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Trappings is a project that is created in the public realm. Throughout the history of the project, we have had the opportunity to develop site-specific installations that feature local women. At times, these have been developed into public art installations that happen outside of the gallery or museum environment.

We would like to continue this tradition of developing a local component to accompany each installation of the national exhibition. For our exhibition launch at Carnegie Mellon University, we accomplished this by presenting the video Trappings: Pittsburgh along side the Trappings: Participants photo work. In Nashville, TN, our exhibition of photographs and audio works of local women was presented at the Nashville International Airport, and in Jersey City, NJ our exhibition of video of local women was presented at the Jersey City Museum. In Riverton, WY we created site-specific posters to be installed what is typically designated advertising space throughout their downtown.

We encourage exhibition hosts to commission a local component for the exhibition space or to be presented in the public realm. The cost and presentation format of the commission is based several factors, including available budget, lead time, and desired presentation impact of the exhibition host.

Three examples of community-specific components are featured below.

Pittsburgh Bus Cards
This project included the design, printing, and advertising space cost of 100 prints featuring local Pittsburgh women. The budget was $2,500.




Nashville International Airport
This exhibition included 20 digital photographs mounted on plexiglas, the creation of 20 three-minute long audio works presented on phone extensions accessed by cell phones, and 20 transcription quotes presented next to each photograph. It was developed for the Nashville International Airport, and featured women from Tennessee. The budget was $6,000.




Jersey City Museum Video Kiosk
The Jersey City Museum commissioned a series of video works of women from their community. They were presented in the museum’s video kiosks. The budget was $3,000.