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Dreams Gather Here Opens at Brand Library & Art Center

GLENDALE, CA - ReflectSpace at Glendale Central Library is pleased to present Dreams Gather Here, a solo exhibition by Rachel Ha- kimian Emenaker, on view from February 17. through April 26, 2026. The exhibition ex- plores how the cultural memory of diasporic

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foundations of new futures and new cities. With an American father and a Syrian Arme- nian mother, Emenaker's childhood was spent in Suriname (South America) and Russia. She grew up multilingual and multicultural, im- mersed in Dutch, Russian, Armenian, Ameri- can, and Surinamese cultures. Emenaker moved to the United States as an adult to start her university education in art.

Employing batik (wax and dye), sculpture, tile, and other media, Emenaker's work is a meditation on diasporic architecture. Frag- ments, inherited gestures, and long-traveled materials converge in sculptural and installa- tion-based works that speak directly to com- munities like Los Angeles, Moscow, Kessab, and Van cities that witness, absorb, and hold countless migratory stories and dreams. "For communities shaped by migration, grief, and rupture, dreaming can be a way of re-re- membering and reimagining," says Emena- ker. "Dreams often become portable homes, a place to rest when permanence is impossible." Dreams Gather Here allow us to pause and reflect on what dreams and home may mean

An opening reception with the artist will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2026, from 6:30 PM 8:30 PM at ReflectSpace, located inside Central Library 222 East Harvard Street Glendale, CA 91205. For more information, visit ReflectSpace.org.