Live Art with Angela Cross
Date of event: April 16, 2011, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Angela Cross is a skilled craftswomen, artist, educational advocate and poet. She is a strong advocate for “hands on education”-she accredits her fine eye for detail and composition to the several years she worked as an apprentice.
Apprenticeships:
Lindop Carpentry, NY
North River Boatworks, NY
Haba Design, Oakland, CA
Wood Think It Was New, San Francisco, CA
She has worked in several wonderful homes and businesses in San Francisco and the Bay Area.
Among her achievements is an award for Intuitve Design and Construction; this was for a twelve and a half foot working replica of a paper canoe. These canoes commonly were used along the Hudson River over a hundred years ago. Her workmenship has been displayed at the famous Fulton Fish Market in NYC.
Recently, she published her first book of poems entitled Old Thoughts. Available at Bird and Beckett, Modern Times, Dog Eared Books, and Books Inc. on Market St. Enjoy.
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