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Keith Murphy
Name: Keith Murphy
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Hometown: Glen Ellyn, IL
College: College of Liberal Arts
Major: BFA - Studio Art
Minors: Psychology
Campus Involvement: I'm involved on the campus in a lot of different ways. They mainly center around the Regis Center for Art. I'm the vice president of the Ceramics Collective, an active member of Bohemian Press, and I work in the Katherine E. Nash gallery as an attendant and helping with installations. I'm also a part of WAM Collective!
What is your favorite WAM Collective memory?

Volunteering at the WAM Bash was really great. I helped one of the commissioned artists by being part of her sculpture and moving it. After that everyone was there and we just had a blast.

A sculpture depicting what looks like organs
Kate Casanova's Abiogenic Spectra, 2016 at the Big WAM Bash

What’s your favorite exhibition or concert you’ve seen?
I haven't seen it yet, but I'm dying to see Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirror Room

Favorite spot in the Twin Cities?
Prospect park- The Witch's Tower
What's your favorite piece in WAM's collection? 

 I really like Self Portrait, you know, the painting of the canoe.

Painting of a canoe
Alan Schepp, Self Portrait, 2000-2011
If you could live in a book, TV show, or movie, what would it be?

Ive always been really interested in having a super power, so maybe the X-men. It was my favorite as a kid

What are you passionate about?
I don't know, a lot of things? Music, social justice, art, community engagement, success, happiness..

 

How would you describe your “perfect” day?
Productive.