SHIFT~ a performance salon presents BLUE AWAKEN/ings: Mary Jo Klinker & Sharon Mansur
Friday | September 9 | 7 pm
Levee Park
mansurdance.com/shift
Join Winona based activist/scholar Mary Jo Klinker & dance/interdisciplinary artist Sharon Mansur for Blue Awaken/ings: a dance performance and feminist exploration of Maggie Nelson’s book Bluets. This is the second of three outdoor in person SHIFT~ performance salons during 2022, curated by Mansur, and will take place Friday, September 9th @ 7pm CST (Raindate: Sunday, September, 11th @ 7pm CST). Experience a wandering performance through Levee Park. The event will start at the climbing boulders by Walnut Street, move to the circle stage, and end down by the river. Audience members are invited to wear blue and/or bring a blue object!
SHIFT~ performance salon
What: BLUE AWAKEN/ings: Mary Jo Klinker & Sharon Mansur
When: Friday, September 9, 2022 @ 7pm CST (Rain date: Sunday, September 11 @7pm CST)
Where: Levee Park, Winona, MN, Dakota land
Starting at the climbing boulders by Walnut Street and ending down by the river
Note: Contains mature themes
ADMISSION: FREE, no reservations needed.
MORE INFO: facebook.com/SHIFT.
IN PERSON EVENT GUIDELINES
Note: Contains mature themes
You are invited to wear blue and/or bring a blue object!
Wear comfortable walking shoes and bring a lawnchair or blanket for your seating comfort.
The event will be about one hour in duration, including a brief audience discussion.
For audience accommodation requests and other questions: sharonmansur@gmail.com.
BACKGROUND
SHIFT~ a performance salon, started in 2016 by Sharon Mansur, is an informal and intimate interdisciplinary creative platform primarily for Winona area female, BIPOC and/or Queer artists. SHIFT~ encourages artists to test out ideas, experiment, engage audiences in conversation, and further the development of contemporary art practices in our community. SHIFT~ supports creativity, collaboration and innovation, and making those processes accessible through public performance and engagement.
BIOS
Mary Jo Klinker (she|they) is a long time member of grassroots labor, anti-imperial, and rural social movements, which fuels her commitments as an activist scholar and teacher of feminist and queer studies.
Sharon Mansur (she/her) is a SWANA/Arab American dance and interdisciplinary experimental artist, educator, curator, and community mover and shaker based in Winona, MN, Dakota land. She loves creating artistic opportunities for people to connect and engage. Sharon is currently the director of The Cedar Tree Project, amplifying regional, national and international creative voices from the SWANA/Arab diaspora, and curator of SHIFT~ performance salons.
SUPPORT
Sharon Mansur is a fiscal year 2022 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 by the Minnesota State Legislature; and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Additional support for the September SHIFT~ is provided by the Winona Outdoor Collaborative. Mission: The Winona Outdoor Collaborative seeks to promote inclusion and accessibility through community partnerships and educational programming directed at reducing barriers to outdoor recreation. www.
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Photo caption: Left a woman looks into the camera with a river scene behind her. Right a woman smiles into the camera with a field behind her.
Sharon Mansur is a member of the River Arts Alliance. To learn more about the benefits of membership, please visit: riverartsalliance.org/membership/.