Anna Showers-Cruser

ASC (they/them) is a non-binary artist, arts educator, and herbalist working across object-making traditions, often in clay bodies and hybrid sculpture. Intersections of disability and queer aesthetics, materiality, neuro-inclusive craft, and ecologies of Appalachia are intrinsic to their work. ASC has been an artist-in-residence with sites including Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Chicago Artists Coalition, and VisArts Richmond. With a passion for accessible arts programming since first engaging with VisArts as a Dogwood Middle School student, they also teach with museums and universities. ASC earned an MFA in Visual Arts from the University of Chicago, and a BFA in Painting from Maryland Institute College of Art.