Special Event

In celebration of Daring Design: The Impact of Three Women on Wharton Esherick’s Craft, currently on view at the Michener Art Museum, […]

Esherick's Studio is remarkable for the degree to which nearly every surface and feature was fashioned by him or one of his […]

Join us for a conversation with Sam Olshin, FAIA and Lisa Dustin, AIA of Atkin Olshin Schade (AOS) Architects of Philadelphia, PA […]

In 1956, Wharton Esherick built a workshop annex to his iconic studio-home. The new building was geometric, consisting of three hexagonal modules […]

Our current installation, Home as Site, features some of the blueprints and architectural drawings that are a part of WEM’s collection. In […]

Esherick's Studio was built over several decades from 1926 through 1966 and is, in many ways, a revealing self-portrait showcasing the many […]

Join us in celebrating the opening of Home as Self, our 28th Annual Juried Woodworking Exhibition! Featuring artists from across the country, […]

Join us for a conversation with Katie Hudnall, our Home as Self second place prizewinner! We’ll talk with Katie about her piece […]

On the east wall of the Studio hangs an oil on canvas self-portrait by Wharton Esherick. To countless visitors this impressionist-style painting, […]

Join us for a conversation with artist and furniture maker Virginia Blanchard, the first place prize winner in Home as Self, WEM’s […]