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Wharton Esherick Museum’s 33rd Annual Juried Woodworking Exhibition: Design for Living Wharton Esher­ick Museum

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For WEM’s annual juried wood­work­ing exhi­bi­tion, Design for Living, we are refram­ing Esher­ick’s legacy through the lens of design. We invite contem­po­rary makers to explore the rela­tion­ships between people, objects, and the spaces they inhabit.
Juried Call B

Theme: Design for Living

Dead­line to Apply: January 10, 2027

Design is about how we shape the world around us. While Wharton Esher­ick is best known as a pioneer­ing figure in Amer­i­can studio furni­ture and the contem­po­rary craft move­ment, his work also belongs within a broader history of design.

For WEM’s thirty-third annual juried wood­work­ing exhi­bi­tion, Design for Living, we are refram­ing Esher­ick’s legacy through the lens of design. We invite contem­po­rary makers to explore the rela­tion­ships between people, objects, and the spaces they inhabit.

How can creative work emerge from the real­i­ties of every­day life, includ­ing from the specific needs, desires, and expe­ri­ences of those who live with art, craft, and design objects? How might an object change when it is designed with a partic­u­lar body, place, or way of life in mind? How does your work respond to the real­i­ties of every­day life, or how might it help us envi­sion new ways of living in the future?

GUEST JURORS

Jermaine Jenkins, Direc­tor of Devel­op­ment and Strate­gic Part­ner­ships at the Amer­i­can Insti­tute of Archi­tects, Philadel­phia Chapter and DesignPhiladelphia

Sarah Darro, Chief Curator and Exhi­bi­tions Direc­tor at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

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