SYMPOSIUM: PERSPECTIVES ON MID-CENTURY CALIFORNIA DESIGN

Immerse yourself in California Modernist design during a half-day symposium accompanying the exhibition MASTERS OF MID-CENTURY CALIFORNIA MODERNISM — Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman. Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman will be honored guests attending the program. The symposium will take place in a setting with furniture courtesy of San Diego’s Boomerang for Modern.

12: 30-1:15 Jo Lauria and Dale Carolyn Gluckman, exhibition curators
The California Design Aesthetic and the Ackermans’ Contributions to This Vernacular Style

1:30-2:15 Gerard O’Brien, Reform Gallery, Los Angeles
California Design, 1956 -1976

2:30-3:15 Catherine Bailey and Robin Petravic, Heath Ceramics
Heath Ceramics, 1948-2009 and Modernist Tableware

3:30-4:15 Dave Hampton, Objects USA and Keith York, ModernSanDiego.com
San Diego Designer-Craftsmen at Mid Century

4:30-5:30 Panel Discussion and Q & A

See press release for more details.

Please factor in time for parking. Advance reservations required.
$25 members and students/ $35 non-members

Image: “California Poppies” Wall Hanging, 1970, Evelyn Ackerman (American, b. 1924), designed for Era Industries, Los Angeles, produced in Kashmir, India, wool chain stitch embroidery