Theresa Gooby, a multi-disciplinary artist from Beacon NY, is pleased to announce her first solo show at Convey/er/or Gallery, 299 Main St. Poughkeepsie NY. Trigger Warning features video and 2 dimensional wall-based artworks that address issues of domestic violence and gun violence against women. Trigger Warning opens with a reception on Friday October 4th from 5-7pm and runs through October 14, 2024 by appointment. The unique nature of this storefront gallery space allows for the entire show to be viewed from the sidewalk 24 hours a day. The location of this show is especially poignant because there is frequent gun violence in this area. As recently as July 5 of this year 4 people were shot in an incident on Main St a few short blocks from the gallery.
This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.
Trigger Warning
October 4-14, 2024
Convey/er/or Gallery, 299 Main St. Poughkeepsie NY
Opening reception Friday October 4th, 5-7pm
Gallery hours by appointment
Appointments can be made by contacting [email protected]
Guns are a symbol of violence. The sight of a gun brings up feelings ranging from power to anxiety to terror. The panties are a symbol of femininity -the purity of the white fabric, the lace around the edges. Guns and panties together (gunderpants) allow for a discussion of the toxic mixture of power, violence and intimacy.
Far too many people are trapped in a cycle of toxic power and abuse which they are unable to get out of. Domestic violence is when a person does things to control someone else in an intimate relationship. A shift in power can happen so slowly over time that the other person may not even remember when it happened; it can also happen quickly after some sort of commitment or a change in the relationship. Despite the amount of services and support available, victims of domestic violence face complicated choices when it comes to leaving their partners. The decision to leave an abuser not only puts the victim at risk, their family and friends are also in danger. Victims of domestic violence have to burn down their lives to be free.
There is no shortage of statistics:
In an average year, 870 people die and 2,607 are wounded by guns in New York.
An average of 56 women die every year by gun homicide in NY state. In 2020, 740 women were fatally shot by an intimate partner in the United States. 66% of female intimate
partner homicide victims were killed with a gun.
Physical abuse is only one of many ways a partner might try to gain power and control in a relationship. Domestic violence can also involve abuse or violence against children, parents, or the elderly. It takes a number of forms, including physical, verbal, emotional, economic, religious, reproductive, and sexual abuse.
If you are a victim of domestic violence or you know someone who needs help. Please call the
Dutchess County Domestic Violence 24 hour hotline:
845.485.5550
National Domestic Violence Hotline:
800.799.SAFE (7233)
This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.
Trigger Warning
October 4-14, 2024
Convey/er/or Gallery, 299 Main St. Poughkeepsie NY
Opening reception Friday October 4th, 5-7pm
Gallery hours by appointment
Appointments can be made by contacting [email protected]
Guns are a symbol of violence. The sight of a gun brings up feelings ranging from power to anxiety to terror. The panties are a symbol of femininity -the purity of the white fabric, the lace around the edges. Guns and panties together (gunderpants) allow for a discussion of the toxic mixture of power, violence and intimacy.
Far too many people are trapped in a cycle of toxic power and abuse which they are unable to get out of. Domestic violence is when a person does things to control someone else in an intimate relationship. A shift in power can happen so slowly over time that the other person may not even remember when it happened; it can also happen quickly after some sort of commitment or a change in the relationship. Despite the amount of services and support available, victims of domestic violence face complicated choices when it comes to leaving their partners. The decision to leave an abuser not only puts the victim at risk, their family and friends are also in danger. Victims of domestic violence have to burn down their lives to be free.
There is no shortage of statistics:
In an average year, 870 people die and 2,607 are wounded by guns in New York.
An average of 56 women die every year by gun homicide in NY state. In 2020, 740 women were fatally shot by an intimate partner in the United States. 66% of female intimate
partner homicide victims were killed with a gun.
Physical abuse is only one of many ways a partner might try to gain power and control in a relationship. Domestic violence can also involve abuse or violence against children, parents, or the elderly. It takes a number of forms, including physical, verbal, emotional, economic, religious, reproductive, and sexual abuse.
If you are a victim of domestic violence or you know someone who needs help. Please call the
Dutchess County Domestic Violence 24 hour hotline:
845.485.5550
National Domestic Violence Hotline:
800.799.SAFE (7233)
Still from video in Trigger Warning. Photo by Liam Goodman
Theresa Gooby holds a BFA from the Univ. of New Mexico and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. She is the recipient of a 2024 Individual Artist Commission from the NY Statewide Community Regrant Program. In 2020 she received a Dutchess County Executive Award for Artivist of the Year. Among the places her work has been shown are the Samuel L. Dorsky Museum of Art in New Paltz NY, the Woskob Family Gallery State College PA, the Puffin Foundation of Teaneck NJ, and Metro Pictures in NYC. She is the founder and former Director of Beacon Open Studios. Theresa grew up in California and currently lives in Beacon NY with her family.