THE CEDAR TREE PROJECT
The Cedar Tree Project amplifies art and artists of the SWANA/Arab diaspora,
inviting deeper understanding, empathy and engagement
through artistic exchange.
2023-2024
Motion State
Engaging broader awareness and engagement
regarding the concept of diaspora through creative workshops and film
Directed by Sharon Mansur
Fall 2023/Winter 2024
Supported by the Minnesota State Arts Board
with partners Michelle Baroody, film curator, and the Frozen River Film Festival
Wayfinding (working title)
Directed collaboration with Meryl Zaytoun Murman,
2023-2024
Supported by a Forecast Public Art mid-career professional development grant
Research in preparation for Wayfinding, a multi-media public art project
in Winona, Minnesota during summer 2024.
The McKnight Residency in Minnesota is made possible by the McKnight International Choreographer Residency Program, funded by the McKnight Foundation and administered by The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts.
https://forecastpublicart.org/portfolio/mansur-murman/
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*SWANA: Southwest Asia & North Africa
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/
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1001 Arab Futures