Miah Chalfant
Hc 42 box 515
Busby, Montana 59016
littlebeautifulwomandesigns@gmail.com
shewhomakesmarks.com
Education:
2022-Present BFA Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
(expected May 2025).
Professional Experience:
2024 Traditional art demonstration, Gallup Cultural Center, Gallup, New Mexico.
Live demonstration hide painting, Edward Curtis Legacy Foundation Event,
Abiquiu, New Mexico.
Cultural artisan and featured presenter, Yellowstone Forever, Gardner, MT
2023 Studio Hand, IAIA Master’s Program, Santa Fe, New Mexico (Assisted MFA
students with final projects and installation.)
2021 Program Coordinator, Northern Cheyenne Boys and Girls Club, Lamedeer, MT
(Created a socially distanced learning program about historical landmarks and tribal history on the reservation.)
2019 Tribal Historic Preservation Intern, Northern Cheyenne THPO, Lamedeer, MT
(Assisted in preparation for remains to be brought back and traditionally cared for, created presentations for tribal council on important historical sites.)
Markets:
2024 Estes Park First People’s Market, Estes Park, CO
2023 Indigenous Made Montana Market, Butte, MT
2023 Antelope Butte Music and Art Summit, Antelope Butte, WY
2023 Boots and Beads, Billings, MT
2023 Montana Folk Festival First People’s Market, Butte, MT
Commissions:
2024 Northern Cheyenne star story notebook cover, NASA Grant Montana State
University and Chief Dull Knife College.
Summer Program Logo, Sacred Youth Foundation.
2023 Custom painted French doors, 12 doors each different designs, 100+ years old
from historic santa fe building, acrylic, and glass paint.
Private Collection Ledger Art Commission, Missoula Roots, Gouache, Gold Leaf on an antique map of Montana, custom frame.
Public Art Collection Missoula Clinic, Braiding Sweetgrass, Multi-Media with
sweetgrass braid, Custom Frame.
Media:
2024 Shawnee Real Bird, Carrying Dreams Into Reality, Edward Curtis Legacy
Foundation, (Painted Hides.)
2021 Amber Smith, The Future of Agriculture, On Land by Western Land Owners
Alliance, (Interviewed about agriculture, art, and community.)
Artist Talks:
2024 Women In Ranching, Artist Talk, Virtual Confluence.
2023 Women In Ranching, Artist Talk, Red Lodge, MT.
2023 Northern Cheyenne Language Summit, Artist Talk, Birney, MT.
Media:
2024 “Stories Retold in Tallow and Water” Miah Chalfant, Yes! Media digital and
physical magazine spread.
“Carrying Dreams Into Reality” Shawnee Real Bird, Edward Curtis Legacy
Foundation.
Skills:
2023-Present Traditional Hide Painting, Elk and Bison, Natural Pigments.
2018-Present Contemporary Ledger Art, Antique Paper.
2017-Present Acrylic Painting