Adela Akers papers
name: label: Creator
content: Akers, Adela, 1933-
label: Names
content: Tyler School of Art
topic: label: Occupation
content: Weavers -- California
label: Occupation
content: Fiber artists -- California
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women textile artists
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 2009 and 2011 by Adela Akers.
creator: label: Creator
content: Akers, Adela, 1933-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Adela Akers papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of fiber artist and educator Adela Akers measure 2.6 linear feet and date from 1960 to 2009. Her career as an artist and her tenure at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, are documented through scattered biographical material; correspondence; subject files on galleries, projects, weaving technique, research, workshops, and fiber arts organizations; writings; exhibition announcements, clippings, and other printed material; photographs; and artwork, including one sketchbook.
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Adela Akers (1933- ) is a fiber artist and educator living and working in Guerneville, California.

Akers was born in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and was raised in Havana, Cuba. She came to the United States as a student in 1957 and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Cranbrook Academy of Art. In 1965 she served as a weaving advisor in Peru for the Alliance for Progress and was an artist in residence at Penland School of Crafts from 1968-1970. From 1972 to 1995 Akers was a professor and chair of fiber arts at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia. Her weavings consist of zigzags, checkerboard patterns, and simple geometric shapes.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1960-2009
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.akeradel
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 7 series:

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1970s, 1991-1998 (Box 1; 3 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1985-1987 (Box 1; 3 folders)

Series 3: Subject Files, 1960-2007 (Box 1; 0.6 linear feet)

Series 4: Writings, 1973-1995 (Box 1; 3 folders)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1962-2009 (Box 1-2, 6; 6 folders)

Series 6: Photographic Materials, 1960-2008 (Box 2-3; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 7: Artwork, circa 1960s-1980s (Box 3-6, OV 7; 1.1 linear feet)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed to a minimal level in 2012 by Erin Kinhart.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: The papers of fiber artist and educator Adela Akers measure 2.6 linear feet and date from 1960 to 2009. Her career as an artist and her tenure at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, are documented through scattered biographical material; correspondence; subject files on galleries, projects, weaving technique, research, workshops, and fiber arts organizations; writings; exhibition announcements, clippings, and other printed material; photographs; and artwork, including one sketchbook.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Material
content: Also found at the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Adela Akers, 2008 Mar. 4-6, conducted by Mija Riedel.