Crucible, a global community of BIPOC artists, is bringing together makers and thinkers whose work has planted roots in African, Asian, Indigenous, Queer, and transcultural-futurism. The mothership arrives on the eve of New York City Jewelry Week in the form of our expansive multidisciplinary exhibition event, ‘Earthseed’.

Fluidly exploring metaphysical identity, astronomy, cosmology, mysticism, science fiction, and magic, ‘Earthseed’ is an ode to Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower. With a decolonial lens that considers both evolutionary ecology and ancestral wisdom, we will explore new hybrid identities and forms of being. We draw on science-fiction narratives and reinvent old dialogues with their racial and heteronormative bias.

‘Earthseed’ is an opportunity for a cross-cultural exchange of skills, knowledge, and connection. It is essential that we engage in a real dialogue to address the issues of our changing world. Here we can decide the future of our generation and explore ways in which we as BIPOC can share in the richness of our legacies in order to thrive.

While this event is part of NYC Jewelry Week, as disruptors in institutional spaces we encourage artists who work in media beyond jewelry, including 2-D, 3-D, moving image, digital media, sound, performance, writing, and more.