THE CEDAR TREE PROJECT
The Cedar Tree Project is a creative platform
that supports and amplifies Arab/SWANA contemporary art and artists,
inviting deeper understanding, empathy and engagement through creative exchange.
Facilitated by Sharon Mansur
Minnesota based Lebanese American artist/curator
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
The Cedar Tree Project is a creative platform
that supports and amplifies Arab/SWANA contemporary art and artists,
inviting deeper understanding, empathy and engagement through creative exchange.
Facilitated by Sharon Mansur
Minnesota based Lebanese American artist/curator
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

Stay tuned for 2025 updates
2024 McKnight International Choreographer Residency
with Meryl Zaytoun Murman
Residency partner: Sharon Mansur/The Cedar Tree Project
Artists: Gloria Alicia Alatorre, Mary Lee Eischen, Sharon Mansur, Marcia Ratliff, Zil Ricker
Hosted by Prairie Island Campground, Winona, MN, Dakota land
The McKnight Residency in Minnesota is made possible by the McKnight International Choreographer Residency Program,
funded by the McKnight Foundation and administered by ArtSpace.
June 18th screening of NeitherHEREnorTHERE dance film: Sharon Mansur is a fiscal year 2023 recipient of a Creative Support for 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 fund.
This collaboration between Meryl Zaytoun Murman and Sharon Mansur was also supported by a Forecast Public Art Mid-Career Professional Development grant with funding from The McKnight Foundation, and Winona community partners: Art of the Rural, Prairie Island Campground, and Theatre du Mississippi.
pictured; Meryl Zaytoun Murman
THE CEDAR TREE PROJECT STANDS WITH PALESTINE & LEBANON
Middle East Children's Alliance: www.mecaforpeace.org/
MN Families for Filistin: https://linktr.ee/mnfams4palestine
Palestine Children's Relief Fund: https://www.pcrf.net/
Lebanon Solidarity Collective: https://chuffed.org/project/lebanonsolidarity
Animals Lebanon: https://www.animalslebanon.org/
Artists for Palestine: https://art4palestine.org/
Palestinian Museum Digital Archive: https://palarchive.org/
Museum of the Palestinian People: https://mpp-dc.org/
Middle East Children's Alliance: www.mecaforpeace.org/
MN Families for Filistin: https://linktr.ee/mnfams4palestine
Palestine Children's Relief Fund: https://www.pcrf.net/
Lebanon Solidarity Collective: https://chuffed.org/project/lebanonsolidarity
Animals Lebanon: https://www.animalslebanon.org/
Artists for Palestine: https://art4palestine.org/
Palestinian Museum Digital Archive: https://palarchive.org/
Museum of the Palestinian People: https://mpp-dc.org/
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