Hard as Nails

Most people don’t consider manicures to be anything more than luxury grooming. But Breanne Trammell, an assistant professor of communication arts at Ramapo College of New Jersey, sees them as performance art. In her latest project, Nails Across America, the multimedia artist will be taking a restored canned-ham trailer across the country, doling out manicures and making them a forum for exchanging ideas.

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