[photo credit: Armory Center for the Arts]
The show is by Meztli Projects, an Indigenous-based arts and culture collaborative, presented at and organized by the Armory. Its artists move past the binary of “good fire” and “bad fire” and draw on Indigenous knowledge systems that understand fire as a force of stewardship, care, renewal, repair and regeneration, according to the Armory.
The eleven are joel garcia, River Garza, Ishi Glinsky, Artemiza (Ciara Green), Adrienne Kinsella, Kenneth Lopez, Emma Robbins, Kimberly Robertson, Aanii Tate, Isaac Michael Ybarra and Alexandria Ybarra, showing work made in 2026. The Armory calls them an intergenerational cohort who worked in dialogue with one another and with Elders and culture bearers.
garcia is the exhibition’s Curatorial Advisor and also has work on view; he co-founded and directs Meztli Projects. Taylor Bythewood-Porter, the Armory’s Director of Exhibitions, is credited with curatorial direction and Danielle A. Hill, Exhibition Manager, with exhibition management. A curatorial walkthrough with garcia runs 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12; RSVPs are appreciated.
Need to know: The exhibition runs Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, through Saturday, Jan. 16, 2027, in the Caldwell Gallery at Armory Center for the Arts, 145 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena. Gallery hours are Thursdays through Saturdays, 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Old Pasadena Park & Walk garages charge $1 for the first two hours, $2 hourly thereafter and $12 daily maximum; accessible parking is behind the building. For more, call (626) 792-5101 or visit armoryarts.org.
