UCLA Extension “Design History and Context” course, guest lecturer, “Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman and Mid-Century Modern Design,” August 17, 2023, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Guest lecture by Laura Ackerman-Shaw and screening of the short film “In Tandem: The Life and Work of Jerry and Evelyn Ackerman.”
Born Too Tall: California Women Designers, Postwar to Postmodern
November 4, 2022–January 27, 2023
R and Company
New York, NY
R and Company Gallery, “A Conversation on Jade Snow Wong and Evelyn Ackerman,” December 8, 2022, R and Company, New York. Discussion for “Born Too Tall: California Women Designers, Postwar to Postmodern,” with James Zematis, Director of Museum Relations at R and Company,” Mark Ong, and Laura Ackerman-Shaw. Available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05U6btbIBUk.
Decade by Decade: Women Artists of California
January 25–April 26, 2020
Long Beach Museum of Art
Long Beach, CA
CA Designed 1955
January 25–April 26, 2020
Long Beach Museum of Art
Long Beach, CA
Eichler Network, The CA Modernist, November 20, 2019
“Palm Springs to Celebrate the Ackermans” by Dave Weinstein
Palm Springs Modernism Week, “Partners in Design: Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman,” February 20, 2020, Annenberg Theater, Palm Springs Art Museum. Panel discussion with Peter Loughrey, Trina Turk, Gerard O’Brien, Dale Carolyn Gluckman, and Jo Lauria; “Growing Up Modern” presentation with Laura Ackerman-Shaw; and screening of the short film “In Tandem: The Life and Work of Jerry and Evelyn Ackerman.”
