Housewives of the Queer Hearth

Posted January 1, 2023

Friday, January 27 through Saturday, March 4, 2023

Housewives of the Queer Hearth is an immersive, multimedia installation by Rosa Nussbaum and Kevin Brophy that proposes an alternate, future world: a queered feminist utopia. The different vignettes throughout the exhibition blend digital media and performance with exaggerated home décor to build on gendered histories of architecture and interior design. The main installation takes the form of a space that has yet-to-be: one that centralizes and publicly showcases overlooked narratives through comedic performances set in a boudoir, the “woman’s private bedroom”. The boudoir expands beyond the walls across the media that infiltrates the space, including the fictional broadcasting outlet, HotQH TV, which features other queer media artists, p1nkstar and Anna Azizzy, whose works thematically deal with gender and sexuality using satire and humor. A selection of texts curated by Summer Jade Leavitt from The Queer Theory Library installed in the Kemper Library for the duration of the exhibition.

Rosa Nussbaum and Kevin Brophy, featuring Anna Azizzy, p1nkstar, and Summer Jade Leavitt.

PROGRAMMING

Exhibition Opening Reception

Friday, January 27 from 6:00-9:00 PM | Charlotte Street Gallery

Please join us for the opening reception for Housewives of the Queer Hearth

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No Cookies for you! 💗

Tuesday, February 14 from 6:00-7:00 PM | Charlotte Street Kemper Library

In conjunction with the exhibition Housewives of the Queer Hearth and as additional programming for HotQH TV: a speculative queer feminist broadcasting corporation, we are pleased to invite you to “No Cookies for You!💗” Hosts Rosa Nussbaum and Kevin Brophy lead a digital cooking show turned workshop on how to make non-edible Valentine’s cookies. By building from the work of Alice Constance Austin’s early 20th century designs for kitchen-less homes of an idealized city focused on communal care, the artists remove the domestic labor of the day. So, please come. Join us in making art for yourself rather than sustenance for another, as your love act for V-day. Morning talk show hosts, eat Our hearts out!.

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Exhibition Details

When

Friday, January 27 through Saturday, March 4, 2023

Where

Charlotte Street Gallery (3333 Wyoming)

Next Event

Spirit in Sonic Art: ATTAINMENT

When

Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Where

Charlotte Street Stern Theater (3333 Wyoming St)

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Hope-Lian Vinson

Hope-Lian Vinson is a Kansas City-based visual artist whose works recast elements of the built environment to explore internal narratives of history and identity. With a B.F.A in Painting, Art History, and a Social Practice Certificate from the Kansas City Art Institute, Hope-Lian works at the intersections of art and ecology by using locally-sourced clay and natural materials to reference place and geological processes. They have showcased works in MdW Atlas, SITE ONE, Sapien Gallery, and have recently returned from the Chop Wood Carry Water arts residency in the Driftless region of NW Illinois. They currently serve as the Marketing + Communications Manager at Charlotte Street, where they use their artistic background in community-organizing to provide critical support for Charlotte Street programs and initiatives.