ESSENTIALS: PORTRAITS OF AUSTIN’S ESSENTIAL WOMEN WORKERS

ESSENTIALS, by photographer Sarah Wilson, is a community-facing, interactive public art project honoring front-line women workers in Austin, Texas.⁠

⁠After a community-wide call for nominations yielded over 100 potential honorees, 15 essential women workers were selected to be photographed in a safe and distanced outdoor photo shoot. These earnest portraits highlighting the individuals and the work that they do, are printed large-scale (up to 20 feet tall) and wheat-pasted on buildings throughout Austin.

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* Wilson seeks to honor those who've risked their lives to keep Austin healthy and safe during this difficult time. She has specifically chosen to highlight, the women, including gender-fluid/non-binary and trans women, whose essential work in the areas of font-line health, public safety, food services, and so much more, is so crucial to our survival, especially now. This project received initial funding from the @DoughertyArtsCenter and Austin's Museums & Cultural Program’s ArtsResponders: Social Practice Responds to COVID-19.

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