Living with Modernism: Kelli Connell 

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The McCormick House 

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Doors open promptly at 6:30 PM. Talk starts at 7:00 PM

Artist Kelli Connell, Allison Peters Quinn, EAM Executive Director & Chief Curator, and Gregory Harris, Keough Family Curator of Photography at the High Museum of Art (Atlanta) lead the group through the exhibition. Then the panel shares their separate processes in making the exhibition and answer questions from the audience.

Image: Kelli Connell, *Betsy, Lake Ediza*, 2015, archival inkjet print, 40 x 50 inches. Collection of the High Museum (Atlanta).

__Kelli Connell__ (b. 1974) is a photographer based in Chicago. Through her images, she addresses issues of sexuality, identity, and self-perception. Her work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, J Paul Getty Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Dallas Museum of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography, among others. Publications include Kelli Connell: Pictures for Charis (Aperture and Center for Creative Photography, March 2024), PhotoWork: Forty Photographers on Process and Practice (Aperture), Photo Art: The New World of Photography (Aperture), and the monograph Kelli Connell: Double Life (DECODE Books). Connell has received fellowships and residencies from The Guggenheim Foundation, MacDowell, PLAYA, Peaked Hill Trust, LATITUDE, Light Work, and The Center for Creative Photography.
![Kelli Connell](//images.ctfassets.net/df2y673eghyz/6G8Ek4W6XMFusxGEyCw063/f7462cefd7dd913e693c77538dbf9393/Kelli_Connell_Headshot_April_2022_crop.jpeg)
Portrait of Kelli Connell by Natalie Krick.

The exhibition and program are made possible by support from Teiger Foundation and Illinois Arts Council.

Living With Modernism: Artist Talk

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See old friends and meet new ones in the galleries! Adults can enjoy a glass of wine and an evening at the Museum after hours. If you have children ages 4-15, sign them up for an art-making activity in our education studio while the adults enjoy the *Living With Modernism* exhibition.

Late Night at the Museum

Isabella Gardner, renowned poet and one-time editor at Poetry, wrote numerous poems while
she lived in the McCormick House. During National Poetry Month, join us for an evening
in “Isabella’s house” to enjoy a reading of Gardner’s poetry and write your own poem
inspired by her work. See website for more information about registration.


Poetry Workshop

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Living with Modernism: Kelli Connell

Featuring recent work by Kelli Connell in conversation with photographs by Edward Weston

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