CB2 Shop Talk “The Legacy of California Mid Century,” September 29, 2023, CB2, Malibu, CA. Conversation with Christine Lennon, Contributing Home and Design Editor of Sunset magazine, and Laura Ackerman-Shaw about the Ackermans’ designs, legacy, and capsule collection.
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.
CA Modern, Spring 2021
“It Takes Two” by Dave Weinstein
US Modernist Radio #157, August 17, 2020
“Interior Modernism 2: Sarah Archer + Laura Ackerman-Shaw” interview by George Smart
Decade by Decade: Women Artists of California
January 25–April 26, 2020
Long Beach Museum of Art
Long Beach, CA
