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2013: Leila McConnell Daw ’58, Artist

Leila McConnell Daw's ’58 artwork has been featured across the U.S. and Europe. Her public work can be seen as permanent installations at Bradley International Airport, Hartford; the New Haven Public Library; Northwestern CT Community College, and the St. Louis light rail system.  Her work is in the collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum, DeCordova Museum, Boston Public Library, St. Louis Art Museum and more.
Leila Daw is an independent artist with a studio in New Haven, CT and Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston. Her art practice is rooted in concepts and processes of cartography, exploration, orientation, and diagramming personal relationships to communities and the natural world, and draws upon her travels in Myanmar and Peru.

After graduating from Chatham Hall, Leila received her B.A. from Wellesley College and her M.F.A. from Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis. Throughout her career as a Professor of Art at Southern Illinois University (1976 – 1990) and the Massachusetts College of Art (1990-2002),Leila remained an active and prolific independent artist, an adventurous traveler, and a loyal Chatham Hall alumna.
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