A Sense of Place Resources...

* Wharton Esherick Museum, pictured above

I am really interested in discovering a sense of place here in Philadelphia and what better way to do it than visit the workshops and studios of influential artists of this area.

LOCAL ARTS:

Wharton Esherick Museum - Wharton Esherick, woodworker of furniture and sculptures

Philadelphia Magic Gardens - Isaiah Zagar, mosaic mural artist

Brandywine River Museum - Wyeth, painter

John James Audubon at Mill Grove - John James Audubon, artist

Bartran's Garden - John Bartran, early naturalist and plant preservationist

SENSE OF PLACE:

Quaker pamphlet on creating a Sense of Place the Bioregionalism way