For 50 years, Los Angeles-based designers Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman played a central role in the distinctive aesthetic of California mid-century modernism. During Modernism Week in Palm Springs in February, Ackerman, 95, made an appearance at “Masters of Midcentury California Design: The Story of Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman,” an event which featured a panel of writers, curators, historians and gallery directors; and a lecture by Dan Chavkin and Lisa Thackaberry, authors of “Hand-in-Hand: Ceramics, Mosaics, Tapestries, and Wood Carvings, and Hardware by the California Mid-Century Designers Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman.” It also included the premiere of “In Tandem: The Life and Work of Jerry and Evelyn Ackerman,” the film made by Margaret Halkin and Katie Nartonis, and the unveiling of Ackerman-designed doors to be installed at the medical center.
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