Board member profile: Katie Covey

Katie Covey, UMCF Marketing and Promotions Committee Co-Chair
Program & Project Specialist
Weisman Art Museum  
covey013@umn.edu
612-624-5154

Find me online: Personal website | Twitter
   
Became a member of UMCF: 2011
    
About my role on the UMCF board:
The Marketing and Promotions committee is responsible for marketing and promoting the Communicators Forum through member outreach, the annual member appreciation event and member drives. My favorite part of being part of the Marketing and Promotions committee is planning the member appreciation event.
   
Some great Forum memories:
My favorite forum event is always the annual conference. This past year I loved hearing from author and illustrator Debra Fraiser. Her talk on the creative process inspired me to start a notebook of my own!
 
About my role at the University
I am currently Program & Project Specialist for the Weisman Art Museum. I started at the University of Minnesota in May 2010.

Favorite place on campus:
The Weisman Art Museum!

What I like about working at the U:
I have a unique position at the U where I get to work directly with students but also with the wider University and community. I really enjoy planning and executing public programming that brings people together in creative collaboration. I love the hustle and bustle of being on a University campus and getting to experience the changing seasons and semesters.

A person at the U whom I admire:
I admire Lyndel King, the Director and Chief Curator of the Weiman Art Museum for her tenacity and determination to help fund and build our beautiful Frank Gehry designed facility. I am really lucky that I get to work at both a world class public University and in one of the most unique buildings in the country.

Some of the coolest projects I've worked on at the U:
One of the coolest projects that I've worked on is a collaborative design competition with the college of design's apparel design program. Last spring, non-traditional materials students took inspiration from one of our traveling exhibitions, Laylah Ali's 'Greenheads' series, and interpreted the work into a ready for the runway garment. It was amazing to see the different interpretations of the green-heads projected on to clothing.

Accomplishments I'm most proud of:
I am probably most proud of the student group that I started for the Weisman, WAM Collective. The Collective started with five members in 2010 and is now a full fledged campus life program with twenty undergraduate and graduate students who create art experiences for University of Minnesota students.

More about Katie

My hometown:
Good Thunder, Minnesota | view it on a map

Paper book or e-book:
Paper

Favorite website:
Tumblr

Favorite source of inspiration:
Tumblr

Favorite word:
amalgamation

Word that makes you cringe:
panty-hose

Favorite brand:
Vogue

Favorite band:
Bon Iver

What I do for fun:
Ride bike, garden, read and seek out Mexican restaurants with my husband Reggie.

My dream jobs (besides the one I have!):
Someday, I'd love to run my own gallery and boutique in NE Minneapolis.