The Anderson and VCUarts are pleased to present Seismic Holler, the 2026 Excellence in Adjunct Research Exhibition of work by interdisciplinary artist, herbalist, and Art Foundation faculty Anna Showers-Cruser. The exhibition will be on view from August 28th – September 26th, 2026, with an opening reception on August 28th from 5 – 7pm.
Showers-Cruser works across and between media to reinterpret commonly perceived binaries, such as sick versus well, synthetic versus organic, and body versus landscape. In Seismic Holler and the accompanying risograph publication Seismic Holler: An Appalachian Love Poem, the artist synthesizes material research grounded in sites of fossil fuel mining and familial histories in North and South Central Appalachia. Layering geological, botanical, and medical elements with earth pigments and biopolymers, Showers-Cruser considers “transcorporeal” ties between land and human bodies when faced with sustained intervention.
