144:. She had wanted to have a practical job, especially because her parents had helped her get through school. However, later, Akers found she was bored with pharmacy work. In Havana, she met a group of artists who called themselves Los Once (The Eleven) who encouraged her to make art. Akers started taking art classes because of the suggestion of Los Once and she went to study in Chicago in 1957.
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Journeying from one point to another has been a physical and transformative reality in her life, increasing her self-confidence and expanding her vision of the world. These geographical voyages have enabled her to experience the broad horizons and quiet strength of country living, the power of
185:). Pre-Columbian work, especially appealed to Akers because she saw math and geometry in it. Akers was also very attached to using a loom for the same reasons, because the loom is very mathematical.
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where she finished in 1963. She was a weaver-in-residence at
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562:"August Artist-in-Residence: Adela Akers: Traced Memories"
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Recipients of the Gold Medal for
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423:"Oral history interview with Adela Akers, 2008 March 4-6"
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Artists - Snyderman-Works Galleries
478:"An Appreciation: Fiber Artist Adela Akers (1933-2023)"
85:(February 7, 1933 – August 9, 2023) was a Spanish-born
319:"Historic Wilton Barn Hosts Rare Fiber Art Exhibition"
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In 1965, she went to a small town, Chota, in northern
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503:"Lives Well-Lived: Adela Akers (1933-2023)"
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216:2008 "Ashes to Art", The Gallery at FUNERIA
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344:"Adela Akers - Night Pyramid"
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67:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
51:Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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698:"Adela Akers, Recent Works"
421:Riedel, Mija (March 2008).
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642:"Fiber Art by Adela Akers"
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113:Early life and education
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103:Museum of Art and Design
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672:"Adela Akers, Textiles"
2194:Hiroko Sato-Pijanowski
1034:Mary Caroline Richards
990:Anna Wetherill Olmsted
909:Francis Sumner Merritt
566:de Young Artist Studio
289:"Artists, Adela Akers"
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1702:James 'Mel' Someroski
1571:Marion Stroud Swingle
1249:Douglass Morse Howell
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2873:Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada
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1539:Walter G. Nottingham
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979:Ronald Hayes Pearson
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646:Sonoma County Museum
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1514:Nan Bangs McKinnell
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147:She studied at the
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