Dawn Flores
multidisciplinary artist & educator
Education
1989-1991 Certificate in Botanical Art & Illustration, The New York Botanical Garden, NYC
1986-1987 Undergraduate in art, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
1982-1983 Undergraduate in art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
1979-1982 Undergraduate in art and theater, Edgewood College, Madison, WI
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Where Past Meet Present, Unity of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Plantae, Green Lantern Studios, Mineral Point, WI
Censorship at Fires in the Mirror, Jewish Community Theater, Richmond, VA
2022 Evelyn Was Here: Work by students of Dawn Flores, VMFA Studio School, Richmond, VA
Local Economy, Gallery 5, Richmond, VA
2021 The Water Project, Colors of Humanity, Everett, PA
2020 The Forest Project: Reverence, Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, VA
2018 The Forest Project: Artists Collect, VMFA Studio School, Richmond, VA
Water Media: Works by Students of Dawn Flores, VMFA Studio School, Richmond, VA
2017 Into the Woods with The Forest Project, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA
Faculty Exhibition,VMFA Studio School, Richmond, VA
2016 Work by Students of Sara Clark and Dawn Flores, VMFA Studio School, Richmond, VA Faculty Exhibition, VMFA Studio School, Richmond, VA
2015 Nightfall Exhibition, VMFA Studio School, Richmond, VA
Faculty Exhibition, VMFA Studio School, Richmond, VA
The Alchemy of Pots & Prints: # 10, VMFA Studio School, Richmond, VA
Grants
2020 Building Capabilities Grant, CultureWorks, Richmond, VA
2018 Building Capabilities Grant, CultureWorks, Richmond, VA
Residency
2016 The Forest Project at Collegiate Lower School, Richmond VA
Artist Talks
2023 Transforming Friday and Diego, Malba Museum, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Forest Project, Metropolitan Richmond Artist Association, Richmond, VA
2022 The Forest Project, Gallery 5, Richmond, VA
2020 The Forest Project, Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, VA
2019 Nature’s Garden, Powhatan Garden Club, Powhatan, VA
2018 The Forest Project, VMFA Studio School, Richmond, VA
The Forest Project, VMFA Traveling Excursions, French Polynesia
Sky, Water, Color & Composition, VMFA Traveling Excursions, French Polynesia
Fabric from Photos, Rockbridge Pieceworkers Quilt Guild, Lexington, VA
2017 Forest Project for the Art Club, Ginter Park Elementary, Richmond, VA
2017 Fabric from Photos, American Sewing Guide, Richmond, VA
Fabric from Photos, Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg, VA
The Forest Project, Quilting Adventures, Richmond, VA
2016 On Creativity with Jack R. Johnson, Unity of Richmond, Richmond VA
Self-published Photography Books
2023 Sentinels: From the Forest Project
2017 The Forest Project Chronicle: An Overview in Words and Pictures
Final Cut: Installations from The Forest Project
Bare Earth: Underneath the Forest
Woodturning: from The Forest Project
Common Treasure: A Photographic Inventory of the Woods
2016 Seasons in the Bone: A Year in the Life of an Urban Forest
2015 What the Forest Gave Me: Patterns from Nature
2011 Destructive Beauty: The Harvesting of an Urban Forest
Film Screenings
2020 Wild City Forest, Green Spring Gardens
2018 Wild City Forest, Richmond Environmental Film Festival
Wild City Forest, VMFA Traveling Excursions, French Polynesia
Wild City Forest, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA
Selected Performances
2017 Eternal Forest, Set Designer/Performer, Dogtown Dance Theatre, Richmond, VA
2014 Beyond 50: Sex, Juice & Joy, Crossroads Art Center, Beyond Barbie Performance Series,
Director/Writer/Performer, Richmond, VA
2013 Women in Power: Creating Roadmaps for Others, Beyond Barbie Performance Series, Producer/Director/Performer, Unity, Richmond, VA
Breaking Free: Transcending Barriers of Mind, Body and Circumstance, Beyond Barbi Performance Series, Producer/Director/Writer/Performer, Unity, Richmond, VA
One Billion Rising, Dancer, Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA
Vagina Monologues, Performer, Dogtown Dance Theatre, Richmond, VA
2010 Caught in the Funhouse Mirror: Distorted Reflections of Eating Disorders, Beyond Barbie Performance Series, Director, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA
Through the Fire: Reclaiming Lost Power After Trauma & Abuse, Beyond Barbie Performance
Series, Director/Performer, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA
Strength in Motion: Dancing Our Sacred Bodies, Beyond Barbie Performance Series, Dancer, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA
Teaching Experience
2010-present VMFA Studio School, Adjunct Faculty, Richmond, VA
1996-1999 Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, VA
Selected Visiting Artist Teaching Experience
2018 Piedmont Art Center, VMFA Statewide Partners, Martinsville, VA
2014-present The Clearing Folk School, Ellison Bay, WI
2014 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Summer Art Program, Washington DC
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Summer Art Program, Green Bay WI
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, VMFA Statewide Partners, Winchester, VA
2013-present Shake Rag Alley, Mineral Point, WI
2013-2014 Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
2013 Green Bay Botanical Garden, Green Bay, WI
2012-present Arts Alive, VMFA Statewide Partners, Westpoint, VA
Bay School Community Arts Center, VMFA Statewide Partners, Mathews, VA
2012-2020 Central Virginia Artist’s Association, VMFA Statewide Partners, Farmville, VA
2012 Gari Melchers Home and Studio, VMFA Statewide Partners, Falmouth, VA Sedalia Art Center, Distinguished Artists Series, VMFA Statewide Partners, Bedford, VA 2011-present Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, VA
Selected Commercial Clients
1996-1998 The Millwork Specialist, Painter/Photographer, Richmond, VA
Fred Floyd Flooring, Painter, Chesterfield, VA
Industrial Floor Services, Painter, Lanexa, VA
1993-1994 ExpanderPak Incorporated, Marketing, Glen Allen, VA
1992 The Hyatt, Muralist, Richmond, VA
1989-1990 Goldsmith Mannequins, Painter, NYC
1988-1990 Barneys New York, Facilities Assistant/Window Designer, Barneys New York, NYC
Board Positions
2011-2014 President, Westlake Hills Civic Association
2005-2008 Facilities Chairwoman, Unity of Richmond
Creative Service Design Team, Unity of Richmond
1996-1998 Chairwoman, Richmond Women’s Caucus for Art
1996-1998 Fundraising Chairwoman, Richmond Women’s Caucus for Art
1994-1995 Special Projects Chairwoman, Richmond Women’s Caucus for Art
1993 Diversity Committee, Richmond Women’s Caucus for Art