News & Media

• 27 June 2023: Mary Yakush wrote and Angela Faulkner designed A Virtual Road Trip through Charley Harper’s National Park posters for the Harpers Ferry Center for Media Services, to cap a multimedia project starting in 2020 on the 50th anniversary of the Center itself.
• February 2023: Nikki Bowman Mills, editor of Wonderful West Virginia magazine, reflects on her experience with the art of Charley Harper while introducing Stan Bumgardner’s brief biographical article, Charley Harper, the Unreal Realist from Upshur County.
• March 2022: Katherine DeGroff of the National Parks Conservation Association reflects on the life of Charley Harper and his depictions of U.S. national parks in Charley Harper’s World in the Spring 2022 issue of National Parks.
• Tuesday 15 March 2022: Lucy May of Cincinnati Edition on WVXU interviews Brett Harper and Margaret Rhodes about their new book, Wild Life.
• Thursday 3 March 2022: Emily Gosling of Creative Review (UK) reviews the new book Wild Life: The Life and Work of Charley Harper, by Brett Harper and Margaret Rhodes.
• Friday 3 September 2021: Hal Conick of Auroura University (Illinois) promotes the Curious by Nature exhibit showcasing the art of Charley and Edie Harper, running from 7 September through 10 December.
• Monday 10 August 2020: Michelle Rizzi of New York Magazine relays Todd Oldham’s story about how Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life was made.
• Sunday 24 May 2020: The New York Times features, at the bottom of page D8, a list of recommendations from its review site, The Wirecutter, including its top-recommended jigsaw puzzle, Isle Royale, from a list of recommended puzzles from 25 March 2020.

• Friday 22 May 2020: KPTV in Portland, Oregon, runs a story about how sales of jigsaw puzzles have increased by 850% over the previous two months for local company Pomegranate Communications, which manufactures puzzles and a host of other merchandise featuring the art of Charley and Edie Harper; the broadcast features several Charley Harper puzzles.
• Tuesday 25 June 2019: The Interior Museum at the United States Department of the Interior highlights Charley’s Horseless Carriage Adventures during a Museum Moment.
• Wednesday 28 June 2017: Purdue Alumnus posts a brief interview with a faculty member who owns the only copy of Little Boy Blue, among a few dozen Charley Harper serigraphs in his collection.

• Thursday 8 December 2016: The WOSU arts show Broad & High devotes its ARTifacts segment to the art of Charley Harper, on the 10th anniversary of Cincinnati’s mayor-declared Charley Harper Day.
• Friday 7 October 2016: Brett Harper was interviewed by Jane Durrell of Around Cincinnati on local public-radio station WVXU about the new edition of Beguiled by the Wild, including the essays and the numerous puns in the print descriptions.
• Friday 26 August 2016: A special release event for the new edition of Beguiled by the Wild was held at our Downtown store, as promoted by Charley’s son Brett Harper, and our own Megan Carl, on local television station WXIX on Tuesday the 23rd.

• Tuesday 10 November 2015: Rare Charley Harper mural restored at convention center by Carol Motsinger from the Cincinnati Enquirer; promotional video from Jason Snell of We Have Become Vikings on Vimeo.

  

  More images of the Space Walk mural available from the City of Cincinnati.

• Friday 25 September 2015: The Wall Street Journal offers a look back at Charley Harper’s artwork with a view to its contemporary appeal, courtesy of Liz Logan.
• Friday 12 June 2015: Jane Durrell of Around Cincinnati on WVXU reviews Harper Ever After: The Early Work of Charley and Edie Harper, by Sara Caswell-Pearce, with introduction and commentary by Brett Harper.
• Friday 15 August 2014: Corner of the Cabinet provides an overview of Charley Harper’s depiction of wildlife by Mark Rapoza.

• Wednesday 13 August 2014: Convention center re-do to reveal hidden Harper mural by Sharon Coolidge from the Cincinnati Enquirer

  Charley Harper’s art can be seen at the Cincinnati Museum Center, in Lumenocity lights and even on the wall of Cincinnati’s federal courthouse.

  But there’s another public place to see his work—the Duke Energy Convention Center. It just hasn’t been possible since 1987. That’s when Harper’s Space Walk mural was covered with drywall because, well, it didn’t go with the décor and Harper wasn’t the nationally known artist he is today.

