THE CEDAR TREE PROJECT
The Cedar Tree Project is a creative platform
that instigates, creates and amplifies Arab/SWANA contemporary art and artists,
inviting deeper understanding, connection, empathy, and engagement
through creative exchange.
Facilitated by Sharon Mansur
Lebanese American creative/curator
Mni Sota Makoce/MN, Dakota homelands
SWANA: Southwest Asian and North African
Some thoughts from a dance perspective, by Nadia Khayrallah
The Cedar Tree Project is a creative platform
that instigates, creates and amplifies Arab/SWANA contemporary art and artists,
inviting deeper understanding, connection, empathy, and engagement
through creative exchange.
Facilitated by Sharon Mansur
Lebanese American creative/curator
Mni Sota Makoce/MN, Dakota homelands
SWANA: Southwest Asian and North African
Some thoughts from a dance perspective, by Nadia Khayrallah
WAYFINDING
Centering Arab/SWANA creatives and their ongoing navigations. Includes new film work by Sharon Mansur & Meryl Zaytoun Murman and an introduction to their Wayfinding project's creative archive.
Also featuring films by Sarah Abdel-Jelil, Yara Boustany, and Brianna Rae Johnson
Food by Almadina in Rochester
Discussion moderated by Cecilia Cornejo Sotelo
5/30/26 @1pm - We are no longer taking reservations but there are still seats available so please join us!
Wayfinding is an ongoing collaborative project instigated by Sharon Mansur and Meryl Zaytoun Murman in 2023. Wayfinding centers questions of home, place, and migration, as well as bodies of water and intersections between environment and social justice through a SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) diasporic lens.
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Save the Date: Saturday, June 27, SHIFT~ performance salon
Wayfinding (for one) with Sharon Mansur, Prairie Island Campground, Winona
Centering Arab/SWANA creatives and their ongoing navigations. Includes new film work by Sharon Mansur & Meryl Zaytoun Murman and an introduction to their Wayfinding project's creative archive.
Also featuring films by Sarah Abdel-Jelil, Yara Boustany, and Brianna Rae Johnson
Food by Almadina in Rochester
Discussion moderated by Cecilia Cornejo Sotelo
5/30/26 @1pm - We are no longer taking reservations but there are still seats available so please join us!
Wayfinding is an ongoing collaborative project instigated by Sharon Mansur and Meryl Zaytoun Murman in 2023. Wayfinding centers questions of home, place, and migration, as well as bodies of water and intersections between environment and social justice through a SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) diasporic lens.
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Save the Date: Saturday, June 27, SHIFT~ performance salon
Wayfinding (for one) with Sharon Mansur, Prairie Island Campground, Winona
Image: Sharon Mansur's left hand is holding a small bright green leaf at the water's edge, Walden Pond, MA.
Sharon Mansur is a fiscal year 2025 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and culture heritage fund.
THE CEDAR TREE PROJECT STANDS WITH
PALESTINE & LEBANON
Gaza Soup Kitchen
Middle East Children's Alliance
MN Families for Filistin
Palestine Children's Relief Fund
Lebanon Solidarity Collective
Lebanese Food Bank
Animals Lebanon
Artists for Palestine
Haven for Artists
Palestinian Museum Digital Archive
Museum of the Palestinian People
Anti-War Committee
PALESTINE & LEBANON
Gaza Soup Kitchen
Middle East Children's Alliance
MN Families for Filistin
Palestine Children's Relief Fund
Lebanon Solidarity Collective
Lebanese Food Bank
Animals Lebanon
Artists for Palestine
Haven for Artists
Palestinian Museum Digital Archive
Museum of the Palestinian People
Anti-War Committee
1001 Arab Futures
