I am a Connecticut based artist and illustrator. I collaborate with Thyme Herbal, making medicine posters and zines as well as being a long time member of the artists collective The Royal Frog Ballet. I formed a relationship with sharing my voice as part of my 'art' practice (through Social Media and Zines) after many experiences that inspired me to connect with folks about death, grief, mental health and staying alive. My work is grounded in everyday magic, working for kinder conditions to keep this earth and all beings alive/thriving, woods/sea as church, and keeping my art affordable and accessible.
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get in touch: chelseagranger@gmail.com
INTERVIEWS/PRESS
Interview with the podcast Dream Freedom Beauty
https://www.dreamfreedombeauty.com/chelsea-granger-on-navigating-death-making-friends-with-grief-and-coming-to-life-in-new-ways-episode-92/
February 2016, Artist in Residence at Have Company in Grand Rapids, MI
*Guest Blog Post from my time at Have Company:
http://have-company.com/blog/2016/2/15/guest-post-resident-artist-chelsea-granger
*Podcast: With the amazing Marlee Grave of Have Company
http://have-company.com/podcast/2016/2/26/episode-thirty-four-in-conversation-with-chelsea-granger
*I taught a workshop at Have Company titled: Art as a Tool For Dealing With Death & Grief (how to keep living when someone you love dies).
"Join Have Company artist in residence Chelsea Granger for an evening of talking about art making as a tool for death and grief. Chelsea will give an artist slide talk as well as hold space for a safe sharing circle. She is part of many collaborative projects that act as containers for loss as well as celebration and is currently working on writing and illustrating a zine about death & grief. This evening is inspired by a desire to create spaces where we can more openly talk about death and our own personal practices and rituals that surround our experiences with it. “Grief is praise of those we have lost. Our own souls who have loved and are now heartbroken would turn to stone and hate us if we did not show such praise when we lose whom we love.” -Martin Prechtel, The Smell of Rain On Dust, Grief and Praise "
Interview in the Daily Collegia, U-massAmherst 2015
http://dailycollegian.com/2015/10/22/local-artist-chelsea-granger-talks-about-her-life-in-both-creation-and-performance/
**********************************************
get in touch: chelseagranger@gmail.com
INTERVIEWS/PRESS
Interview with the podcast Dream Freedom Beauty
https://www.dreamfreedombeauty.com/chelsea-granger-on-navigating-death-making-friends-with-grief-and-coming-to-life-in-new-ways-episode-92/
February 2016, Artist in Residence at Have Company in Grand Rapids, MI
*Guest Blog Post from my time at Have Company:
http://have-company.com/blog/2016/2/15/guest-post-resident-artist-chelsea-granger
*Podcast: With the amazing Marlee Grave of Have Company
http://have-company.com/podcast/2016/2/26/episode-thirty-four-in-conversation-with-chelsea-granger
*I taught a workshop at Have Company titled: Art as a Tool For Dealing With Death & Grief (how to keep living when someone you love dies).
"Join Have Company artist in residence Chelsea Granger for an evening of talking about art making as a tool for death and grief. Chelsea will give an artist slide talk as well as hold space for a safe sharing circle. She is part of many collaborative projects that act as containers for loss as well as celebration and is currently working on writing and illustrating a zine about death & grief. This evening is inspired by a desire to create spaces where we can more openly talk about death and our own personal practices and rituals that surround our experiences with it. “Grief is praise of those we have lost. Our own souls who have loved and are now heartbroken would turn to stone and hate us if we did not show such praise when we lose whom we love.” -Martin Prechtel, The Smell of Rain On Dust, Grief and Praise "
Interview in the Daily Collegia, U-massAmherst 2015
http://dailycollegian.com/2015/10/22/local-artist-chelsea-granger-talks-about-her-life-in-both-creation-and-performance/
And check out my sweetheart, Eben Kling's work. He is also talking about death very openly in a comic he is making about his dad's sudden and complicated death:
