Mingei International Museum

Evelyn Ackerman dies at 88; California modernism artist, designer

2012-12-01 12:23:00

Evelyn Ackerman, a California artist and designer known for her highly regarded work across a range of media, including mosaics, tapestries and wood carvings, and for her creative collaboration of more than six decades with her husband, artist Jerome...

PST, A to Z: ‘Craft Revolution’ at Mingei and ‘Phenomenal’ at MCASD

2011-12-02 16:32:50

Southern California museums end PST with a day of free admission

2012-03-22 16:34:01

It's not too late to catch many Pacific Standard Time shows

2012-04-04 16:33:33

Southland arts venues

2011-09-14 16:52:00

18th Street Arts Center 1639 18th St., Santa Monica, CA 90404 (310) 453-3711, 18thstreet.org A + D Architecture and Design Museum 6032 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323) 932-9393, http://www.aplusd.org American Museum of Ceramic Art...

Museums offer free admission for active-duty military families this summer

2011-05-24 16:33:12

Margaret A. Cargill Foundation to pump money into Native American art and culture and folk art

2011-01-28 16:32:50

Datebook: Events, exhibits, classes for the week ahead

2009-11-16 16:33:21

Huge sale at the Mingei International Museum
begins today in San Diego

2010-01-29 16:33:35

Grounded in the arts -- and the wild things

2005-07-24 00:00:00

The San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park may be the first thing that comes to mind when some people hear "Escondido." But there is far more to this northern San Diego County city: A newly vibrant downtown, upscale homes, horse properties, lake view estates...

A flair for the whimsical

2009-03-28 00:00:00

As children of the Great Depression, Jerome and Evelyn Ackerman had modest dreams: They wanted to own their home and decorate it with beautiful things. In 1952, the couple left Detroit to start a mom-and-pop arts studio in Culver City, and in the...

Home datebook

2009-04-18 00:00:00

APRIL 18 Native plants: The South Coast chapter of the California Native Plant Society presents its 15th annual spring garden tour led by landscape consultants and designers Ric Dykzeul and Tony Baker. 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. $20 to $25. Reservations: (310)...

Though little known to most of the public, Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman are revered in design circles for ceramics, tile mosaics, woodcarvings and textiles that had the kind of cheap-chic ethos so popular today. "One of our goals was to be affordable," Evelyn Ackerman says.

2009-03-25 13:19:41

The Mingei show also will include "Young Warrior," an Evelyn Ackerman mosaic from the mid-1950s.

2009-03-24 13:50:53

Evelyn Ackerman designed "Striped Candy Tree," a woven wool wall hanging produced in 1968. It was part of the Mingei International Museum's retrospective of work by Ackerman and her husband, Jerome.

2008-11-25 00:00:00