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"Material Prophecies: Craft as Divination"

"Material Prophecies: Craft as Divination"
Armory Center for the Arts
145 N. Raymond Ave.
Pasadena, California 91103
Friday, February 20, 2026 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Free

"Material Prophecies: Craft as Divination" brings together eight artists who turn to craft to divine memory, enact ritual, and seek knowledge of the future. Working with earth, fiber, metal, cyanotype, terracotta and film, they carry ways of understanding the world passed through generations, giving form to what is felt, inherited, and unseen. Through these practices, material becomes both medium and oracle, connecting with Spirit, place and ancestral knowledge.

Rooted in the San Gabriel Valley, where cycles of wildfire, floods, winds, and regrowth shape the landscape, the exhibition reflects on time as nonlinear and ever returning. The artist's works echo these rhythms, suggesting that transformation is both inevitable and generative and that materials remember across distance and lineage.

The exhibition features works by Jackie Amézquita, April Bey, Calethia DeConto, Emmanuel Louisnord Desir, Joel Gaitan, vanessa german, Sky Hopinka and Lani Trock.

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