Sculpting an Identity - the sculpture of Ana Flores in Rhode Island

As a prominent Rhode Island sculptor, Ana Flores has been on my radar for years. And since she’s been artist in residence at the Kettle Pond wildlife refuge in Charlestown for the last three years, we’ve corresponded often about programs at the refuge’s Green Café.

But I’d never talked to her or met her. When I phoned to see if she’d be willing to speak to me about immigration, given that she’s from Cuba and has a couple of pieces in a show at Wakefield’s Hera Gallery called “Crossing Borders / Cruzando Fronteras,” I was startled to hear a voice without a trace of a Spanish accent. And then, when she came to the door of her Charlestown home, I was surprised again to see a woman whose hair, falling to a couple of inches above her shoulders, was straight and blond.”*

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