  Now, as part of a $5 million convention center upgrade, the mural, estimated to be worth $1 million and is in good condition, will be uncovered and restored.

  This is a dream come true, said Charley Harper’s son, Brett Harper, who owns the Charley Harper Art Studio online. My late father loved this city and it seems that Cincinnati loved him. He would have been brought to tears to see his mural see the light of day once more.

• Thursday 31 July 2014: Jason Snell worked with Brave Berlin, based in OTR, to design the illustrations and animations for Lumenocity 2014, select the music, and ensure that the projections on Music Hall would look as intended, synchronized with the music.
• 3 June 2014: Metropolis Magazine: an article about the leader of Designtex (including a mention, early in the article, of its collaboration with Todd Oldham and the Charley Harper Art Studio)
• March 2014: Discovery Channel Magazine, pages 88–101: Charley Harper’s Magnificent Beasts (including an extended interview with his son, Brett Harper)
• Thursday 31 October 2013: The New York Times, page D3: Wallpaper That Takes Cues From Flora and Fauna
• Thursday 31 October 2013: Merrypad, Look Who Flew In (about the Wood & Felt Bird Figurines)
• Friday 4 October 2013: The Art Academy of Cincinnati, alma mater for both Charley and Edie Harper, displayed some of their early WWII-era works until Friday 1 November 2013.
• February 2011: House Trends, March 2011 issue, page 30: A Bird in the Hand by Nina Kieffer, also viewable as printed.
• December 2009: Country Club by Catherine Taft from Artforum discusses Charley Harper’s artistic style in the context of an exhibition at a site named Country Club.
• May 2008: Cincinnati Magazine, page 38: Join Our Club by Aiesha D. Little opens with a story about a Charley Harper exhibition.
• Sunday 3 February 2008: CBS Sunday Morning: The Fashion Designer and the Artist: Todd Oldham Shares the Story of the Friendship and Inspiration of Charley Harper (also available as a PDF)
• January/February 2008: Counting the Wings by Julie Leibach from Audubon Magazine excerpts from Todd Oldham’s newly released book, Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life.
• January 2008: Counting the Wings by Julie Leibach from Audubon Magazine is a beautiful photo essay about Charley’s work and Todd Oldham’s new book of Harper images.
• Autumn 2007: Oxford area will miss Web of Life artist by W. Hardy Eshbaugh from the Audubon Miami Valley Newsletter, Volume 33, is a brief remembrance of the art of Charley Harper.
• Sunday 9 September 2007: Charley Harper: Wild Style by Charlotte Williamson from The Telegraph is an introduction to Charley Harper for British audiences.
• Thursday 16 August 2007: Flat, Simple, and Funny: The World of Charley Harper by Michael Bierut from Design Observer is a witty retrospective on Charley’s career.
• Saturday 28 July 2007: Charley & Edie Harper at the Cincinnati Art Museum from Art Knowledge News reported on an exhibition at the Cincinnati Art Museum on display (18 August–21 October) of the art of Charley and Edie Harper.
• Friday 8 December 2006: The Mayor of Cincinnati declares this day to be Charley Harper Day.
• Spring 2006: Thinking the World of Birds by Diane L. Tessaglia-Hymes from BirdScope at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Sapsucker Woods is an interview about Charley’s artwork and creative process, on the occasion of the release of his painting, We Think the World of Birds, created for the lab.

In July 2012, Six Organs of Admittance released a song titled The Ballad of Charley Harper.

In July 2007, Satellite City released an album titled Cincinnati Modern, with a song titled Song for Charley Harper.

In December 2006, Todd Oldham interviewed Charley Harper on WVXU, Cincinnati’s NPR station.

Friends of Charley Harper

• Fabulous Frames & Art, the largest Charley Harper dealer in the world
• Contemporary Arts Center, the Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati
• Art Academy of Cincinnati, established 1960
• Cincinnati Art Museum, one of the oldest art museums in the United States
• The Cape May Bird Observatory at the New Jersey Audubon Society
• 20th Century Cincinnati, an annual showcase of vintage modern art, furnishings, and fashion
• Detroit Area Art Deco Society, host of the annual Michigan Modernism Exposition
• Michigan Modern(TM): Design That Shaped America (a project of the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office)
• Audubon Magazine
• Cincinnati Nature Center
• Great Parks of Hamilton County, Ohio