About Me

ARTIST. BOOK WORM. EDUCATOR. GAMER. MUSEOLOGIST. THESPIAN. TRAVELER.

Riley Harper (he/him/his) is an emerging museum professional and recent graduate of Drexel University’s Master’s of Arts Administration and Museum Leadership program. Riley earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Visual Arts Education with subsequent endorsements in Drama/Theatre Education and Special Education from the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL. Riley is a multidisciplinary artist, who creates a plethora of work ranging from acting and directing to photography and sculpture. Riley has performed in Agatha Christie’s The Hound of the Baskerville (Sir Henry Baskerville), Samuel Beckett’s Beckett Bites (Ensemble) and has done voice work in Of Mice and Men (Whit) and Night of the Living Dead (Radio Announcer). Riley has also published writing in the University of St. Francis’ online magazine, The COMP.

More About Me:

Likes:

  • Baking
  • Boba
  • Coffee
  • Comics/ Graphic Novels
  • Museums
  • Plays
  • Musicals
  • Reading
  • Traveling
  • Video Games

Dislikes:

  • Boredom
  • Clowns
  • Crowds
  • Hot Weather
  • Running Late
  • Scary Movies
  • Spiders
  • Tight Spaces

Currently Listening To:

  • Baby Lasagna
  • bbno$
  • Felix Rabito
  • Junie&TheHutFriends
  • Lady Gaga
  • Laufey
  • Mitski

Currently Reading:

  • A Little Life by Hanya Yangahihara
  • Images of the Art Museum: Connecting Gaze and Discourse in the History of Museology Edited by Eva-Maria Troelenberg and Melania Savino
  • Pathways of Art: How Objects Get to the Museum by Sarah Csernay
  • Railway Heritage and Tourism: Global Perspectives Edited by Michael V. Conlin and Geoffery R. Bird
  • Wicked by Gregory Maguire

Currently Playing:

  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • Batman: Arkham Knight
  • Coffee Talk
  • Hades
  • Injustice 2
  • Mario Cart 8 Deluxe
  • Melatonin