As an interdisciplinary artist, musician, educator, and curator of Native art at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Kalyn Fay uses their arts to build bridges of understanding and find intersections among people. Drawing on their Cherokee heritage, Fay’s weavings, storytelling, music, and contemporary craft focuses on community, collaboration, reflection, and empathy.

At the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, representing the Ozarks, Fay performed daily alongside cellist Matt Magerkurth.