Sharon Mansur

“The grant was a wonderful surprise. It was such amazing timing as I’m right now working on how to support other creatives.”

Sharon Mansur is a dance and interdisciplinary experimental artist, educator, curator, and community builder of Lebanese heritage based in Winona, Mni Sota Makoce/Minnesota, Dakota land. Her creative practices weave movement making, improvisation, visual environments, food, and site-situated/responsive art to offer multi-sensory and immersive experiences rooted in body, imagination, and environment. She loves creating artistic opportunities for people from all walks of life to connect and engage.

Sharon lives and works in a rural area and appreciates how much she can see from right where she is. “It keeps me growing and I can pass it along, which keeps our community growing and learning, too.”

Sharon thinks of funding as a continuous path forward. “Rather than ‘I’m going to spend this amount and then we’re done for the year,’ it’s ‘how could those funds perhaps be invested to continue to grow and support?’ I’d like to use this opportunity to engage in more questions about funding and what that means or could look like. Let’s dream big. I’d love to just keep dreaming.” 

Learn more about Sharon’s dance and movement art here and here.