The Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC) is pleased to announce Sharon Mansur as its new Outreach and Accessibility Manager. In this newly created position, Mansur will work to expand SEMAC's reach and ensure its programs and services are accessible to all communities across the region's eleven counties.
Based in Winona, Mansur is an acclaimed dancer, choreographer, and multimedia artist who also has extensive experience in arts administration, education, and community engagement. Her background includes work with Dance Place in Washington, DC, BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange in New York, and several local organizations including the Frozen River Film Festival and Art of the Rural in Winona. She currently directs The Cedar Tree Project, a creative platform supporting Arab contemporary artists.
"Sharon’s background as an individual artist who has received multiple grants, fellowships, residencies, and other support for her work, as well as her experience as an educator, arts administrator, and community organizer make her an ideal person to take on this new position at SEMAC,” says Anastasia Shartin, Executive Director of SEMAC. "Throughout its nearly 50-year history, SEMAC has had a two-person staff, making this a significant step for the organization and one that I hope will expand and deepen our impact throughout the region. Sharon’s commitment to supporting artists and to engaging rural communities through the arts will help SEMAC achieve these goals."
In this new position, Mansur will focus on developing partnerships, advancing accessibility initiatives, and creating professional development opportunities for artists and arts organizations across the region.
SEMAC activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
SEMAC serves these eleven southeastern Minnesota counties: Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona.
For more information about SEMAC, visit semac.org or contact the office at 507-281-4848.
