Events
Material Prophecies: Curatorial Walkthrough
Walk our new exhibition and step inside the thinking behind the work in Material Prophecies: Craft as Divination with curator Taylor Bythewood-Porter. This guided conversation explores the materials, ideas, and relationships.
The event is free to attend. RSVP required.
About the Curator
Taylor Bythewood-Porter served as Curator of History at the Museum of Riverside, where she organized exhibitions including First Comes Love: Courtship in the Victorian Era (2025). Her work has earned national recognition, including the American Association for State and Local History’s Award of Excellence for Rights and Rituals: The Making of African American Debutante Culture (2021), a critically acclaimed exhibition she curated during her tenure as Assistant Curator at the California African American Museum (CAAM).
At CAAM, Bythewood-Porter co-curated groundbreaking exhibitions including Tatyana Fazlalizadeh: Speaking to Falling Seeds (2023), Cross Colours: Black Fashion in the 20th Century (2020), and The Liberator: Chronicling Black Los Angeles, 1900–1914 (2019).
Her early career included serving as president and a founding member of SIA Curates, a curatorial initiative through Sotheby’s Institute of Art at Claremont Graduate University, connecting emerging curators with MFA artists to develop annual exhibitions. She has participated in prestigious professional programs, including the Independent Curators International Curatorial Intensive (2019) and the Professional Alliance for Curators of Color (2021).
Bythewood-Porter holds a Master of Arts in Art Business with a concentration in contemporary art from Sotheby’s Institute of Art at Claremont Graduate University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications with a minor in art history from Monmouth University.
Image: Joel Gaitan. Ella Me Devolvió Al Paraíso Terrenal (detail), 2025. 23.5 x 16 x 18 inches. Ceramic, underglaze, glaze, and gold luster. Courtesy of the artist and The Pit. Photo: Greg Carideo.