HUSH-HUSH
2019
HUSH-HUSH at Visions of a New World
She Diamond
Pseuda
Shane Thomas
lak
D!ANA
November
Beauty Supply Arts
GEN
Alexis Penney
She Diamond
Brittany Newell
Silk Worm
Rheal Tea
Marissa Leitman
October
Berkeley Art Museum
crummy sheets
Brittany Newell
Ryan Tacata
Silk Worm
July
2727 California Street
Colin Self
Tyler Holmes
Silk Worm
June
2727 California Street
Skin
Erica Mar
Patience Waining
2727 California Street
bby buu + IDHAZ
Sofi Espice
Christopher Moore
guest curated by bby buu
May
2727 California Street
Peekaboo
Mara + Chani
Another Can (Inger S, Gelliot, and Fifi)
April
DREAM BODIES
Bapari
Sessi Mami Chula
God’s Lil Princess
Dangerous Rose
Grumpy
Hiroko Tamano
Silk Worm and Gerl Props
randy e. reyes
Sharmi Basu
Laneya Billingsley
Jenkin van Zyl
Bored Lord
XUXA SANTAMARIA
La Frida
Matthew Grumbach
Ryan Tacata
Brittany Newell
The Dream Bodies festival was made possible by the Alternative Exposure grant, funded by Southern Exposure.
HUSH-HUSH at 2727 California Street
V Vale
Cher Strauberry
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta
Brittany Newell
Maddy Decter
Genine Lentine
Dylan Cox
guest curated by Cole Solinger
March
HUSH-HUSH at 2727 California Street
Mica Sigourney
Gerl Props
Emji Saint Spero
February
HUSH-HUSH at Visions of a New World
Loveshadow
La Frida
Job’s Body
2018
The Stud (with Yum Yum Club)
Jose Abad
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Gabriel Christian
randy e. reyes
Europa Grace + Alley Wilde
Rihanna Wintour
March
HIT Gallery
Chani Bockwinkel and Mara Poliak with Cookie Harrist
Stephanie Hewett
Silk Worm
HIT Gallery
Ruairí Ó’Donnabháin and Mica Sigourney
HIT Gallery
PRICE
Thomas Dupal
Julius Smack
Waxy Tomb
HIT Gallery
Monique Jenkinson
Brittany Newell
Jewish Community Center
Nicole Gertne
Kyle DeMedio
The Stud
Boy Young
Yves St. Croissant
Lilly Pfalzer
February
The Stud
Piano Rain
Zedgar Infiniti
Baylee
Juancy
January
The Stud
Brittany Newell
Ismael Fofana
Ryan Tacata
Jewish Community Center with Buddha Duhh
2017
The Stud
AH MER AH SU (DJ set)
Syrinx
SupperBloom
November
The Stud (with Club Lonely)
Club Lonely DJs
Fyne Artist
BBY Shamu
God’s Little Princess
Davia Spain
Nicki Jizz
Silk Worm
Britney Smearz
VivvyAnne ForeverMORE!
October
The Stud
Jillian Gnarling
Faluda Islam
Fifi Rosewater
Dingbat Superminx
Bookworm Edition at the Lone Palm
featuring James Fleming
Gabriel Christian
God’s Little Princess
Mica Sigourney
Silk Worm
Brittany Newell
September
The Stud
Bad Acting ~ a show by Silk Worm featuring
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Eartha Kunt
Juancy Matos
God’s Little Princess
Anya Dross
Brintini Weenie
July
The Stud
Gerl Props
Lucy Fleur
Arlen Levy
Kochina Rude
Meredeath
June
The Stud
Authentically Plastic
Juancy
Jealousy
Waxy Tomb
Moon Baby
May
The Stud
Eartha Kunt
Inger S
Aria Rostami
Tyler Holmes’ Merry Band of Lesbians
April
The Stud
Brittany Newell
Character God
Julius Smack
Mica Sigourney
Gerl Props
March
The Stud
Beast Nest
Mica Sigourney
Gerl Props
Inger S
February
The Stud
Jasmine Infiniti
Fiera
Creighton Baxter
Inger S
Mission
From 2017 to 2019, HUSH-HUSH provided a platform for emerging queer and trans artists producing experimental work in the Bay Area. As an ever-evolving network of artists working between fields, HUSH-HUSH provided a space to blur genres, take risks, and be strange.
HUSH-HUSH has been on hiatus since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. It might make a comeback soon. We are searching for funding as well as a space to host us in. If you are interested in hosting a HUSH-HUSH at your venue, please reach out!
HUSH-HUSH is organized and curated by writer Brittany Newell and artist Silk Worm.