The House of Tarot, Minor Arcana pt. 1

In winter 2026, 13 new and 16 returning House of Tarot artists installed work in the Boyer-Campbell Building, as a part of Detroit's fifth annual Imbolc festival. The Celtic holiday of Imbolc marks the halfway point between the Winter Solstice (Yule) and Spring Equinox (Ostara). The holiday honors Brigid, a queer goddess of healing, poetry, wisdom, and smithing.

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New artists each created an installation based on a Minor Arcana Tarot card as determined by a one-card pull. Installed along the mezzanine floor of the building in a semicircle-shaped path named "Brigid's Journey," these installations collectively became a body of work that honored renewal, light, and growth.

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The returning artists installed their work on a series of structures created specifically for the new site: the Fool's House, a house-like wooden structure with panels for artists to hang or display their work; the Cave, a dark, recessed room with projection on the floor and walls; and the Womb, a 60-foot scrim sculpture and secondary site for projection, stretched over and across the ground floor (pictured left). 

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While the exhibition was only open for two bitterly cold days, over 1,400 guests visited the exhibition during Imbolc.

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View more photos of the exhibition below.