McKensey Kendall

Mckensey Kendall is a Mesick alum in her third year at The School of the Art Institute of
Chicago where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Now a published poet and accomplished
painter, Mckensey has dedicated her work to capturing the magic of mundanity in the rural
midwest.
In the past months, Mckensey has focused her artistic practice on the photographic archive of
Mesick farm owner and lumberyard manager, Harold Rossell (1900-1973.) Consisting of pencil
drawings, oil paintings, 35mm photography, and photopolymer prints, the artist has developed a
sprawling collection of vignettes dedicated to Rossell’s archive and the unwavering landscapes
of rural Michigan. Mckensey will present the body of work to the museum while divulging her
creative process and the ways her research into Harold Rossell served to define her painting
practice.