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Arts Club of Chicago Event Features Ray Johnson’s Link to Sybil Shearer Home Page NewsNews

Arts Club of Chicago Event Features Ray Johnson’s Link to Sybil Shearer

On Thursday, September 15, Jenny Harris, COSI Research Fellow for Modern and Contemporary Art at The Art Institute of Chicago presented a talk on her research into the fascinating connections between the seminal Pop Art figure, Ray Johnson, and Sybil Shearer. Her investigation was inspired by the acquisition of a…
Amy Jeppsen
September 15, 2023
John Neumeier in Conversation Home Page NewsNews

John Neumeier in Conversation

Milwaukee-born JOHN NEUMEIER has been the Director and Chief Choreographer of the Hamburg Ballet since 1973. Yet his dance career and formative training took place in mid-century Chicago, most notably with modern dancer Sybil Shearer and the Stone-Camryn Ballet. This video documents a conversation between Mr. Neumeier and dance scholars…
Amy Jeppsen
May 18, 2023
Art Institute of Chicago Purchases Ray Johnson Moticos and Ephemera from the Foundation Home Page NewsNews

Art Institute of Chicago Purchases Ray Johnson Moticos and Ephemera from the Foundation

It was an astonishing find in the attic of the Morrison-Shearer Foundation back in 2013. There it was; a pristine collection of Ray Johnson “moticos” tucked inside their original envelope with the postmark December 30, 1955. With this discovery, the exciting times of Sybil Shearer and Helen Morrison’s connection to…
Amy Jeppsen
February 12, 2022
A Space to Create Home Page NewsNews

A Space to Create

A Space to Create is a visually stunning, poetic and complex sixteen-minute film that tells the remarkable story of Sybil Shearer and Helen Balfour Morrison. As artful as the work of these two artists themselves, the film itself is in motion and exquisitely complements the visuals of Helen Balfour Morrison…
Kevin Sender
December 31, 2021
Space to Move News

Space to Move

Join us on September, 18, 2021, for this FREE EVENT on National Dance Day, as we celebrate the opening of the Studio House of Dance and Music, The Sybil Shearer Studio. The 2,500 square-foot new construction offers accessible, state-of-the-art spaces for dancers, choreographers, and musicians, and enhances our ability to promote dance in…
Kevin Sender
September 18, 2021
Through the Morrison-Shearer Foundation, dance maverick Sybil Shearer continues to enrich Chicago dance NewsSpotlight

Through the Morrison-Shearer Foundation, dance maverick Sybil Shearer continues to enrich Chicago dance

Chicagoland’s dance community has an important and enduring friend in dance maverick Sybil Shearer and the Morrison-Shearer Foundation. The Foundation, established in 1991, perpetuates the legacy of dancer/choreographer Shearer and collaborator/photographer Helen Balfour Morrison as an inspiration for new creativity in the arts by providing grants, the Sybil Shearer Fellowship…
Kevin Sender
June 4, 2021
Morrison-Shearer Foundation Names Scott Lundius New Executive Director News

Morrison-Shearer Foundation Names Scott Lundius New Executive Director

The Morrison-Shearer Foundation (MSF) has named SCOTT LUNDIUS as the new Executive Director effective immediately. Lundius will serve as the program and grant manager, ambassador and day-to-day point person for the foundation. His appointment comes at an exciting time for MSF following a recent restructuring of the board and as…
Kevin Sender
June 4, 2021
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