​Kelsey Graywill is a cognitive scientist turned artist. She holds a BA and MSc in Neuroaesthetics from Duke University and University of London, Goldsmiths. After a brief, soul-sucking stint working in pharmaceutical marketing consulting, she quit her job to teach elementary schoolers how to ride bikes and work in urban planning and transportation communication. She started the Hyperlocal monthly zine series in 2022 in Durham, NC. In 2024, her first educational art vending, which NPR’s local station in NC, WUNC, describes as the “subject of much intrigue – instead of chips and candies, it offers to feed patrons in a different way: by sharing knowledge,” launched her into a creative career centered on place-making, behavior, and belonging. Kelsey’s work on creative cartography and zinemaking as research methodology has been incorporated into curriculums at Duke, UNC, Hofstra, and Lehigh universities. Visit her portfolio site for more info.