Wright, Nita Aviance, Juana, and TYGAPAW as part of madison moore's Nightlife-in-Residence. These artists’ visions come into lyrical and urgent intersection across the duration of the exhibition and residency period, with DJ sets from nightlife practitioners scheduled across four Saturday Sessions featuring Shaun J. Within and in response to Barnette’s installation, The Kitchen launches its first-ever nightlife and club culture residency, from madison moore, cultural critic, DJ, Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, and author of Fabulous: The Rise of the Beautiful Eccentric (Yale University Press, 2018). Presented for the first time in New York City on the heels of the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising, The New Eagle Creek Saloon celebrates the history of queer Black space and resurrects its presence in a location in the city (Chelsea) where this legacy has been so instrumental to avant-garde art and performance. Established by the artist’s father, Rodney Barnette, founder of the Compton, CA chapter of the Black Panther Party, The New Eagle Creek Saloon (operated by Barnette between 1990–1993) offered a safe space for the multiracial queer community who were marginalized in other social spaces throughout the city.Ī study published in 2019 by professor of sociology Greggor Mattson cites a continued decline of LGBTQ+ bars across the United States between 20, with a disparate impact on those serving female-identified people and people of color.
The Kitchen, in collaboration with The Studio Museum in Harlem, presents Sadie Barnette’s The New Eagle Creek Saloon, the first East Coast institutional presentation of the artist’s installation reimagining the first Black-owned gay bar in San Francisco.
To explore Sadie Barnette's Eagle Creek Saloon Zine online, click here. Regular Installation Viewing Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 12-6pm