Comms + Advancement Content Specialist, Detroit Symphony Orchestra | Former: Producer, CultureShift on WDET 101.9FM; Sr. Editor - EBONY/JET Magazine | Freelance Inquiries: latoya.cross429@gmail.com
jessica Care moore: art personified
World-renowned poet, playwright, and cultural arts curator jessica Care moore, is the DSO 2024 Marlowe Stoudamire Award for Innovation and Community Collaboration Recipient.
Interview + Story: LaToya Cross
Sound EFFECT Fall 2023
The fourth edition of Sound EFFECT focuses on the DSO's holistic approach to music education and the mission to ensure students across Detroit proper and metro Detroit have access and resources to music.
Role: Project management; Writer; Editor
Intersections: Detroit A Human Atlas
Detroit: A city of deep history, a people driven by resilience and hustle – experience the city through the diverse voices of its people, understand and immerse yourself in the city's personality through the purpose–driven narratives shared by Detroiters.
Narrated by jessica CARE moore
Role: Producer; Story Producer
Detroit Harmony Delivers Mission
Initiative held its first collaborative music impact event
Role: Writer
147 Ricky Weaver
To enter the photography of Ricky Weaver, first, take a breath. Hold it. Feel it. Float with it. Exhale.
151 Precious Johnson-Arabitg working as VODKASERENGETI
There’s a mysterious but exciting energy in the images created by Precious Johnson-Arabitg, known artistically as VODKASERENGETI. Her performance-based compositions have a strong and fearless nature that arrest the eyes at a glance and draw the observer into the scene.
158 Olivia Guterson, aka Midnight Olive
In the hours that transition from sun to moon, Olivia Guterson’s artistic persona, Midnight Olive, emerges. For this interdisciplinary artist, the night welcomes freedom to be in conversation with herself and to respond to the observations and questions conjured throughout the day.
2023 Classical Roots Celebration Program Book
Articles from March 4, 2023. Classical Roots Celebration Program Book Honoring Dr. Charles G. Adams, Anthony Davis, and Kris Johnson (Marlowe Stoudamire Award for Innovation and Community Collaboration).
Role: Profile Writing - pgs. 40-43
Inside the Womxnhouse Detroit Installation, a Space for Women to Create, Heal and Be United
The Womxnhouse Detroit art installation is located in childhood home of artist and curator Asia Hamilton, who comments on what it means to be a woman in America.
Facing Fate
'The Area' is a complex, issue-driven documentary analyzing the erasure of a neighborhood, and shining a light on the meaning of community.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra Leads with Purpose
Legacy Defining Moments in Orchestra Hall's History
Role: Research and Writing; Blog layout
Sound Effect - Spring 2023
In this issue, our mission, vision, and values shine through in stories told by some of the people who work their magic behind-the-scenes and on the stage to ensure your experience with us resonates. We also offer a visual tour of The Max and look at the people-centered history behind the efforts to sustain the DSO and our home for well over 100 years.
132 Judy Bowman
. After a 35-year hiatus from art-making—a period during which she worked as a Detroit Public Schools educator and raised a family of 10—Bowman describes her return to canvas and to documenting the black experience as a “gift from the universe.”
She Became Her Mother’s Caregiver — And Found A Creative Muse
Detroit artist Judy Bowman discusses caring for her mom, their active adventures and blossoming relationship.
Role:
Segment Producer and Writer: LaToya Cross
Audio Interview + Host: Amanda LeClaire
Sound EFFECT: Stories of DSO Impact - Summer 2022
Sound EFFECT: Stories of DSO Impact offers you a deep dive into the people, place, and purpose that sets the tone of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. See, hear, and feel the vision in action!