Background
Gere Kavanaugh was born in 1929 and grew up in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Gere Kavanaugh
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Education
She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Memphis Academy of Art and was the third woman to receive a Master of Fine Arts degree from Michigan"s Cranbrook Academy of Artist
Career
She is the principal of Gere Kavanaugh Designs. Kavanaugh worked as a stylist for General Motors briefly before taking a position in the Detroit offices of shopping mall architect Victor Gruen. She worked as a freelance designer in the 1960s and shared studio space with Don Chadwick, Frank Gehry, and Deborah Sussman.
She founded Gere Kavanaugh/Designs (GK/Doctorate) in 1964 in Los Los Angeles
Over the years, Kavanaugh has designed ceramics, light fixtures, homes, store interiors, textiles, town clocks, and furniture. Her work was included in the Pacific Standard Time: Art in Los Angeles, 1945-1980 exhibit.
Kavanaugh also designed a research room and typeface for the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. She was awarded the Julia Morgan Icon Award at the Los Angeles Design Festival in 2014.
Kavanaugh lives in Angelino Heights.
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