Kalyn Fay currently resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Recently, they were awarded an NACF LIFT Fellowship Grant and a First Peoples Fund Artist-in-Business Leadership Fellowship Grant. In 2022, they were featured on the fully Cherokee-language compilation record, “Anvdanelesgi (Performers),” which includes twelve multi-genre Cherokee Nation musicians. Kalyn Fay has released two full-length albums, Bible Belt (2016) and Good Company (2019), with their third record, ᎠᏫᏒᏅ (Garden), slated to release in 2024 under Horton Records (Tulsa, OK). Fay has performed at nationally and internationally acclaimed festivals, such as SXSW, Kerrville Folk Festival, Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, Folk Alliance International, Live in America, FreshGrass Festival, FORMAT Festival, and the Smithsonian’s Folklife Festival.
Kalyn Fay holds an M.F.A. from University of Arkansas (2021), an M.A. from The University of Tulsa (2016), and a B.F.A. from Rogers State University (2012). Kalyn Fay has worked with Peabody Essex Museum, Philbrook Museum of Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, The Momentary, Eiteljorg Museum, The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, amongst other national institutions and international venues for performances, workshops, and creative partnerships.
