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Playing with Fire: Rediscovering Doyle Lane (Art and Cake LA)
September 26, 2026
Lauren Cross, PhD is the Gail-Oxford Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts for The Huntington. The gifted artist, author, and scholar moves through the world of material objects with a detective's nose for sleuthing out lost context and hidden figures, and a Griot's gift for connecting narrative dots to unearth treasure. She is the unstoppable force behind the first major museum retrospective to explore the untold history of ceramic innovator Doyle Lane, with more than 100 Lane artworks on view at The Huntington in San Marino from September 13 through March 1, 2027.
Meet Dr. Lauren Cross, Executive Strategist for the National Juneteenth Museum
February 1, 2024
Fort Worth boasts a vibrant arts community, complete with art educators like Lauren Cross, PhD, who desire to enrich the lives of residents and visitors with its creativity and diverse collections.
Best of Pasadena: Lauren Cross, Gail-Oxford Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens
August 9, 2023
Lauren Cross curates exhibitions, organizes the reinstallation of works within the Huntington’s (huntington.org) permanent collection and works with her colleagues to identify ways to diversify the stories they tell through new acquisitions or special projects.
Fort Worth artist, professor and curator wants to diversify arts in city
October 13, 2022
When curators look to add depth to an upcoming art exhibit, Lauren Cross’ name is usually high on the list. The artist, professor and entrepreneur wants to bring more diversity to the art world and lift up artists in her community.
Cross, 39, is a board member of Arts Fort Worth, formerly known as the Arts Council of Fort Worth. As the official contractor for the city’s public art program, the organization operates the Fort Worth Community Art Center and helps support local artists.
A Conversation with Lauren Cross, Curator of the 2022 Contemporary Art Month Perennial Exhibition
March 7, 2022
This year’s Contemporary Art Month (CAM) Perennial Exhibition, titled Interior Realities, showcases work from 17 San Antonio artists and will be on-view at two locations: Sala Diaz (from March 10–April 20) and the Southwest School of Art (from March 5–April 6). Every year during the month of March, as part of its mission, CAM offers a platform for artists, performers and curators to show off all the artistic creativity San Antonio has to offer at galleries, museums, performing arts spaces, schools, artist studios, and various unconventional locations across the city.
Featured in Artspace 111 Regional Juried Exhibition!
Lauren Cross June 2014
Three pieces from the Educational Landscape series were recently selected for the regional juried exhibition at Artspace 111, jurored by Ron Tyler, former director and curator of the Amon Carter Museum of Art and Andrea Karnes, curator at the Fort Worth Modern art Museum.
The exhibition will be up until August 15th. All works accepted into the show are also viewable on the Artspace 111 website. Check it out!