Biography
McConnell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1956. He attended the University of Connecticut, Storrs, where he received a BFA in Ceramics and Painting in 1978. McConnell earned his MFA in ceramics from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 1986.
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