Prepare for flowery language

“Flower Portrait (Markia)”, by Jee Hwang, in the “SALLY Project,’’ at Brickbottom Artists Association, Somerville, Mass., Sept. 8-Oct. 15.

The “Sally Project’’ is is an interdisciplinary, community–centered project, created by Sasha Chavchavadze and JoAnne McFarland, that focuses on using art to activate the public memory of women, like Sally Hemings (Thomas Jefferson’s slave and mistress), whose lives have been forgotten.