Team

Janelle Ketcher
Founder & Director, she/her

Janelle Ketcher is an artist and facilitator from Des Moines, Iowa and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. She holds a BFA in Painting, Art History and Social Practice from The Kansas City Art Institute and is currently working towards her MSLIS at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She also has completed the Certification in Social Emotional Arts from Arts & Healing Initiative and the End of Life Training Program at Going with Grace. As an arts professional, her main focus is to encourage creative expression throughout our entire lifespan-from youth programming to end of life projects. As an emerging library science professional, she enjoys the intersections of creativity, information and resource access, archiving, and public service.

Community & Volunteers

Postal Service for the Dead was created with community at its core and it is with community that we continue to thrive. If you are interested in partnering on a program, please fill out this contact form. If you are interested in volunteering, please click here for more information.

Below are a list of community partners, artists, and facilitators that PSD has been lucky to collaborate with:

Ahh Sweet Death

Altadena Library

Alpha Society

Antigua Coffee

Arroyo Arts Collective

Be Present Care

Cut + Paste LA

Death Deck

Death Doula LA

Death of the Party

DIY Museum

Forest Lawn

Ghostly Archives

Graveyard Book Club

Heart of Hospice

Izzy Miller

Los Angeles Community Health Project

Mourning Pug

Mortician in the Kitchen

Nina Castillo-D’Angier

Pinay Pages

Rob Goyanes

Sets with Friends