A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME

Ten artists explore home as memory, history, and comfort through painting, sculpture, textile, and photography.

Why go

The exhibition uses Burt Bacharach's 1964 song as conceptual anchor, examining how domestic spaces and materials become emotionally resonant—from Marie Watt's Indigenous-informed practice to Ann Toebbe's psychologically charged interiors and Kay Rosen's text-based floor plan.

What to expect

Works across painting, sculpture, textile, and photography by ten artists including Josephine Halvorson, Arturo Herrera, Teresa Lanceta, Liliana Porter, Kay Rosen, Ann Toebbe, and Marie Watt, with pieces investigating personal memory, domestic materials, and the distinction between house as structure and home as emotional space.

Things to know

• Exhibition features 10 artists working across painting, sculpture, textile, and photography.
• Title references Burt Bacharach and Hal David's 1964 song, famously recorded by Dionne Warwick and Luther Vandross.
• Kay Rosen's paintings serve as a guide for an imaginary floor plan of the exhibition.
• Marie Watt is a member of the Turtle Clan of the Seneca Nation whose work draws on Haudenosaunee protofeminism.
• Ann Toebbe transforms middle-class domestic spaces into spatial tapestries exploring family, friendship, and motherhood.
• Teresa Lanceta is currently the subject of a solo exhibition at the National Museum of Archaeology in Madrid through November 2026.

Plan your visit

Public opening reception Thursday, June 25, from 5-7pm.

From the venue

Sikkema Malloy Jenkins is pleased to present A House Is Not a Home, a group exhibition that explores the notion of home as a place of memory, history and comfort. The exhibition features 10 artists working across painting, sculpture, textile and photography.