“Braiding Care and Connection” Exhibition and Workshop at Pasadena’s Alkebulan Cultural Center

Mariah Cochran (Photo – Side Street Projects)

Join Side Street Projects and artist-in-residence Mariah Cochran for their final exhibition and workshop, “Braiding Care and Connection”, at Alkebulan Cultural Center on July 26, 2025 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm.

By News Desk

Learn or practice braiding skills using repurposed fabric strips while sharing stories about what care and community have looked like for you this year. Braids can be added to the Care Canopy, a collaborative art piece that celebrates the joy, connection, and cultural legacies of braiding in Black and Indigenous communities.

This exhibition will showcase the Care Canopy along with mixed media artworks that intertwine braiding with nature, inviting a moment of reflection on how we tend to ourselves, each other, and the Earth.

Mariah’s residency aims to engage participants in a reflective relationship with our environment, our bodies, and how we can care for them through the practice of braiding. The project celebrates braiding as a sacred practice, a somatic experience, and an art form that is inherently rooted in community and connection.

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“Braiding Care and Connection” Exhibition and Workshop
July 26, 2025
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
Alkebu-lan Cultural Center
1435 N. Raymond Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91103