EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Major in Craft and Material Studies, Emphasis in Glass. 2014- 2018.
The Collegiate School, Richmond, VA — 2001-2014
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POSITIONS HELD
Gallery Manager, FireFusion Studio, Boise, ID, Aug. 2019-Present
Recruiting Featured Artists for Gallery Showings, Curatorial Advice, Website Creation, Gallery and Studio Marketing/Advertising, Reading and Responding to Emails, Handling Money and Daily Sales and Invoicing, Managing/Creating Schedules for the Owner, Employees, and Classes, Taking and Editing Photos with Photoshop, Managing Employees and Their Daily Tasks, Selling Artwork, Jewelry, and Classes in the Gallery, Customer Service, Cleaning and Maintaining the Gallery, Working Off-Site Shows, Keeping Track of Gallery Inventory, Online Sales of Website and Etsy Shop, Consignment.
Glassblowing Instructor and Gallery Assistant, Boise Art Glass, Boise, ID, Aug. 2018- Present
Teaching first-time glassblowers how to apply color, blow out a piece, paddle, turn pipes and torch pieces.
Teaching advanced classes how to gather and shape glass, advanced color applications, using glass tools, bit work.
​Assisting Filip Vogelpohl by bringing puntis, bits, bench blowing, and placing pieces inside of annealer.
​Sales, Customer Service, Scheduling Classes, Gallery Maintenance, Packing & Shipping Artworks, Creating and Sharing Promotional Materials, Social Media Presence, Documenting and Photoshopping Artworks, Coldworking, Glue ups, Aesthetic and Curatorial Advice.
Gallery Apprentice, Artemis Gallery, Richmond, VA, Feb. 2018-June 2018
Installation & deinstallation of exhibits, Sales, Creating and Sharing Promotional Materials, Curatorial Assistance, Contracting Artists, Packing, Transporting, and Shipping Artworks, Social Media Presence, Gallery Maintenance, Leading Walk-Throughs of Exhibits with Viewers, Set up of Food and Bar for Openings and Events.
Teaching Assistant, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Jan. 2017-May 2017
Introduction to Hot Glass Fabrication, Instructor Boyhun Yoon
Preparing the studio for class-turning on glory holes, programing annealers, managing studio, running 40+ person cleanup
Assisting Boyhun by bringing puntis, bench blowing, bringing bits, and shielding. Assisting the students to make a bubble, learn to gather, marver, use glass tools, bit work, & apply solid and blown glass and optic abilities of material to their ideas. Leading class critiques, informing students about work of other artists, and techniques used.
Assistant to Kathryn Murphy, MFA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Jan. 2017-July 2018
Bench blowing, shielding, bringing bits and puntis, preparing tools, placing pieces inside of the annealer, using hand torch. Installation and deinstallation of exhibits, curatorial advice.
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CURATION
Weaving As Object, Solo Exhibition by Noelani Jones, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA 2018
GROUNDWORK, Group Exhibition, Studio Two Three, Richmond, VA 2018
Humyn/Nature, Group Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA 2017

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Erin Cross: The Aguarela, Movimento & Taranja Collections, Solo Exhibition, State & Lemp, Boise, ID 2018
No Spectators, Group Exhibition, Raquetball Gallery, Richmond, VA 2018
All-Americans, Group Exhibition, Iridian Gallery at Diversity Richmond, Richmond, VA 2018
Funky Chunky, Group Exhibition, Artemis Gallery, Richmond, VA 2018
GROUNDWORK, Group Exhibition, Studio Two Three, Richmond, VA 2018
MISC HAP, Group Exhibition, Crystal Palace, Richmond, VA 2018
Manus Speculo at Sound & Vision, Performance Assistant, The National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA 2018
Glass Imperfections, Group Exhibition, Artemis Gallery, Richmond, VA 2018
Virginia Glass Guild Members Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Slover Library, Norfolk, VA 2018
Kneading, Performance, Grandma Collective, Richmond, VA 2018
Humyn/Nature, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 2017
Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies Art Show, Group Exhibition, Crenshaw House, Richmond, VA 2016
Student Work, Group Exhibition, SEDIMENT Arts, Richmond, VA 2015
Student Art Show, Group Exhibition, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA 2014

​PRESS
Erin Cross- Artist, Multimedia Production Agency. ​ March 2018 https://mmpablogblog.wordpress.com/2018/03/21/erin-cross-artist/

Succulent Planter Ring, 2016