ASC / Anna Showers-Cruser is a queer artist, educator, and herbalist working across object-making traditions to propose hybrid alternatives to commonly perceived binaries, including sick vs. well, body vs. object, and synthetic vs. organic. Recent projects in various tactile media involve sensory ecologies and containment while reflecting their roots in southern DIY craft. Intersections of botany, geology, empathy, strategies of emergence, and materialities of disability are intrinsic to their work. ASC was recently awarded a Creative Residency Fellowship at the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences. In addition to their HATCH residency, ASC has been an artist-in-residence with Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, VisArts Richmond, Vermont Studio Center, and Annmarie Arts. With roots in Appalachia’s Central Plateau and Blue Ridge, they earned an MFA from the University of Chicago, and a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art.
Image: Anna Showers-Cruser, detail: Untitled (hush, hush), 2024, mixed media including recycled paper pulp, bio-plastic filament, unrefined sand, methylcellulose, linocut block-printed ink, botanically dyed, anthotype and UV-printed pillowcase fragments / approximately 30 x 17 x 10 inches
(updated 2025)
HATCH Projects
