{"id":835,"date":"2026-03-20T03:20:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/?page_id=835"},"modified":"2026-03-23T04:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:56:35","slug":"chelsea-a-flowers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/chelsea-a-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea A. Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section alignfull alignfull getwid-section-content-custom-width\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__wrapper getwid-padding-left-medium getwid-padding-right-medium\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-wrapper\" style=\"max-width:1140px\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-holder\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__foreground\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chelsea A. Flowers<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading__content\">She\/They<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading__content\">Artist and Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Chelsea A. Flowers is an artist and educator who holds an MFA in sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. She is an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, and manages ACRE\u2019s summer residency program. Her practice explores narratives of \u201cotherness\u201d through social and cultural critique of institutions, and the implications for marginalized communities. She explores these ideas through grief, community building, comedic tropes, and participatory performance.&nbsp;She has shown work at various galleries including; ACRE Projects Space (Chicago, IL), Vox Populi (Philadelphia, PA), and The Sculpture Center (Cleveland, OH). She is an alum of Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo credit: My mom, Joyce Flowers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/presenters\/\" style=\"color:#000000\">BACK<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/SuNeens_WjNjVFRItKjpFt4BNbmeyDwYY06Aeu67NLc-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Chelsea A. 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