Chelsea has been a key contributor to Grace Farms Foundation since 2015, and is also Vice Chair of Grace Farms Foundation’s Board of Directors.
Chelsea leads the development and structuring of Grace Farms’ public programming, and has been working for the last year on tuning the programming to highlight the experience of the land of Grace Farms. Music concerts are timed to end as sun sets. Gatherings and convenings are set during the daytime to heighten one’s connection with light, the season, and to honor the design intentions of the building.
Chelsea curates the visual arts, which most recently includes Grace Farms’ first permanent sculpture, ParaPosition by Alicja Kwade, which opened in September 2025 in celebration of Grace Farms’ 10 years; Dancing Trees, a new set of sculptural benches by Kazuyo Sejima & Associates, and Haida Gwaii, 2025, by James Florio. She curates and commissions site-specific works on behalf of Grace Farms Foundation to elevate the core humanitarian and cultural focuses of the mission. This includes a music commission for cellist and Grace Farms Artist-in-Residence Arlen Hlusko by composer Timo Andres, and a music composition by Evan Williams recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and a suite of new visual arts works for the curation of With Every Fiber, the first exhibit to bring Design for Freedom to the public. Portions of With Every Fiber were adapted and presented in the Intelligens CANON at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.
Chelsea also introduced an Artist-in-Residency Program; Grace Farms Lectures with Concerts, and Music at Grace Farms. Grace Farms’ Artist-in-Residence in the 2025-2026 season are James Florio, photographer, and Arlen Hlusko, cellist. The 2025-2026 season includes feature Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Mon Rovîa, Dianne Reeves with Romero Lumbabo, Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, Dr. Miroslav Volf, and more. She partners with Emily Altman on all arts initiatives. Karen Kariuki and Val McVey are strategic partners to deliver each program season.
She has also lead all marketing and design since 2015, partnering with Ashley Sikora and an excellent marketing department, and Pentagram. She is focused on developing a foundation-wide project to enhance Grace Farms’ design for neurodiversity in partnership with Grace Farms’ executive team and with consultation from BuroHappold.
Chelsea co-edited and managed the design and editorial process for several of Grace Farms’ first publications, including a book of poetry and prose, and souls are candles, and Grace Farms’ first report, Design for Freedom.
In July 2024, Chelsea was elected to the Ridgefield Academy Board of Trustees, a policy-making body responsible for guiding the Academy’s mission and ensuring its successful fulfillment of academic excellence and fostering the individual growth of each student.
