The Studio Museum Harlem Present Studio Museum LIVE with Sadie Barnette x Legacy Russell, 8/20
Installation view of Sadie Barnette: The New Eagle Creek Saloon, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, September 29, 2019 – January 26, 2020. Photo: Jeff McLane. [Image Description: a circular bar counter in a white square room dominates the image, it is surrounded by white topped metal barstools, the room is lit in pink and purple, and the text on the pink neon sign on the wall says “Eagle Creek.”]
Thursday, August 20, at 6:00pm EDT
Join the Studio Museum Harlem for an intimate Instagram live conversation between artist Sadie Barnette (2014–15 artist in residence) and Legacy Russell, Associate Curator, Exhibitions.
Barnette’s ongoing collaboration with her father, Rodney Barnette, remains a pivotal site of intimacy and creative inspiration for the artist. Rodney Barnette founded the Compton, CA chapter of the Black Panther Party. From 1990–93 he established and operated the New Eagle Creek Saloon, the first black-owned gay bar in San Francisco. Barnette’s recent drawings, sculptures, and installations have incorporated the 500-page FBI surveillance file kept on her father. Barnette and Russell will discuss queer histories, familial legacies, and Black futurity, as represented in Barnette’s practice.
To watch the talk, visit the Studio Museum’s Instagram page at 6:00 pm EDT (3:00 pm PDT).
Follow Sadie Barnette here:
Instagram: @sadiebarnette
Website: www.sadiebarnette.com
Studio LIVE
The Studio Museum in Harlem is deeply committed to finding dynamic ways to connect and engage with their audiences both on and offline. Designed as a way for their audiences to engage digitally in real-time with artists, curators, thought-leaders, and cultural luminaries the Studio Museum’s online series Studio LIVE invites members of the Studio Museum community to take up and take over the Museum’s digital platforms as public forum and site of creative exploration.
You can find out more about The Studio Museum Harlem’s programs and activities here.