Exhibitions

Sanctuaries is a group exhibition of Armory contemporary teaching artists who expand upon the meaning and imagination of sanctuaries, true and metaphysical, as spaces of protection, agency, preservation, and healing. Through painting, textile, ceramic, photography, risography, and mixed media, each artist offers a personal exploration of how sanctuaries take form and sustain us.

Social justice, nature, materiality, community, spirituality, and memory become sites of metamorphosis, opening portals into tangible alternate realities. While navigating the transcendent, environmental, and personal relationships within their lives, the artists trace the many ways a sanctuary can be a tool for transformation.

Sanctuaries ask us: What or who is your sanctuary? How does sanctuary surround you? And how do you hold it sacred? How do we return to ourselves, to one another, and to places that hold us?

Sanctuaries features work by artists Ronna Ballister, JT Bruns, Rachel Curry, Austyn de Lugo-Liston, Sandra Gallegos, Ruzanna Hanesyan, Sergio Hernandez, Heather Hilliard Bonds, Gail Howland, Ed Leonardi, Matt MacFarland, Brandi Mack-Khalfani, Simone Montemurno, Elonda Norris, Julieta Reynoso, Joe Sanchez, Allison Segura, and Dajin Yoon.

Upcoming Public Programs

Curatorial Walkthrough
Friday, December 12
3:30 to 4:00 PM

Join co-curators Danielle A. Hill and Lauren Miller in our Mezzanine Gallery for a walkthrough of recent work by the Armory's contemporary teaching artists. Together, Hill and Miller will share insights into the exhibition’s themes, artists, and the collaborative process that shaped this exploration of creative refuge, care, and community. This event is free. RSVP are appreciated.

This exhibition was organized by Armory Center for the Arts Programs Department. Image: Rachel Curry, Sitto's Sewing Room TV, 2022. Courtesy of the artist.