The NLM's "Treachery" exhibit will operate on a similar principle, placing the often-maligned functional glass subculture in the type of space usually reserved for the mainstream art world, which historically has marginalized pipe-makers due to their art's association with smoking marijuana. In that way, the exhibit seems to ask viewers to consider that the pipes at NLM aren't pipes, either — or at least not just pipes, but also works of art.