California Designed
ackermanmod2023-10-05T18:44:43-08:00California Designed
1954
Long Beach Municipal Art Gallery
Long Beach, CA
Oakland Museum
Oakland, CA
1953
ackermanmod2017-01-02T06:53:19-08:00Jerome spends the first year at Jenev developing shapes, making molds, and creating glazes for a group of slip cast ceramics. Evelyn decorates some of the pieces. Together they design giftware for Cal Pacific Imports.
California Living
ackermanmod2023-10-05T18:43:55-08:00California Living
1954
Home Fashion League
Los Angeles, CA
Scripps College Invitational
ackermanmod2023-10-14T16:14:14-08:00Scripps College Invitational
1953
Scripps College
Claremont, CA
Smithsonian Invitational
ackermanmod2023-10-05T18:49:59-08:00Smithsonian Invitational
1952
Kiln Club
Smithsonian Museum
Washington, DC
Clay/Fiber/Metal
ackermanmod2023-10-05T18:50:55-08:00Clay/Fiber/Metal
1952
St. Paul Art Center (now Minnesota Museum of American Art)
St. Paul, MN
1950
ackermanmod2017-01-01T00:40:26-08:00At Wayne, Evelyn completes her MA degree in fine arts and Jerome receives his BS degree in education, together with an art teaching credential, at the same graduation ceremony.
Charles Harder, chairman of the prestigious graduate program at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, juries the senior art show at Wayne. Impressed by Jerome’s work, Harder invites him to join the program.
Ceramic National and Traveling Exhibition
ackermanmod2023-10-05T18:40:08-08:00Ceramic National and Traveling Exhibition
1951
Syracuse Museum (now Everson Museum)
Syracuse, NY
1949
ackermanmod2017-01-29T08:06:46-08:00At the Detroit Institute of Art’s exhibition “For Modern Living,” organized by architect Alexander Girard, Evelyn and Jerome see the innovative contemporary designs of Ray and Charles Eames, George Nelson, V’soske, and others. They are inspired to pursue careers that combine their design and fine arts training.
1948
ackermanmod2017-01-29T08:07:31-08:00Jerome and Evelyn meet at her sister-in-law’s studio, Lucé Lipton Interior Designs, where Evelyn works part-time. They marry on September 12, 1948.