Writer | Podcaster | Big Dreamer

Hi, I’m Evan

I do a lot of things, and that’s the way I like it.In my business uncommon practice studio I help people craft a different relationship to making things; I produce The Bi Pod: A Queer Podcast, where my co-host Christina Brown and I wrestle with and reflect on the complicated beauty of being bisexual; I’m part of the white anti-racist collective and activist project White People 4 Black Lives/AWARE-LA, where I’m skill-building as an organizer and restorative culture practitioner.In past lives I've been the Channel Sales Director for a premium CPG brand; a graduate of the University of Southern California's Cinema School; a Rainbow Company Youth Theater alum; a non-profit art gallery associate.I also love sparkling water, make great pasta salad, and own a lot of colored pens.My personal pronouns are they/them/theirs. I live, write, and record in Long Beach, California.

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Front cover of recurring characters by evan chelsee. Features an illustration of a burning match underneath the title text

Poetry Chapbook

recurring characters

It is 2014 and you are in Los Angeles...

This is a story about the scripts we have a hard time letting go of and the moments we focus on, to the exclusion of everything else.
Through playlists, text messages, flowcharts, and other forms, recurring characters tells the story of one chaotic year and its reverberations.

Available 9/14 from Double Text Media

Newsletter

Body of Work

Reflections at the intersection of process, productivity, and self-making.

I'm an artist; a new business owner; a podcaster; a former e-commerce director; an organizer-in-training. They're different things but the questions are all the same: how do I hold myself together through tough times? How do I work with other people? How do I keep showing up? How do I find joy? How do I get anything done? They're questions about work, which are really questions about existing in the world.

creative resources & support

uncommon practice studio

Craft a different relationship to making and getting things done.

Through DIY resources, groups, 1:1 support, and reflective writing, uncommon practice studio supports creative people (writers, designers, artists) to move away from toxic productivity bullshit and toward supportive practices and containers that reduce friction and make it feel good to make again.

Podcast

The Bi Pod

A queer podcast about the bi+ experience.

We cover all things bisexual, including our own identities & experiences, mental & public health, bisexual representation in media, and the experiences of guests from across the LGBTQ+ spectrum.We welcome anyone who has any kind of relationship with or curiosity about queerness. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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