Erin Cross received her MFA in Visual Studies. She is currently Executive Director of Rall Gallery where she focuses on kinesthetic/object based learning and Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Doane University. She resides in Lincoln, Nebraska.
RALL GALLERY MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS
April 2022
7th Annual Robert L Polk Lectureship on Race and Social Justice:
Gilbert Fletcher’s Painted Voices, An Artist’s Journey Into The World of Black Writers
March 2022
Artist in Residence: Sean StarWars Workshop
Studio Art Major Senior Exhibition: Emma Ryan
February 2022 Visiting Exhibition Artist Lauren Woods
December/January 2021
Annual Student Juried Exhibition
VIRTUAL LIVE EXHIBITION: JUROR TALK AND PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
November 2021
Student Curator Collection Exhibition
This year’s student curator, Studio Arts Major, Emma Ryan has thoughtfully chosen artwork that reflects a theme to celebrate community and bounty with the still life subject of food. In addition to curating a collection show, she has organized community engagement through a food drive and is serving as the gallery’s November liaison for its Saturday Drop in and Draw session.
October 2021
New Faculty Exhibition: Will Truran
What’s Left: A Graphics Based Exploration Covering Isolation, Loss & Skulls
The fear of death and the distraction of humor are paired together to connect the viewer with designs encouraging us to pause and ask the question: WHAT’S LEFT?
September 2021
Gallery Collection Exhibition
In Position: Figural Works from the Rall Gallery Permanent Art Collection
In Position is a show that represents the human body experiencing personal realities through the frozen imagery of fragmented action or in between moments of movement. Often creating narratives through the use of situational composition, the artwork welcomes the viewer into the stolen moments of everyday happenings, conflicts and revelries.
Student and Community Engagement:
Drop In Drawing Sessions: September 11 and 25, 2021
Tableaux Vivant Masterclass: September 24
Summer 2021
Gallery and Print Collection Exhibition
Travelogue: Places and Spaces from the Rall Gallery Permanent Collection
Collection at Doane University, is a curated collection show. The exhibition visual story that starts in a small room interior bursting with contemplative efforts and ends in the vast expanse of the open ocean and blazing sun. It is the gallery’s hope that this exhibition will prove a reprieve from everyday stresses and allow for the brief luxury of escapism.
Summer 2020
Gallery and Virtual Collection Exhibition
Value’s Value: The Element of Value Explored and Considered Curated Drawings and Prints from the Doane University Art Collection
Value conveys the potential to stir the viewer into connecting emotive qualities with more forceful energy than any other element of design. Formalistically, value is the graduation of light to dark over a form. Described through its ability to create transitional illusions (exaggerated or subtle), the value-based technique requires intentionality.
Summer 2019
Gallery Collection Exhibition
The Regionalist Triumvirate:
Selected Lithographs by Grant Wood, John Steuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton from the Doane Art Collection
October 2019
Visiting Exhibition Artist: Heather Bryant
Heather Bryant, Norfolk VA
SUMMARY AND OUTLINE
Workshop Images and Artist Talk:
Exhibition Images:
Summer 2018
Gallery Collection Exhibition
Primary is a curated selection of artwork from Doane University’s art collection. With the primary colors being the focus, these paintings, drawings and prints are anything but basic.
An understanding of basic color theory is not exclusive to the artist and/or designer. We all make decisions based on color, one way or another, everyday. Although the study of color can be quite complex, everyone can benefit from an understanding of basic color essentials.
Curious Developments of Erin Cross 