Speaking Engagements

On April 15,
I’ll be giving a presentation in Madison on Taliesin before and after its 1925 fire. This is one of the series of “History Sandwiched In” from the Wisconsin Historical Society at the History Maker Space in Madison.

Location: 1 S. Pinckney St, Madison. Time: 12:30-1:30. Tickets: Click here for tickets and more information. The event is free but tickets are recommended.

On April 10,
I’m giving a 45-minute presentation about the Wright buildings on the World Heritage List. Did you know that Taliesin is one of eight buildings by Wright on the World Heritage List, right up there with the Grand Canyon and the Pyramids in Egypt?

Location: the Spring Green Library. Time: 7 p.m. 45-presentation with 15 minutes for questions. No reservation or tickets required.

On March 24
I’m giving a 45-minute presentation, ”Taliesin Legacy: Buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Apprentices In and Around Madison”, at the Landmark Auditorium, First Unitarian Society in Madison. Given in concert with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and hosted by the Friends of the Meeting House. This will be followed by a 15-minute Q&A session.

Location: 900 University Bay Dr, Madison, Wisconsin. Time: 7 p.m. 15 minutes for questions at the end of the presentation. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 students, FMH Members free.
Frank Lloyd Wright x PechaKucha LIVE. Keiran and five other Wright owners / experts participated in the quick, fun presentation style where each participant spoke while 20 slides hold the screen for 20 seconds each. PechaKucha’s FLLW event is now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnayxUulqTY
“Life is Not Monotonous at Taliesin”: a Webinar through Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin during their “Wright Design Series”:
https://youtu.be/m85HK23gR5k

Click here for the Monona Terrace archive of the Webinars during this series.https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS15756

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Whenever I have a question regarding anything Taliesin-related Keiran Murphy is the first person I turn to.

—Randolph C. Henning — Architect and author

Never in my life have I been given a more sensitive and comprehending tour of anything, anywhere. Listening to her talk about Wright and looking at everything she pointed out, I felt as if my eyes had opened to twice their normal size.

—Terry Teachout — Culture Writer, Wall Street Journal, Author, Libretti, and Playwright

… her knowledge of Frank Lloyd Wright is close to astonishing. Over many years she has simply absorbed him—and his beloved Taliesin—into her bones.” “I am in awe at her willingness—her delight—in sharing what she knows with others.

—Paul Hendrickson — Senior Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania and Author

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