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Things I learned at Taliesin

Reading Time: 6 minutesTo know why the top of the post says the number “42”, read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. I know these things – through my work at as the Taliesin historian, when I worked in the Taliesin tour program, and/or I answered weekly questions in the “Hey Keiran” feature. You’ll see […]

Self-portrait of Terry Teachout in black with window in background.

Terry Teachout and 2005

Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is my old friend, Terry. He passed away in January of last year. Terry Teachout (February 6, 1956 – January 13, 2022) I’m in a mood. That’s because, for the last day I’ve been thinking about Terry, and missing him. Knowing the date of the one-year anniversary of his death was coming up, I […]

More winter activities

Reading Time: 5 minutesI took this photograph looking out of a window of my office at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center. You can see my lone car in the parking lot. Sometimes when I came into work, the ice was a little “sketchy” to the employee-parking-lot up one level. In that case, I just stayed below rather […]

Photograph taken by Edmund Teske. Taliesin in winter with snow and ice.

Snow at Taliesin

Reading Time: 2 minutesEdmund Teske took this photograph in the winter of 1936-37. He was in the Breezeway at Taliesin, looking northeast towards the Living Room. This week, a winter storm is crossing the United States. This storm reminded me of one of the “At Taliesin” newspaper articles written by apprentices in the Taliesin Fellowship. This article is […]

Photograph of Keiran Murphy talking to someone in front of her sales items while at the holiday art fair in 1997.

Selling my wares to the public

Reading Time: 7 minutesTaken in 1997. Me talking to someone at the art fair that was held in the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center. I’m standing to the left of all of the stained-glass pieces that I had made. No:  “selling my wares” in this post does not mean I’ll write about giving Taliesin tours. I’m talking about […]

Postcard of crowd at Taliesin. Caption on card: "WEST WING. WRIGHT'S BUNGALOW". Property: Patrick Mahoney

What is the oldest part of Taliesin? Part II

Reading Time: 6 minutesA postcard looking (plan) northeast at the western façade of Taliesin’s hayloft, summer (the hayloft is under the roof). Because the collection of people are unexpected at a farmhouse, Randolph C. Henning (who collected this postcard), thinks this was taken the day after Taliesin’s 1914 fire and murders. I wrote The Oldest Thing at Taliesin […]

Thanksgiving at Taliesin

Reading Time: 2 minutesMy next post, Oldest Part of Taliesin, II , is on the way (part I is here). First though, I’m going to add a portion of an “At Taliesin” article posted in 1936 that was about Thanksgiving. In 1936, the Taliesin Fellowship, with the Wrights, celebrated Thanksgiving in Wisconsin. Here’s writer, Marya Lilien, on the […]

Photograph taken at Taliesin in late summer. The structure has been built, although not all of the windows are in. One man is bending working on teh ground.

What is the oldest part of Taliesin? Part I

Reading Time: 6 minutesLooking (plan) east at Taliesin from the balcony of its hayloft, fall 1911. Taken by Taylor Woolley, who worked as a draftsman for Wright at Taliesin. I showed this image in the post, “This will be a nice addition“. While people don’t ask that question at other Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, it’s part and parcel […]

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Death by Design

Reading Time: 7 minutesThe logo for NaNoWriMo Here’s the start: Over 15 years ago, I read the book, The Girl With the Botticelli Eyes and was furious. I wasn’t mad about the novel’s plot; I was angry because I felt the author completely misunderstood art restoration. The Girl With the Botticelli Eyes takes place around an exhibition on […]

Photograph of the curtain in Frank Lloyd Wright's Hillside Theater.

Curtains at the Hillside Theater

Reading Time: 6 minutesStanding in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hillside Theater looking east at the curtain. I took this photo in 2007. I’m excited1 to write about the curtains at the Hillside Theater today for a couple of reasons. 1: I can show a few photos of Hillside’s original theater curtain. And, 2: I get to give you one […]

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