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- Wharton Esherick - The Birth of the American Modern!
By Gilda Acousta, Devenish Group blog, April 7, 2012 - Wharton Esherick and the Birth of the American Modern, review
By Sheryl Conkelton, X-tra Contemporary Arts Quarterly, Fall 2011, Volume 14, Number 1 - BOOK BOUND: Local Icon Wharton Esherick Re-Illuminates Walt Whitman
By Nicolette Milholin, Montgomery News, January 19, 2011 - Furniture as Sculpture
By Ilene Dube, The Artful Blogger, January 4, 2011 - Wharton Esherick: American Original
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Innocence or Experience? The Man Who Refused to Choose
By J.F. Pirro, Broad Street Review, December 25, 2010 - Wharton Esherick's Evolution from Painter to Functional Sculptor
By Ilene Dube, CentralJersey.com, December 22, 2010 - Wharton Esherick and the Birth of the American Modern
By Caroline Hannah, American Craft Magazine blog, December 16, 2010 - Wharton Esherick's Design DNA
By Ken Finkel, Redbricker blog on Brownstoner Philadelphia, December 2, 2010 - Wharton Hears A Who?
By Leah Steinberg, 34th Street Magazine, December 2, 2010 - Wharton Esherick and the Birth of the American Modern: An Exhibition at University of Pennsylvania
By Susan Lewis, for News & Views, WRTI-FM, November 8, 2010 - Sculpting a Modern Approach to Functionality
University of Pennsylvania Almanac, November 2, 2010, Volume 57, No. 10 - Successful Collaboration Between Institutions
By Pamela Schwartz, Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums blog, October 26, 2010 - Wharton Esherick and Fairhope
By Mary Lois Adshead, Finding Fair Hope blog, October 4, 2010 - Wharton Esherick: Birth of the American Modern
By Heather A. Davis, Penn Current, September 30, 2010 - Hedgerow revisits History in AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY
By Ellen Wilson Dilks, Stage Magazine, September 2010 - Hedgerow brings American classic to the stage
By Kaitlyn Foti, Montgomery News, September 29, 2010 - Hedgerow stages heartfelt 'American Tragedy'
By Christina Perryman, Delaware County News Network, September 29, 2010 - After 75 years, Hedgerow goes back to Dreiser's 'American Tragedy'
By Wendy Rosenfield, The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 28, 2010 - Aesthetic Sense, Functional Forms: Wharton Esherick is the subject of a new book, and his work is on display at Penn
By Edward J. Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 26, 2010 - Notes on Music
By John Lane, University City Review, September 22, 2010 - Letterpress Improv Workshop
By Robin McDowell, Ornament and Crime blog, September 20, 2010 - Wharton Esherick Exhibition
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By Susan Lewis, for Creatively Speaking, WRTI-FM, September 18, 2010 - Catch a 'Tragedy' at Hedgerow
The Delaware County Daily Times, September 17, 2010 - Hedgerow Begins 88th Season with AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY, 9/22-10/10
By BWW News Desk, Pennsylvania Broadway World, September 13, 2010 - Old furniture finds current favour
Second Deal n Steal, September 2010 - Fall forecast: Galleries
By Edith Newhall, Philadelphia Inquirer, September 10, 2010 - Wharton Esherick and the Birth of American Modernism
By Nick Schonberger, Selectism, September 7, 2010 -
New exhibits on work of Wharton Esherick
By Peter Crimmins, WHYY, September 2, 2010 - Furniture as Sculpture: A Craftsman's Legacy
By Eve M. Kahn, New York Times, September 2, 2010 - Crafting Art
By David Perrelli, Penn Gazette, Sept-Oct 2010 - Chadds Ford Days have 'Gone to the Dogs'
By Carayl Huffaker, Southern Chester County Weeklies, September 2, 2010 - September Outings with the Design Courtesan
By Jane Taylor Norley, the Design Courtesan, Daily Local News, August 31, 2010 - Video: Knowing Wharton Esherick, "the dean of American craftsmen"
By Ryan Richards, Mainline Media News, August 28, 2010 - Wharton Esherick and the Birth of the American Modern (pdf)
Bucks Woodturners - Monthly Newsletter, August 7, 2010 - Wharton Esherick Exhibit Held At University of Pennsylvania, Opens 9/7
Pennsylvania Broadway World, August 3, 2010 - The Librarian and the Artist Should Be Friends.
By Jessica Pigza, The Handmade Librarian, July 1, 2010 - Pew Center for Arts and Heritage announces grants
By Stephen Salisbury, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 3, 2010 - "Matt Neff and the Common Press" (pdf)
By Lauren Rosenblum, People / Places / Things, Art Workers Resource Group, Volume 1 (April 2010) - Diamond in the Rough
By J.F. Pirro, Main Line Today, February 24, 2010 - Designer Spotlight: Wharton Esherick (1887-1970)
By Bella N., Objects Not Paintings blog, August 18, 2009
