Jerry Ackerman: Hand-
. thrown stoneware pot, 1998.

Jerome Ackerman/Jenev Design Studio: Part of

a slipcast pottery group, 1953-1960.

Evelyn Ackerman: Carved oak panels used on the doors of the sanctu-

ary of Congregation Ahavas Israel in Grand Rapids, 1979.

moved to California," Jerome Ackerman
Happy Partnership
in the United States.
explains. "We met lots of former
The Ackermans, whose visits to
The Ackermans, married by the late
Detroiters at those events!'
Michigan
have
diminished,
still
keep
in
Rabbi Morris Adler, were members
Right:
The couple, who set up studios in
touch
with
family
and
friends
remain-
of families who had been active with
Jerome
and Evelyn
their
home
and
commercial
showrooms
ing
in
the
area.
Other
ties
are
through
Congregation Shaarey Zedek. She. went
Ackerman:
Hand-thrown
outside
their
home,
believe
their
mar-
their
daughter,
Laura,
who
married
for-
on to do some projects with religious
stoneware
pot,
1952.
riage
and
business
partnership
lasted
mer
Michiganian
Marc
Shaw.
themes.
.happily
because
they
recog-
"I had a twin sister, Roslyn,
•Below:
nized complementary abilities,
who died quite young, and her
Evelyn. Ackerman:
had
direction
for
projects
and
husband said he'd like to have a
mosaic.
Owls
labored
with
equal
intensity.
memorial for her in the sanctuary
Among
the
pieces
they
of Congregation Ahavas Israel in
refuse to sell are his scenic
Grand Rapids, where they lived,"
paintings
and her colorful
Evelyn Ackerman explains.
cloisonne
wall pieces. As an
"I had carved wood designs
indication
of the strength of
based on Judaic symbolism for one
their
relationship,
she esp.e-
of our lines selling nationally, and
cially
treasures
the
paintings,
that gave me a start. .I spent many
and
he
especially
treasures
the
months on a series of doors with
cloisonne
projects.
Judaic symbols, and my brother-in-
"We still go to lots of exhib-
law gifted them to the synagogue."
its,"
she says. "If we see just
A less personal religious project,
one
interesting
piece, the visit
Stories From the Bible, consists
has
been
worth
it." ❑
of 40 miniature cloisonne pieces
with each telling a different story.
Individlial elements were related
in style and color and are now
in the permanent collection of
Evelyn Ackei*man: Samson Slays the Lion, one of
the Smithsonian American Art
40 cloisonnes created for Stories From the Bible,
Museum's Renwick Gallery in
1984-1985, in the permanent collection of the
The Michigan Modernism Exposition runs 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, N9ril
Washington, D.C. .
Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery. .
22, and noon-5 p.m. Sunday, April 23, at the Southfield Civic Center,
"I picked the number 40
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The Gala Preview Party, which benefits the Detroit Area Art Deco
in the Bible," she says. "I think, for
Society, will be held 7-10 p.m. Friday, April 21. It features a vintage
"We both graduated from Central
instance, of the 40 days the Jews wan-
black-dress fashion show and an exhibition showing prints by architec-
.
High
School and have been invited to
dered in the desert. The number also
ture photographer Balthazar Korab. Wine, hors d'oeuvres and music.
get-togethers for Central graduates who
gave me a lot of latitude in. subjects:'

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