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Misty Keasler -- Haunt


The Wild Detectives

Come celebrate the publication of Haunt by Misty Keasler, an art book, released in tandem with her exhibition at The Modern in Fort Worth. This book chronicles Keasler’s serious photographic project, in which she capture images from 13 themed haunted houses across the United States over two years. She will be in conversation with Margee Kerr, the author of Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear. There will also be some spooky guests in attendance.

Misty Keasler’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Dallas Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. She holds an undergraduate degree from Columbia College and an MFA from Bard College. She lives and works in Dallas, Texas.

Margee Kerr is a sociologist who studies fear. She earned her BA at Hollins University in Roanoke, VA and her PhD in Sociology from The University of Pittsburgh. She studies the science of fear, along with creative ways we engage with thrilling and scary material.

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