MAIN GALLERY

“THE SPACE BETWEEN”

SUMMER ARTIST RESIDENCYCULMINATING EXHIBITION

MOLLIE JACKSON

SEPTEMBER 11- OCTOBER 4, 2026

EXHIBIT RECEPTION- SEPTEMBER 11, 2026

ARTIST TALK- SEPT 27- 3PM-5PM

SOUTH GALLERY: BILL SNIDER
Firehouse Art Center’s Summer Resident Mollie Jackson presents a culminating exhibition of large-scale abstract paintings, collages, and installation. Exploring connection and contrast, Jackson builds layered surfaces using expressive brushwork, raw materials, and community-created marks.
Jackson’s works dwell in the middle ground where opposites define and balance one another—dark and light, movement and stillness, control and release. Rather than separating us, the space between holds presence and connects all things within a greater whole.

The Firehouse Art Center hosts two residencies each year, working in the South Gallery for three months before a culminating solo exhibition in the Main Gallery with the opportunity to guest curate the accompanying South Gallery.

The Artist Occupied program at the Firehouse Art Center is intended as a professional development opportunity for emerging and experienced visual artists.Bring you work to a new creative level as you connect visitors to working artist environments and processes.

Previous resident artists:Heather Kegel, Sean Faling, Jessica Forrestal, Chris Blume, Kaitlyn Tucek, Roberta Restaino, Chelsea Gilmore, Barbara Rudlaff, Amy Hoagland, Janelle Anderson, Jono Wright, Nancy Eastman, Makenzie Davis, Amy Lummus, and Erica Podwoiski, Kenzie Sitterud, Saxon Martinez and Doug Felkley.

MOLLIE JACKSON

Mollie Jackson (she/her) is a Longmont-based artist creating large-scale abstract paintings that pulse with energy. Guided by intuition, she combines layers of paint, expressive mark-making, and collage, channeling raw emotion into visual form and inviting an unspoken connection with viewers.

Mollie has held exhibitions throughout Colorado and is excited to continue growing her practice through the Firehouse residency.

“I’m excited to grow deeper roots in my community and create in a more open, shared way. Painting, for me, is about letting go, expressing, and simply being—and I hope to share that with anyone who feels drawn to explore it.”