection of the "Butch Heroes" series is on view at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College through the 2017-2018 academic year.
Inside/Out: Catholic Holy Cards
Catholic holy cards are cherished objects. I chose to use the format and style of the holy card for my Butch Heroes series because of their connection to my personal…
Inside/Out: Terms
LGBTQIA terms have always been complicated for me, primarily because their meaning and usage can change over time (both on a personal level and in the larger LGBTQIA community). And,…
Inside/Out : Ria Brodell
Big Red & Shiny is pleased to welcome Boston-based artist Ria Brodell to our residency series, Inside/Out. Brodell’s painstakingly rendered gouache paintings depict pre-twentieth-century historical figures who strayed outside their assigned gender…