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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
MSF Names Alida Szabo New Board Chair Replacing Carol Doty, Shayne Bullen Named New Vice Chair News

MSF Names Alida Szabo New Board Chair Replacing Carol Doty, Shayne Bullen Named New Vice Chair

The Morrison-Shearer Foundation (MSF) has named ALIDA SZABO as its new Board Chair, succeeding CAROL DOTY who, after retiring from the Morton Arboretum, joined the MSF Board in 2002 and has served as its Chair since 2006. “Carol is leaving some big shoes to fill, but having served on the Foundation Board prior to…
Kevin Sender
March 31, 2021
$1.5 million grant supports construction of studio named for, inspired by famed Northbrook dancer News

$1.5 million grant supports construction of studio named for, inspired by famed Northbrook dancer

Construction paused recently to celebrate work on the new Studio House of Dance and Music, home to what will be the new Sybil Shearer Studio on the Ragdale campus in Lake Forest. In December, Northbrook's Morrison-Shearer Foundation provided a $1.5 million grant to the Ragdale Foundation to support construction of…
Kevin Sender
March 31, 2021
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