Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Dance Artist Sharon Mansur will create and perform in "In Between," a new dance film set in Winona, MN. Mansur will increase her skills in this genre, making her work more accessible to a wider and more diverse audience.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Officer at -Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Ramona Jacobs: Owner and director of Fergus Falls School of Dance; Heather Klopchin: Associate professor and chair of St Olaf College dance department; Sachiko Nishiuchi: Flamenco dancer and instructor; Arts Board grantee; Akiko Ostlund: Dancer, performing artist, poet, puppeteer, and activist; Naimah Petigny: Dancer; PhD candidate in feminist studies at the U of M; Michele Rusinko: Professor and chair of department of theater and dance, Gustavus Adolphus College; April Sellers: Dancer, choreographer; artistic director of The April Sellers Dance Collective; Linda Shapiro: Founder and former artistic codirector of New Dance Ensemble, director of New Dance Laboratory, and faculty member, department of theatre and dance, University of Minnesota; freelance writer; Chitra Vairavan: Dancer and choreographer; founding member of Ananya Dance Theatre
ACHF Arts Access
Sharon Mansur will further her dance filmmaking skills by creating In Between, a 20-30 minute film set in Winona, with videography by BodyCartography. Screening discussion notes, and feedback forms from screenings and workshops and artist participant interviews, and dance filmmaker professional critiques, and 2019 film festival invitations.
Sharon Mansur created and edited 'In the space between' a site-specific experimental dance film set in Winona, Minnesota, shot by BodyCartography. Screening discussion notes, 98 surveys from film screenings and workshops, four artist participant interviews, three dance filmmaker critiques, and upcoming screening at Frozen River Film Festival, Winona, Minnesota.
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