Keiran Murphy has been the principal historic researcher at Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright located outside of Spring Green, WI. Murphy has been involved in the research, preservation and interpretation of the five-building complex on the Taliesin Estate, co-author (with architectural historian Anne Biebel) of a published article on a find at Wright’s Hillside structure, as well as the Hillside Comprehensive Chronology.
She served as co-curator of “Taliesin: the Work of a Lifetime” in 2011, has given a number of PowerPoint presentations on the history of Wright, his home, his family, and his Taliesin Fellowship community, narrated a 3-D Virtual tour of Taliesin, and has consulted on several books about Wright and Taliesin. Murphy received her MA in Art History from the University of Wisconsin and her BFA from Emerson College, in Boston, MA.
THE LATEST FROM ‘MS. KEIRAN’.
Recommended – Working With Mr. Wright, by Curtis Besinger
Reading Time: 5 minutesCurtis Besinger is seated at the piano on the far left conducting choir practice. This photograph was taken 1940-42 inside the room at Taliesin West known as the Kiva. See the list of apprentices at the bottom of this page. It’s been awhile since I’ve recommended something new for you to read. I wish […]
The telephone game of tour guiding
Reading Time: 4 minutesA photo I took of staff from Taliesin Preservation on a “class trip” to the Johnson Wax World Headquarters. The “telephone game of tour guiding” is what I came up with after hearing some whoppers from tour guides at Taliesin. btw: I’m writing only about staff I’ve come across, not who’s giving tours there now. […]
The Chronologies—my detailed history of Taliesin
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe drawing above shows the main floor of Taliesin where Wright lived, 1936-39. This is one of my favorite Taliesin drawings. Why? Because it actually shows the space pretty much as it existed at that time. In this case, I’m talking about Taliesin the building, not Taliesin the estate. I mean: the UNESCO site, […]