I'm an interdisciplinary artist and animator from Atlanta, Georgia with a creative process that is rooted in drawing, painting, and thinking by hand. My interests include: visualizations, possible futures, gut feelings, and coded language.
- M.F.A., Studio Art. 2017, Florida State University
- B.A., Studio Art. 2008, Kenyon College
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- Tilden Preparatory School, Albany, CA- Art and Humanities Teacher
September 2018- September 2019
Instructing students in grades 6-12 in Drawing/Painting, Photography, English, and Social Sciences
- Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL- Instructor of Record
May 2017- September 2019
Adjunct professor for the online course Art & The Environment, a foundations-level course focusing on land art, eco-art, and contemporary social practice
- Artspace, Raleigh, NC- Summer Animation Camp Instructor
June 2018
Designed and led a stop-motion animation summer camp intensive for teenagers
- Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA- Animation Workshop Director
2013, 2012
Designed and led a two-day stop-motion animation workshop for undergraduates as part of the Tournees Festival of French Film
- Georgia State University, School of Communications Atlanta, GA- Guest Lecturer and Visiting Artist
2012
Directed and produced a collaborative film project with students in the Community-Based Media program as a visiting artist; facilitated by MINT Gallery
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- E.&J. Gallo Winery, Modesto, CA- Instructional Designer
Oct 2020- present
Designing a three-year roadmap to elevate the learning and development strategy of the Quality & Food Safety organization, analyzing training needs and performance gaps, implementing new technologies, and onboarding new hires at acquisitions across the US. Developing new content and learning experiences against this roadmap, and tracking resulting data to understand effectiveness.
- Cruise Automation, San Francisco, CA- Instructional Content Creator
Sept 2019- Oct 2020
Designing content and training materials for stakeholders in Product Operations and an overseas workforce.
I utilize an Agile instructional design methodology to create interactive learning experiences, presentations, and assessments.
- RIOT Atlanta, Atlanta, GA- Edit Assist
2009-2011
Motion graphics, design, rotoscoping, and tape op support for various online and offline systems including Autodesk Smoke and Avid Nitris DS
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- Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA- Curator, Soft Science
2019
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- Highland Ballroom Lounge, Atlanta, GA- Events Manager
2011-2013
Booking and programming, private event sales, and marketing/PR for all events
Developed new cohesive brand identity for the venue and managed all web and social media content
Succeeded in re-establishing the formerly-closed venue as a viable space for many of Atlanta's literary and arts organizations
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- Antlre, San Francisco, CA- Production Artist
June/July 2018
Assisted on a large-scale temporary assignment with the San Francisco-based design/build studio responsible for fabricating and installing the artwork for the Google corporate offices in Redwood City, CA
- Playmakers Repertory, Chapel Hill, NC- Props Artisan
2017-2018 season
Design and fabrication for professional theater company housed at UNC Chapel Hill
- Evereman, Atlanta, GA- Shop Apprentice
Summer 2013
Shop assistant and woodworking apprentice to Evereman, Atlanta-based street artist, sculptor, and community organizer
- "Movers and Shakers," MOCA GA (Atlanta, GA)
- "Generally Local, Mostly Independent Filmmakers Series: Best of Year One," High Museum of Art (Atlanta, GA)
- "Fantasy: Object," Day & Night Projects (Atlanta, GA)
- "Talent Loves Company," Barbara Archer Gallery (Atlanta, GA)
- "From Cosmology to Neurology and Back Again," Whitespace Gallery (Atlanta, GA)
- "Space Aged," Beep Beep Gallery (Atlanta, GA)
- "Pangea," Beep Beep Gallery (Atlanta, GA)
- "Coeducation," MINT Gallery (Atlanta, GA)
- "Leap Year: Year One," MINT Gallery (Atlanta, GA)
- "Forward Arts Foundation Emerging Artists Exhibition," Swan Coach House Gallery (Atlanta, GA)
- "Concrete Acquaintances," Thomas Dean Fine Art (Atlanta, GA)
- ART PAPERS Annual Auction (Atlanta, GA)
- "Mt. Soma," SOUP Experimental (Tallahassee, FL)
- "Breaking Point," Working Method Contemporary (Tallahassee, FL)
- Exhibited with Working Method Contemporary at Aqua Art Fair at Art Basel Miami (Miami, FL)
- "Fantasy: Collective," Metropolitan 250 (Philadelphia, PA)
- "Third Coast National Juried Exhibition," K Space Contemporary (Corpus Christi, TX)
- "Multiples," VAE (Raleigh, NC)
- "Fine Contemporary Craft Biennial," Artspace (Raleigh, NC)
- "Regional Emerging Artist-in-Residence Exhibition," Artspace (Raleigh, NC)
- "Small Works: A Look Back and Forward," Abrams Claghorn Gallery (Albany, CA)
- digital design & illustration:
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- Procreate
- motion graphics and video editing:
- After Effects
- Final Cut Pro
- Media Encoder
- Premiere
- Camtasia
- prototyping & web:
- Adobe Xd
- Figma
- Lucidchart
- HTML5/CSS3
- JavaScript ES6
- jQuery
- Bootstrap
- xAPI
- authoring tools & LMS platforms:
- Articulate Storyline
- Articulate Rise
- Adobe Captivate
- Confluence
- Blackboard
- Canvas
- Docebo
- Absorb
- SAP SuccessFactors
- hand-on stuff:
- projection mapping
- woodworking and furniture building
- apparel construction (patternmaking/draping)
- 2017 Regional Emerging Artist Residency, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
- 2017 Presidential Scholarship Recipient, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
- 2017 Mary Ola Reynolds Miller Award in Studio Art, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
- 2013 Studio Residency, The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA
- 2013 Finalist, Emerging Artist Award, Forward Arts Foundation, Atlanta, GA
- 2012-13 Leap Year Fellowship, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- Bortone, Angela, "Review: Day & Night Fantasy shows multiple worlds mingling," ArtsATL, September 6, 2017.
- Cullum, Jerry, "Review: At Beep Beep, fun from Chelsea Raflo and Mike Germon as history and technology collide," ArtsATL, September 3, 2013.
- Thornton, Grace, "Art Crush: Chelsea Raflo, Filmmaker and Dreamer, on the Role of Experiment," BURNAWAY, November 15, 2012.
- Levy, Ethan, "Review: In Whitespace's From Cosmology to Neurology, images converse amid an ocean of ideas," ArtsATL, July 19, 2012.
- Fox, Catherine, "Movers and Shakers showcases rising stars," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 24, 2011.