La Ruchala Murphy is the new executive director of the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation.
The Oconee Enterprise reports Murphy comes to OCAF from the South Carolina Arts Commission where she served as a grants officer and county coordinator. Murphy has 15 years experience in the arts sector, and is a visual artist herself. She is a graduate of Winthrop University with a bachelor’s degrees in studio art and a master’s in arts administration plus a master of science in nonprofit administration from the University of Louisiana Shreveport.
She will start work in early June.
