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06/07/2026 03:00:00 PM06/07/2026 04:30:00 PMAmerica/New_YorkLongHouse Talk: The Alpha and Omega of Craft
LongHouse is enlivened this year by the exhibition Things That Look Like Magic: Cheryl R. Riley and Wharton Esherick. It is an intriguing juxtaposition, showcasing two furniture artists who not only represent different generations, but the very beginning and ultimate destination of the American studio craft movement (in which Jack Lenor Larsen played a crucial leading role). In this talk, historian and curator Glenn Adamson will not only discuss the work of Riley and Esherick in relation to one another, but also situate their two stories within the larger one of studio craft, and the transformative impact it has had on American life.
Glenn Adamson is a curator, writer and historian based in New York and London. The author most recently of A Century of Tomorrows (Bloomsbury, 2024), he is currently Curator at Large for the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, Artistic Director for Design Doha - a biennial festival in Qatar - and editor of Material Intelligence, a quarterly online journal published by the Chipstone Foundation. Current curatorial projects include “Hella Jongerius: Whispering Things” for the Vitra Design Museum and “Keith Haring in 3D” for the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
The exhibition Things That Look Like Magic: Cheryl R. Riley and Wharton Esherick is supported by a generous grant from Barbara Tober and the Acronym Foundation
LongHouse Reserve 133 Hands Creek Road East Hampton, New York 11937
LongHouse is enlivened this year by the exhibition Things That Look Like Magic: Cheryl R. Riley and Wharton Esherick. It is an intriguing juxtaposition, showcasing two furniture artists who not only represent different generations, but the very beginning and ultimate destination of the American studio craft movement (in which Jack Lenor Larsen played a crucial leading role). In this talk, historian and curator Glenn Adamson will not only discuss the work of Riley and Esherick in relation to one another, but also situate their two stories within the larger one of studio craft, and the transformative impact it has had on American life.
Glenn Adamson is a curator, writer and historian based in New York and London. The author most recently of A Century of Tomorrows (Bloomsbury, 2024), he is currently Curator at Large for the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, Artistic Director for Design Doha - a biennial festival in Qatar - and editor of Material Intelligence, a quarterly online journal published by the Chipstone Foundation. Current curatorial projects include “Hella Jongerius: Whispering Things” for the Vitra Design Museum and “Keith Haring in 3D” for the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
The exhibition Things That Look Like Magic: Cheryl R. Riley and Wharton Esherick is supported by a generous grant from Barbara Tober and the Acronym Foundation
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LongHouse is enlivened this year by the exhibition Things That Look Like Magic: Cheryl R. Riley and Wharton Esherick. It is an intriguing juxtaposition, showcasing two furniture artists who not only represent different generations, but the very beginning and ultimate destination of the American studio craft movement (in which Jack Lenor Larsen played a crucial leading role). In this talk, historian and curator Glenn Adamson will not only discuss the work of Riley and Esherick in relation to one another, but also situate their two stories within the larger one of studio craft, and the transformative impact it has had on American life.
Glenn Adamson is a curator, writer and historian based in New York and London. The author most recently of A Century of Tomorrows (Bloomsbury, 2024), he is currently Curator at Large for the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, Artistic Director for Design Doha - a biennial festival in Qatar - and editor of Material Intelligence, a quarterly online journal published by the Chipstone Foundation. Current curatorial projects include “Hella Jongerius: Whispering Things” for the Vitra Design Museum and “Keith Haring in 3D” for the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
The exhibition Things That Look Like Magic: Cheryl R. Riley and Wharton Esherick is supported by a generous grant from Barbara Tober and the Acronym Foundation
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06/07/2026 03:00:00 PM06/07/2026 04:30:00 PMAmerica/New_YorkLongHouse Talk: The Alpha and Omega of Craft
LongHouse is enlivened this year by the exhibition Things That Look Like Magic: Cheryl R. Riley and Wharton Esherick. It is an intriguing juxtaposition, showcasing two furniture artists who not only represent different generations, but the very beginning and ultimate destination of the American studio craft movement (in which Jack Lenor Larsen played a crucial leading role). In this talk, historian and curator Glenn Adamson will not only discuss the work of Riley and Esherick in relation to one another, but also situate their two stories within the larger one of studio craft, and the transformative impact it has had on American life.
Glenn Adamson is a curator, writer and historian based in New York and London. The author most recently of A Century of Tomorrows (Bloomsbury, 2024), he is currently Curator at Large for the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, Artistic Director for Design Doha - a biennial festival in Qatar - and editor of Material Intelligence, a quarterly online journal published by the Chipstone Foundation. Current curatorial projects include “Hella Jongerius: Whispering Things” for the Vitra Design Museum and “Keith Haring in 3D” for the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
The exhibition Things That Look Like Magic: Cheryl R. Riley and Wharton Esherick is supported by a generous grant from Barbara Tober and the Acronym Foundation
LongHouse Reserve 133 Hands Creek Road East Hampton, New York 11937
