Chelsea Ragan - Illustrator

Black Mountain, NC

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Chelsea Ragan is an illustrator and mother of two who is proud to call Black Mountain, NC her home. In 2012 she received an MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD with a certificate of Teaching in the Arts. As an illustrator she has been featured in noteworthy magazines such as  Bravery, Honest History, Ditto, Origins and more. She is passionate about sharing the joy of art with others and has given workshops/talks at MoMA, Salem College, Wexner Center for the Arts, Asheville School and MICA to name a few. 

 

Education

2012  Maryland Institute College of Art, MFA Mount Royal School of Art- Baltimore, MD

2006 University of Georgia, BFA Painting/Drawing - Athens, GA

 

Talks + Workshops

2022 - 2024 Warren Wilson College / North Carolina

2022 Black Mountain Arts Center / North Carolina

2020 Maryland Institute College of Art/ Maryland

2019 School of the Alternative/ North Carolina

2019 Asheville School/ North Carolina

2018 Hamiltonian Gallery/ Washington DC

2018 Maryland Institute College of Art/ Maryland

2017 School of the Alternative / North Carolina

2017 Salem College/ North Carolina

2017 Wexner Center for the Arts/ Ohio

2016  MoMA/ New York

 

Awards 

2021   World Illustration Awards - Longlist  

2020 ICON / Illustration Academy 

2013 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship

2012 Leadership Recognition - MICA

2012 Launching Art in Baltimore - MICA

2011 Graduate Research Grant - MICA

2010 Mount Royal Graduate Scholarship - MICA

 

Teaching Portfolio 

2022 - 2024  Warren Wilson College / North Carolina 

2022 Black Mountain Arts Center / North Carolina 

2016 - 2020 School of the Alternative/ North Carolina

2010-2014 Teaching assistant - Maryland Institute College of Art/Maryland

 

Publications/ Press

2022 Ditto Magazine, Series of illustrations for the Fu Pei Mei Issue

2022 Trader Joes, 2 Printed cards

2021  Honest History, 4 page Illustrations ,Russian Winter Issue

2021 Be Ready Explorers, poster, Antarctica Adventure Issue

2021 Be Ready Explorers, two page spread,  Mountain Issue

2021 Ditto Magazine, 5 page spread, Issue 2

2021 Bravery Magazine, 5 page illustration, Issue 15 

2020 Asheville Made, “The Meaning Of Life Might Be Written In A Produce Sign” Lauren Strepp

2020 Origin Magazine, “Nostalgia, Living with Nature, & Learning to Take Your Time”

2020 Ditto Magazine, 2 page spread, Issue 1

2020 Bravery Magazine, full page illustration, Issue 11

2016 Black Mountain News, "With New School, Spirit of Black Mountain College Lives On" Fred McCormick

2016 WCQS "Keeping Alive the Spirit of Black Mountain College" Jeremy Loeb

2016 Mountain Xpress, "An Education" Coogan Brennan

2016 Artsy, "At the Site of Black Mountain College, a New Residency Program Aims to Continue Its Legacy" Isaac Kaplan

2016 Temporary Art Review, "Black Mountain School" Feature

2016 Artribune,"Nasce nel Nord Carolina negli Stati Uniti la Black Mountain School..." Santa Nastro

2016 Artforum, "New Experimental School Founded on Black Mountain College Campus" News

2016 Art In America,"Back to School: Recreating Black Mountain College" Erick Lyle

2016 Dioniso Punk, "Black Mountain School" David Capone