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Delta Voices Artist Talk
June 26, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Celebrate the art and artists of the Mid-South region during this exciting talk in partnership with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Gain insight into the inspirations, creative processes, and cultural perspectives of this year’s invited Delta Voices artists:
- David Andree (Fayetteville, Arkansas), whose work explores the natural environment through process-driven landscapes
- Mona Cliff (Kansas City, Missouri), a multidisciplinary artist whose beadwork and textiles celebrate Indigenous identity and cultural resilience
- Greta Kresse (Little Rock, Arkansas), whose intimate paintings reflect on human connection and everyday moments
Alongside curators from each museum, hear directly from the artists in an engaging conversation that explores the powerful connections between art, place, and diverse perspectives.
About David Andree
David Andree is an artist whose work explores landscape as a subject of flux through painting, drawing, sculpture, and sound. Attracted to moments of tension between what was, what is, and what will be, David’s work strives to create meaningful abstractions through perpetually chasing the qualities of the fleeting present.
A Minnesota native, David maintains tribal affiliation with the Red Lake Nation of Ojibwe. David holds a Master of Fine Arts from the State University of New York (SUNY), received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), and currently holds the position of Assistant Professor at the School of Art in Fayetteville, AR where he resides in the Ozarks.
He has had work exhibited at the Shirley Fiterman Art Center, Gallery MC and BWAC Gallery in New York City, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Hallwalls, the Big Orbit Gallery, Exhibit-A and the Burchfield Nature and Art Center in upstate New York, The Masur Museum of Art (Monroe, LA), Plains Art Museum (Fargo, ND), Manifest Creative Research Gallery (Cincinnati, OH), in addition to numerous venues around Minneapolis, Minnesota including the Anderson Center, SooVac, Rochester Art Center, Minnesota Museum of American Art, and the Weisman Art Museum.
His work has been included in publications from Friend of the Artist, Manifest Creative Research Gallery (USA), with published works from Sunshine LTD (USA), Dauw (Belgium), Eilean Rec. (France), Herhalen (Scotland) and Touched Music (UK).
David has been invited as Artist in Residence at MacDowell (Peterborough, NH), the Studios at MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA), UCross Foundation (Ucross, WY), Wassaic Project (Wassaic, NY), Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency (Joshua Tree, CA), Works on Water / Underwater New York (New York, NY), I-Park (East Haddam, CT), Hambidge Center (Rabun Gap, GA), Grand Marais Art Colony (Grand Marais, MN), Anderson Center (Red Wing, MN), amongst others.
He is the recipient of an Artist 360 Project Grant from the Mid-America Arts Alliance, an Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, a Creative Climate Award from the Human Impacts Institute, a Juror Award from Ylinka Barotto, Assistant Curator, Guggenheim Museum, and his work is collected by Target Corporation, including private collections throughout Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, and the United Kingdom.
About Mona Cliff
Mona Cliff (Aniiih) b.1977 is a multidisciplinary visual artist. Seedbead beadwork & sewing appliqué have been a primary foundation of her artist practice. Her art practice focuses on how traditional arts are passed down between generations of women, thus influencing culture. Mona pursues the concepts of generational knowledge while exploring other topics such as native futurism and contemporary indigenous identity.
She recently concluded a commissioned work for the newly built Kansas City International Airport. A beaded piece that spans 17 feet. Her work can also be seen at the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles included in the Future Imaginaries exhibition, which will be on display until 2026. She is preparing for several solo exhibits in 2025 and 2026.
Mona is married and has three children. She currently resides in Lawrence, Kansas. Mona Cliff is an enrolled member of the Gros Ventre tribe (A’aninin/Nakota Nations).
About Greta Kresse
Greta Kresse (b. 1999, Little Rock, AR) is a plein-air painter based in Fayetteville, AR. She received her BA from Hendrix College and is pursuing an MFA at the University of Arkansas, supplementing her education through programs at the New York Studio School and The Mount Gretna School of Art. Kresse teaches workshops at the Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas.
Working primarily in oils, she creates vibrant narrative paintings that explore human connection within the Southern landscape, particularly focusing on intimate scenes along Arkansas rivers. Her documentary-style approach captures moments of profound connection between community members, investigating themes of isolation, beauty, and love in the American South. Drawing inspiration from regional poetry and direct observation, Kresse’s work proposes comfort and connection as forms of resistance, presenting authentic representations of her community.
Delta Voices Artist Talk is supported in part by the Alice L. Walton Foundation.
Photo of Mona Cliff by Jason Dailey.
