Since “the before.” Since gathering had new meaning… but our gathering was always fraught, and fought for, and fabulous, a real fantasy,” shared artist Barnette to Instagram.Īccording to a study done by professor of sociology Greggor Mattson in 2019, LGBTQ+ bars had been declining across the nation from 2007 to 2019, “with a disparate impact on those serving female-identified people and people of color.” The New Eagle Creek Saloon revives the establishment’s significant history in Chelsea, a neighborhood “where this legacy has been so instrumental to avant-garde art and performance,” shared The Kitchen’s website. Photo: Adam Reich Installation view of Sadie Barnette: The New Eagle Creek Saloon, The Kitchen, New York, January 18, 2022–March 6, 2022. Installation view of Sadie Barnette: The New Eagle Creek Saloon, The Kitchen, New York, January 18, 2022–March 6, 2022. Everyone is encouraged to experience the exhibition through touch and sound as a changing audio component elevates the installation.
The bar offered a social safe space for marginalized individuals of the multiracial queer community in San Francisco.Īt the installation, visitors can step into this shiny pink bar decorated with glittering books, bar stools, and a glowing “Eagle Creek” neon sign. The original saloon was first opened and operated from 1990–1993 by the artist’s father, Rodney Barnette, founder of the Compton Black Panther Party chapter.
Produced in collaboration with the Studio Museum in Harlem, the installation makes way for the East Coast’s first “institutional presentation” of this historical space. Rare Vintage Eagles Nest NYC Leather Bar Black Nylon drawstring Duffle Bag Gay Interest 80s.
NYC’s newest saloon comes just in time for Black History Month and soon after the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.Ĭelebrate Queer Black history at The Kitchen in Chelsea from now through March 6th with Sadie Barnette’s reimagination of Eagle Creek Saloon-San Francisco’s first Black-owned gay bar.