Sadie Barnette Artist Talk & Exhibition Preview

Pre-program: 5 pm, early access to Sadie Barnette, on view in the Scott Pavilion, Riley CAP Gallery S8; drinks will be available for purchase in The Cafe.  

General Public: $10; Joslyn Members: Free; registration required at joslyn.org; walk-ins accepted as space allows. Register here.

Join us for a conversation with artist  Sadie Barnette and Karin Campbell, Phil Willson Curator of Contemporary Art. Beginning at 5 pm, Museum visitors will have a chance to preview Barnette’s Riley CAP Gallery exhibition (Aug 1, 2026–Jan 3, 2027). Working across media, Sadie Barnette mines both personal narratives and collective histories, exploring how the two continually intersect and diverge. Her exhibition in the CAP Gallery considers how seemingly unremarkable moments from everyday life may be seen as profound. 

Artist Bio 

Raised in Oakland, California, Sadie Barnette (American, born 1984) received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, and her Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Studio Museum in Harlem, and Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, among many others. Barnette is a 2026 recipient of a prestigious Creative Capital Award, which provides grants to artists working across disciplines. 

Pictured: Sadie Barnette (American, b. 1984), I didn’t make art about you because you were a Black Panther I made art about you because you are my dad (still), 2026, single-channel digital video projection, 2 min. 29 sec., © Sadie Barnette, Courtesy the artist and Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco