We’ve chosen a trajectory as a form of expression, which accentuates a place by physically tracing a line through it. ~Francesco Careri, Walkscapes: walking as an aesthetic practice
tracings: a creative walking project
created by Sharon Mansur
This project started evolving in early 2023 as a curiosity. Exploring walking as a creative act, merging my love of the outdoors and art. Illuminating the art in the everyday. To harken back to my childhood wanderings and getting lost on purpose. To my Judson Church modern dance lineage. And connecting to a rich history of walking artists around the world. Paying closer attention to this universal pedestrian action. We ambulate from place to place, here and there, and through that simple process often find meaning in our lives, our landscapes and ourselves.
created by Sharon Mansur
This project started evolving in early 2023 as a curiosity. Exploring walking as a creative act, merging my love of the outdoors and art. Illuminating the art in the everyday. To harken back to my childhood wanderings and getting lost on purpose. To my Judson Church modern dance lineage. And connecting to a rich history of walking artists around the world. Paying closer attention to this universal pedestrian action. We ambulate from place to place, here and there, and through that simple process often find meaning in our lives, our landscapes and ourselves.
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tracings: solo walking practice
photo: Sharon Mansur, Walden Pond,, Concord, MA
photo: Sharon Mansur, Walden Pond,, Concord, MA
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tracings: 1:1 walks
photo: Sharon Mansur, Flyway Trail, Winona, MN |
tracings: guided group creative nature walks
co-presented with the Winona Outdoor Collaborative
Saturday, September 9, 2023
Aghaming Park & Flyway Trail, Latsch Island, Winona, MN, Dakota Land
Tuning in to the body, nature, and walking as a creative act
Facilitated by dance artist Sharon Mansur, with WOC’s Executive Director Alexa Shapiro
photos: Sydney Swanson/InSite Arts & Healing., Aghaming Park
co-presented with the Winona Outdoor Collaborative
Saturday, September 9, 2023
Aghaming Park & Flyway Trail, Latsch Island, Winona, MN, Dakota Land
Tuning in to the body, nature, and walking as a creative act
Facilitated by dance artist Sharon Mansur, with WOC’s Executive Director Alexa Shapiro
photos: Sydney Swanson/InSite Arts & Healing., Aghaming Park
tracings:
dance film screening & community sharing
co-presented with the Frozen River Film Festival
Saturday, October 7 @2pm
Winona Arts Center
tracings dance/art film premiere, with director of photography Sydney Swanson
Sneak peek into tracings creative process, guest speaker Marty Walsh with the Minnesota Driftless Hiking Trail, and more!
photo: Sydney Swanson/InSite Arts & Healing, pictured: Mansur (L) and Eileen Moeller, FRFF Director (r)
dance film screening & community sharing
co-presented with the Frozen River Film Festival
Saturday, October 7 @2pm
Winona Arts Center
tracings dance/art film premiere, with director of photography Sydney Swanson
Sneak peek into tracings creative process, guest speaker Marty Walsh with the Minnesota Driftless Hiking Trail, and more!
photo: Sydney Swanson/InSite Arts & Healing, pictured: Mansur (L) and Eileen Moeller, FRFF Director (r)
tracings: YES! House residency
Summer 2023
Granite Falls, MN
www.theyeshouse.org/events/tracings-a-creative-walk
photo: Luwaina Al-Otaibi, Memorial Park, Granite Falls, MN
Summer 2023
Granite Falls, MN
www.theyeshouse.org/events/tracings-a-creative-walk
photo: Luwaina Al-Otaibi, Memorial Park, Granite Falls, MN
tracings: Lanesboro Arts residency
Winter 2023
https://lanesboroarts.org/artist-residency-program/bipoc-residency/pilot/
photo: Sharon Mansur, Sylvan Park, Lanesboro, MN
Winter 2023
https://lanesboroarts.org/artist-residency-program/bipoc-residency/pilot/
photo: Sharon Mansur, Sylvan Park, Lanesboro, MN
…the subject of walking is, in some sense, about how we invest universal acts with particular meanings. Like eating or breathing, it can be invested with wildly different cultural meanings, from the erotic to the spiritual, from the revolutionary to the artistic. ~Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking
This activity is made possible through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council in cooperation with a private foundation.
The development of Mansur's tracings: creative walking project has also been generously supported by residencies at Lanesboro Arts and The YES! House in Granite Falls, MN; local community partners: The Winona Outdoor Collaborative, Winona Arts Center and Frozen River Film Festival; and film mentors Cecilia Cornejo and Andrea Shake
Header Image: still from video by Sydney Swanson/inSite Arts & Healing, bluff side Park, Winona, MN
The development of Mansur's tracings: creative walking project has also been generously supported by residencies at Lanesboro Arts and The YES! House in Granite Falls, MN; local community partners: The Winona Outdoor Collaborative, Winona Arts Center and Frozen River Film Festival; and film mentors Cecilia Cornejo and Andrea Shake
Header Image: still from video by Sydney Swanson/inSite Arts & Healing, bluff side Park, Winona, MN
