Modernism Week presentation, “Material Curiosity by Design: Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman, Midcentury to Today,” February 16, 2026, Annenberg Theater, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA. Presentation by Laura Ackerman-Shaw.
Docomomo So Cal, “Faith and Form: Modern Art and Architecture at Oneonta Church,” September 20, 2025, Oneonta Congregational Church, South Pasadena, CA. Presentation by Laura Ackerman-Shaw.
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.”
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.
Modernism Week, “Partners in Design: Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman,” February 20, 2020, Annenberg Theater, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA. 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.”
Modern Phoenix Week, “In Tandem: The Life and Work of Jerry and Evelyn Ackerman,” March 19, 2019, Design Within Reach, Scottsdale, AZ. Exhibition of Ackerman tapestries and mosaics; “Growing Up Modern” presentation by Laura Ackerman-Shaw; and screening of “In Tandem: The Life and Work of Jerry and Evelyn Ackerman.”
“Hand-in-Hand: The Designs of Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman” panel for “Frank Brothers: The Store That Modernized Modern,” March 15, 2017, University Art Museum, California State University Long Beach.
Modernism Week, “Masters of Mid-Century California Design: The Story of Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman,” February 14, 2015, Eisenhower Health Center, Palm Springs, CA. Film premiere of “In Tandem: The Life and Work of Jerry and Evelyn Ackerman;” panel discussion by Katie Nartonis, Dale Carolyn Gluckman, Jeffrey Head, Jo Lauria, and Gerard O’Brien; author lecture and slide show by Dan Chavkin and Lisa Thackaberry; exhibition of Ackerman tapestries, mosaics, ceramics, and hardware; and unveiling of “Zodiac” Panelcarve doors for Donald Wexler EMC building.
Trina Turk, Hand-in-Hand book signing, Palm Springs, CA, February 22, 2015.
