Lauren Cross, Ph.D Email & Phone Number

San Marino, California, United States

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

-museum strategist consulting NJM on strategic planning and its curatorial plan.

Fort Worth, Texas

• Manage, direct, and develop artistic programming, such as art exhibitions, which promotes diversity through the visual arts and highlight women artists of color.
• oversee fundraising campaigns and fiscal budgets.
• oversee, edit, proofread gallery press releases and promotional materials.
• coordinate marketing outlets for the gallery through social and print media,
• oversee local art events, such as artist receptions, lectures, and panels.

• My responsibilities include:
• researching exhibitions, artists, and curators focusing on artists of the African diaspora.
• writing articles on exhibitions featuring artists of African diaspora.
• interview artists, curators, and arts institutions on exhibitions and artists of the African diaspora.
• promote exhibitions, artists, and events that feature artists of the African diaspora.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• produce art-inspired event and portrait photography.
• create in-print marketing products (i.e., advertisements, flyers, posters) for art non-profit organizations, artists, and musicians.
• produce layouts for independent publishing projects and strategically design brand identity products, such as logos, web designs, and other marketing materials.
• design music packaging and authoring products for indie musicians and filmmakers, such CDs & DVDs.

• create conceptual-based art using interdisciplinary mediums such as, photography, print media, time-based media, mixed-media, and installations.
• address themes within art that relate to race and gender identity, popular culture, media representation, historic events & narratives, and the "collective" experience.
• research new art-making techniques and themes.
• apply for arts exhibition and funding opportunities.
• curate group and solo exhibitions.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• research and develop new film projects.
• develop production schedules and appointments for film projects.
• develop videography and editing for film projects.
• hire assistants and contract artists for film projects.
• promote and market film projects to publications, film festivals, programmers, and institutions.
• strategize and organize film distribution into diverse markets.

Denton, Texas, United States

Denton, Texas

Denton, Texas

-teach Interdisciplinary Art and Design Studies core program courses, including art & business, understanding art museums, and IADS topics courses face-to-face and online with Blackboard/Canvas integration.- mentor and advise students with degree plans, internship supervision, and career development.- design course curriculum that encourages students to.

Denton, Texas

- teach Interdisciplinary Art and Design Studies courses, including art & business, understanding art museums, IADS capstone courses, and Art History courses face-to-face and online with Blackboard integration.- mentor and advise students with degree plans, internship supervision, and career development.- design course curriculum that encourages students.

Denton, Texas

- teach Art Appreciation and Post-Modernism courses both face-to-face as well as online.- design course curriculum that encourages students to connect to local art exhibitions and local art institutions throughout North Texas.- teach art history students the interconnections between art criticism, curating, exhibitions, and arts practice.- expose students.

Northwest Campus

- teach Art Appreciation and Art History courses face-to-face with Blackboard integration.- design course curriculum that encourages students to connect to local art exhibitions and local art institutions in Tarrant County.- expose students to innovative arts-based research methods as a tool for learning.

Denton, Texas

• design course marketing posters for U.S. Women of Colors course and for departmentally-sponsored events.
• teach and assist both online and face-to-face WS courses, such as, Gender & Social Change: An Introduction into Multicultural Women’s Studies & U.S. Women of Colors.
• develop curriculm, assessments, and course materials for courses addressing specific issues on diversity and inclusion.
• invite guest lecturers and speakers to discuss special topics..

-Creator, Director, and Producer of documentary highlighting the history of the affects of colorism within the African American community and its relationship to the African American quilting tradition.- interview quilters, scholars, artists, and participants about their individual experiences or exposure to skin color politics within the African American.

• manage and create curriculm for digital-imaging/graphic design courses.
• teach one or two Introduction to Digital Imaging courses.
• provide insight and feedback for departmental course objectives.

Cambridge, MA

• research, manage, and recruit potential contributing writers and artists to the publication.
• write articles, interviews, and reviews for publishing.
• develop ideas and direction on editorial and image content for each issue ateditorial team meetings.
• contribute feedback and direction on the overall design and image of the publication.
• provide marketing and promotional consultation to increase publication visibility and influence of the brand identity.

• manage, design, edit, proofread, and copyedit gallery and museum advertising for publication.
• develop relationships with local arts institutions as the community liason for the publication.
• manage and sell advertising accounts to regional art galleries and museums.
• research and recruit new clients for gallery and museum advertising.
• organize and manage media sponsorships and partnerships with local arts galleries and museums for the publication through events and media… Show more
• organize and manage media sponsorships and partnerships with local arts galleries and museums for the publication through events and media sponsorships. Show less

Jamaica Plains, MA

• assist with installation and de-installation of season exhibitions.
• offer gallery tours of exhibitions.
• manage all artist materials for exhibitions (i.e., CVs, images, statements).
• maintain gallery space pre and post exhibition.
• assist with curatorial process in the creation of exhibitions, and exhibition space design.

Hingham, MA

• My responsibilities include;
• demonstrating Apple computers and software to customers.
• demonstrate knowledge of Third-party applications and solutions for diverse projects and initiatives.
• function as a sales associate of Apple products and services.
• demonstrate great customer service and problem-solving for various customer concerns.

• design division posters and newsletters to be distributed across the division.
• manage social service funds across approximately 30+ southern Massachussets towns including the Cape & Islands. New England towns.
• manage community relations, liasion, and representation of the organization, giving public speeches at local civic and community meetings and event programming.
• manage organizational fundraising efforts across the Southern Massachuetts region.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Multicultural Women'S & Gender Studies, Concentration In Art Theory And Curatorial/Museum Studies

Activities and Societies: Co-Founder of Women of Color(s) Caucus of the Women's Studies Graduate Student Association, Women's Studies.

Mfa, Visual Arts

Ba, Art, Design, And Media

Photography And Media Arts