THE CEDAR TREE PROJECT

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The Cedar Tree Project presents, supports and amplifies
 Southwest Asian and North African/Arab contemporary art and artists,
inviting deeper understanding,  empathy ​and engagement 
through artistic exchange. 

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/

Write to Congress: Ceasefire Now
https://www.gazaispalestine.com/take-action

Palestinian Museum Digital Archive
https://palarchive.org/
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SWANA:
​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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“We’re living in a time where there are challenging and complicated questions, misconceptions and sociopolitical concerns regarding the SWANA region and people.  As an artist/curator I am thrilled to have the opportunity to welcome artists from the richly diverse SWANA diaspora to our rural community in Minnesota, 
and offer a range of perspectives, questions, narratives and invitations. “
~ Sharon Mansur

"...while Sharon has lived in Washington DC in the aftermath of 9/11, and created work that meditates on the erasures, violence, and misunderstandings directed toward Arab individuals, her recent work has brought those opportunities for experience and exchange to the rural upper Midwest – and has opened up a space for folks beyond the city
​to sit more deeply, more intimately, with racial and cultural difference."
~Matthew Fluharty, Art of the Rural
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Cedars of Lebanon photo by Sharon Mansur (2018)

THE CEDAR TREE PROJECT
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CURATOR
​Sharon Mansur

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Community meals, workshops, artist residencies, discussions and more....

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