[photo credit: Armory Center for the Arts]
Presented at 145 N. Raymond Avenue, the show focuses on artists who use earth, fiber, metal, cyanotype, terracotta, and film to explore divination, ancestral memory, and nonlinear time rooted in the San Gabriel Valley’s cycles of wildfire, floods, winds, and regrowth.
According to the Armory, “Material Prophecies: Craft as Divination brings together seven artists who turn to craft to divine memory, enact ritual, and seek knowledge of the future.”
The exhibition features works by Jackie Amézquita, April Bey, Calethia DeConto, Emmanuel Louisnord Desir, Joel Gaitan, vanessa german, Sky Hopinka, and Lani Trock.
The exhibition is curated by Taylor Bythewood-Porter, Director of Exhibitions, with exhibition management by Danielle A. Hill.
Pasadena Now notes that “the show marks the curatorial debut of Taylor Bythewood-Porter as the Armory’s Director of Exhibitions.”
Material Prophecies: Craft as Divination will run on Friday, February 20, 2026, as an all-day event at Armory Center for the Arts, 145 N. Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, California. For more information, call (626) 792-5101 or visit https://www.armoryarts.org/exhibitions/2026/material-prophecies.
