1997
Evelyn and Jerome are among a select group of artists and designers honored as Legends of Design during West Week, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles.
1997
Evelyn’s Stories from the Bible are selected for the 25th anniversary exhibition and book Skilled Work: American Craft in the Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. They are featured in the Washington [...]
International Design Magazine, March/April 1994
International Design Magazine, March/April 1994 “A Secret History of Design in Los Angeles” by Gere Kavanaugh
Long Beach Museum of Art Long Beach, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art Long Beach, CA
1990
In response to the renewed interest in modernism, Jerome produces select Jenev ceramic pieces in porcelain using the original molds.
1990
Jerome, semiretired, hand throws one-of-a-kind ceramic pieces that are sold in galleries and shown in numerous southern California exhibitions.
1980
Evelyn spends a year and a half creating a 40-piece series of cloisonné enamels, Stories from the Bible. The series is now in the permanent collection of the Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, [...]
1980
Evelyn and Jerome slow the pace of manufacturing. Evelyn stops designing new products for ERA and Forms+Surfaces. They move from the showroom in the Pacific Design Center into a converted warehouse. Jerome continues to sell [...]
1979
After many successful years on Beverly Boulevard, the Ackermans, in association with Forms+Surfaces, move the ERA showroom to the Pacific Design Center, across the street from the location of their second Los Angeles showroom in [...]
1979
Evelyn designs four pairs of carved oak doors for the sanctuary at Congregation Ahavas Israel, Grand Rapids, Michigan, in memory of her twin sister, Roslyn.