As a curious artist, my socially engaged creative practice is driven by 4 key components; people, place, objects and archives, brought to life by the social connections between them. Led by detailed research, her process-driven methods develop engaging public experiences to reveal the complexities of human interaction through time, in place. This approach directly informs the methods, materials and responses which she employs, building on the visual, experiential and often conceptual references which interweave her multi-disciplinary work. Commissioned for the Art in Manufacturing for the National Festival of Making and as a Research Artist for Dementia & Imagination, McConnell has also worked in-residence with many socially engaged place-focussed organisations, including In Certain Places, In-Situ, Art Gene and Heart of Glass.
Her artists’ book making skills, evident in the Tate and National Library of Wales collections led her to work on the Homeless Library, a north west focussed project led by arthur+martha, which launched at the Houses of Parliament in 2016.
News
CPD - I am delighted to announce that I have been selected for a two-year mentoring and professional development programme with Chrysalis Arts Development, find out more here...
PLAYFUL RESEARCH - ongoing ideas for Greening and the impact of plastic, to support my creative practice
HAPPENINGS - to be announced
EXHIBITIONS - the invisibility of plastic - a new installation and film - on display at the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port as part of Markmakers Water Marks exhibition | until 4 Nov 2019
- the invisibility of plastic - a new installation on display at the old NatWest Bank, Grange over Sands, South Lakeland | ongoing from mid-Nov 2019
LAUNCHED - The Owl and the Pussy-Cat, a project connecting twelve museums around one great river launched in 2018