Summer 2024 Exhibition with Chelsea Kaiah and Noelle Phares

BOULDER, CO - Tracking Time is a two-person exhibition featuring newly commissioned work by painter Noelle Phares and multi-disciplinary artist Chelsea Kaiah. The work on view situates two different interpretations of our evolving relationship to the natural world through the lenses of environmental studies and Native American cosmology, respectively.  The exhibition runs from May 23 to September 2, 2024 at Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art.

Anchored by seven personally relevant sites along the Colorado River, Phares translates the human impact on land and water in her signature painting style. Kaiah employs recurring materials associated with her indigenous hunting practice, including animal hides and blue plastic tarps, to reinvent traditional Ute and Apache symbolism. 

Each body of work serves as a map to help navigate the current conversation around our ecological crisis and as a reflection of our interrelated past, present, and future.

More info on the exhibition and programs here.

Opening Reception
Thursday, May 23
6 - 8pm, Pay From Your Heart

Press Tour
Wednesday, May 29
9 - 10am
Join our curator, Jane Burke, for a personal tour of the show and opportunities to take photos. Refreshments served. (Please RSVP to Jennifer)

Artist Talk & Tour with Noelle Phares and Natalie M. Collar, Ph.D.
Thursday, June 20
6 - 7:30pm
$15/10 members; $5 student

Rawhide Painting Class with Chelsea Kaiah & Akalei Brown
Saturday, July 20
1 - 3pm
$50/45 members