THE CEDAR TREE PROJECT
The Cedar Tree Project presents, supports and amplifies
contemporary art and artists of Arab/SWANA heritage and regions,
inviting deeper understanding, empathy and engagement through creative exchange.
Facilitated by Minnesota based Lebanese American artist Sharon Mansur
The Cedar Tree Project presents, supports and amplifies
contemporary art and artists of Arab/SWANA heritage and regions,
inviting deeper understanding, empathy and engagement through creative exchange.
Facilitated by Minnesota based Lebanese American artist Sharon Mansur
SWANA: Southwest Asian and North African
Some thoughts from a dance perspective, by Nadia Khayrallah:
https://www.dance.nyc/programs/jcomm/blog/2019/02/Middle-Eastern-Arab-Why-That-Matters-and-more/and
UPCOMING
2024 McKnight International Choreographer Residency
with Meryl Zaytoun Murman
Performance dates: June 25-26, 2024
Prairie Island Campground
Full schedule:
www.mcknightdancechoreo.org/international-artist
Residency partner: Sharon Mansur/The Cedar Tree Project
Meryl Zaytoun Murman is a Lebanese American choreographer and filmmaker,
and a permanent resident of Thessaloniki, Greece
More on Meryl: www.merylmurman.me/
This creative residency will include workshops, a guided somatic nature walk. a creative conversation and SWANA focused short film sharing, and the premiere of a new, site-specific, outdoor performance along the Mississippi River in Winona, at Prairie Island Campground , Dakota land.
This premiere will feature five Winona based dance and interdisciplinary artists: Gloria Alatorre,
Mary Lee Eischen, Sharon Mansur, Marcia Ratliff & Zil Ricker.
The McKnight Residency in Minnesota is made possible by the McKnight International Choreographer Residency Program, funded by the
McKnight Foundation and administered by ArtSpace.
Creative research by Sharon Mansur & Meryl Murman was supported by a 2023 Forecast Public Art Mid-Career Professional Development grant.
Winona community partners: Art of the Rural, Theatre du Mississippi.
Photo credit: Craig Mulcahy
THE CEDAR TREE PROJECT STANDS WITH PALESTINE
Artists for Palestine
https://art4palestine.org/
MN Artists4Ceasefire
www.mnartists4ceasefire.org
Palestine Children's Relief Fund
https://www.pcrf.net/
Middle East Children's Alliance
www.mecaforpeace.org/
Write to Congress: Ceasefire Now
www.gazaispalestine.com/take-action
Palestinian Museum Digital Archive
https://palarchive.org/
Museum of the Palestinian People
https://mpp-dc.org/
https://art4palestine.org/
MN Artists4Ceasefire
www.mnartists4ceasefire.org
Palestine Children's Relief Fund
https://www.pcrf.net/
Middle East Children's Alliance
www.mecaforpeace.org/
Write to Congress: Ceasefire Now
www.gazaispalestine.com/take-action
Palestinian Museum Digital Archive
https://palarchive.org/
Museum of the Palestinian People
https://mpp-dc.org/
1001 Arab Futures