Chelsea Kaiah is a passionate activist for Native rights, awareness, and sustainability. Her practice involves adapting customary materials and techniques, such as pine needle weaving, porcupine quilling, and hide work, to address resilience, mental health, system reformation, and means of healing.

Kaiah is White River Ute and White Mountain Apache / Irish settler, born on the Northern Ute reservation. She earned her BFA at Watkins College of Art and Design in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2022, Kaiah was awarded the Native Arts and Cultures LIFT grant for early career support and was invited to participate in Redline’s Artist-in-Residency program for emerging, contemporary Colorado artists. She is the 2022 fall/winter Native Arts Artist-in-Residence at the Denver Art Museum. She currently resides in Denver.

Virtual Studio Tours are 30 min interactive programs that explore local contemporary artist studios. Artists take viewers behind the scenes of their studio practice with insights into their processes, inspirations and artwork. Moderated by BMoCA’s Associate Curator of Community Engagement this Instagram Live series is an initiative to support local artists and give viewers the opportunity to take a closer look at art practices and ask questions to contemporary artists.