Past Exhibitions

This exhibition examines diverse independent artist initiatives – including ad hoc street performances and interventions, clubs, collaboratively produced ‘zines, archives and collections, pirate radio programs, and more.

Artist team Slanguage's 6-month residency at the Armory's La Casita—a vibrant art and social service center in Northwest Pasadena—featured collaborative art projects and special events for the community.

An exhibition that depicts socioeconomic and political climates and contradictions, including vast discrepancies in wealth and social status, actions of political protest and social unrest, indigenismo traditions, and emergent youth cultures.

An exhibition with new and recent work by the Armory’s artist-in-residence Giacomo Castagnola, a San Francisco/Mexico City-based architect and designer.

This exhibition addresses the inherent impossibility ​of understanding “the other,” the necessity of our efforts to try, an acceptance of these limitations, and the possibilities that emerge.