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Spotlight Talk: A Look at Wharton and Miriam in the Archives
Enjoy the conversation as we take a closer look at the relationship between Wharton Esherick and Miriam Philips, highlighting their teamwork and partnership over the last twenty years of Wharton’s life. Through the lens of our recent archival discoveries, which have shed a light on Esherick’s life in the 1950s and 60s, we highlight Miriam’s role not only as Wharton’s companion but also as an important figure in his business, often corresponding on his behalf to various patrons and clients.
Led by Archives Fellow Erin Palmer, we explore a selection of archival documents in this 20-minute program to illustrate just how much they depended on one another and how important they were to one another, with a little time at the end for questions and conversation!
Spotlight Talk: Filming with Craft in America
Grab a hot cocoa and enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at filming for the PBS Craft in America series episode HOME! In this fun, 20-minute program we celebrate the close of our 50th Anniversary year with a conversation with WEM Executive Director Julie Siglin, Curatorial Director Emily Zilber, and Research and Interpretation Director Holly Gore, about their experience filming the episode and highlighting Esherick in this Peabody Award-winning series. The episode, which centers on artists whose environments are filled with meaning and metaphor, includes Wharton Esherick along with Syd Carpenter, Helen Drutt, Biskakone Greg Johnson, North House Folk School, and Sim Van de Ryn. You can view the full episode here – and then enjoy questions and conversation!
Spotlight Talk: Esherick Connections from the Fabric Workshop and Museum
As a part of our current exhibition Home as Stage, WEM has been lucky enough to borrow works by four artists and architects – Viola Frey (1933-2004), Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011), Lenore Tawney (1907-2007), and Robert Venturi (1925-2018) – from the collection of the Fabric Workshop and Museum. In this 20-minute spotlight talk, we look at the works on loan and explore how the lives of these four makers intersected with Esherick’s own history, whether in highly personal ways or by belonging to Esherick’s extended network of creative connections.