Truth. Memory. Joy. Resistance: Black Expressions in New Mexico
Traer’s work was featured in this record-breaking, Santa FE, NM exhibit. Click to explore art and design by Traer Price
Always exploring new directions...
Harriet Tubman Public Art Proposal
I was a finalist in a design competition hosted by the Harriet Tubman Center for Equity and Freedom at SUNY Binghamton to memorialize Tubman's life and work. My proposal situated a young Harriet as an Afrofuturist embodying the highest ideals of colonial America, supported and led in her astounding journey by a rich spiritual life, the stars, and the land she traveled. My proposal included public engagement via augmented reality layered on the sculpture and terrazzo compass nearby.
Sand-carved Glass Vessels
During a residency at Duncan McClellan Gallery in St. Petersburg, FL I designed and sandblasted the graphic pattern on these vessels blown by glass artist Duncan McClellan. An outer layer of glass is carved away by pressurized sand to reveal an inner color.
The vessel on the left is titled Roots, reflecting the ways our heritage emerges from our bones like seeds sprouting from from soil. The vessel on the right is called InnerSpaceTime, inspired by web telescope images of the cosmos and the inner journey of making art.
Fountain Choreography
For 30 years I designed water/light/sound performances as a consultant to WET, a water feature design firm in Los Angeles. This work took me to many locations within and outside of the US. and to this day movement— the emotion inherent in seeing it and performing it—informs my work in metal, glass and even on paper (drawing is an important part of my practice). Above is a video from the Dubai Fountain.
