Mona Cliff (Aniiih) is a multidisciplinary indigenous visual artist. She explores the subject of contemporary Native American identity and culture through her use of traditional Native crafting methods including seed bead embroidery and fabric applique. Mona earned a BFA in printmaking from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. She is currently working on a commissioned installation for the Kansas City Museum, where she is incorporating seed beads as a way to work in harmony and honor nature’s forms. Mona is married and has 3 children ages 10, 11 and 13 years old. She is an enrolled member of the Gros Ventre tribe (A'aninin/Nakota Nations), and is Frozen Clan (Aniiih) of Ft. Belknap, Mont.www.monacliff.com/