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MoPFest          MoPFest 2.0         Alchemy        Succulence          MoP Life Drawing           MoP Open Mic       MoP x Collaborations

MoPFest          MoPFest 2.0         Alchemy        Succulence          MoP Life Drawing         

 MoP Open Mic            MoP x Collaborations

ALCHEMY:
TRANSMUTING THE WOUND



FEB. 21. 2026

multi-media fine art
film projections
spoken word
music & movement performances

YOU ARE INVITED TO ENTER A PORTAL!
A space to sit with the wound and the dream at once:
A night of art, performance, and collective alchemy.

ALCHEMY: Transmuting the Wound was an immersive art show curated by Mother of Pearl Collective, bringing together emerging artists working across mediums to explore transformation, resilience, and the power of community. This show asked: How do we root in care while facing what hurts? How do we transmute the raw, murky material of our suffering into connection, hope, and new timelines?

The work moved through collective and personal memory, portals of change, and the web of energy that binds us to one another and to the earth. Where nature is teacher, earth is medicine, and our underworlds become sources of dream materia — fuel for mutual aid and imagination.

Throughout the evening, a series of live performances guided us through different portals: embodied lessons, offerings, and expressions that invited us to witness, feel, and transform together.







The audience gathers as Val Maerz grounds us with a guided meditation
and a beautiful spoken word piece



Melissa Wu moves us with a touching movement piece
to the song Beauty, end by Mustafa





Jazzy R&B and neo-sol sounds rise us out of decay
and give us wings in Amadi Sun’s debut performance





We journey through a portal and enter the Maximum Love Timeline, where
we pour our devotion and thank the trees, the sun and the beauty around us



NYD, royee & August Nandé weave their voices and emotion into the hour,
delicate melodies that linger in the air like melting snow






Folding doves for The C Cosmology’s Folding Futures mutual aid art activation, where each dove represents a martyred child in Gaza. This participatory activation was inspired by the communal craft of Origami that transforms grief into tangible hope and aid.  








Drinks sponsored by SWRL




Photos by Laura Penido