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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 SenderJune 4, 2021

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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 SenderJune 4, 2021

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Please join us June 16 as we gather to celebrate dance, conversation, and music under the stars at Ragdale

Monthly Ragdale Ring Events on June 16th, July 15th and August 19th, lead up to our opening celebration of the Sybil Shearer Studio on September 18th ! We hope to see you there!

Kevin SenderMay 16, 2021

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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 SenderMarch 31, 2021

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$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 SenderMarch 31, 2021

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Celebrating the Construction of the Studio House of Dance and Music

The Groundbreaking event at Ragdale for the construction of the Studio of Music and Dance/Sybil Shearer Studio at Ragdale was a long awaited and exciting day! The Chairman of the Ragdale Board who led the event, and our Board of Trustee members who attended, are: Barbra Shumann, Treasurer Brian Schaeffer,…

Kevin SenderMarch 16, 2021

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Our People

More than once in its evolution, the Morrison-Shearer Foundation has been fortunate to have just the right person appear with the very talents we need at that moment. In November, 2011, we were nearing the end of our five-year Strategic Plan and needed to find a new Foundation Manager. We…

Kevin SenderDecember 31, 2020

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The Sybil Shearer Studio at Ragdale

After several years of working closely with the Ragdale Foundation, the Sybil Shearer Studio at Ragdale is underway in Lake Forest. The MSF gift of 1.5 million dollars is significant at a time when arts funding is floundering, and makes it possible for the development of both the dance studio and an…

Kevin SenderDecember 31, 2020

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Leaving Her Own Legacy, Carol Doty Retires

After serving MSF as a Trustee since 2002 and Chair since 2006, it is poignant to be making my last report to you before my retirement at the end of this year. I met Sybil in 1993, not through dance, but through our mutual interest in Jens Jensen and The Clearing, his…

Kevin SenderDecember 15, 2020

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MSF Launches a New Website

Another longtime project is the new MSF website, launched in November, 2020, thanks to our graphic designer, Amy Jeppsen Stern, along with Carol Doty, Sue Boléa, and Corinne Pierog. Besides calling attention to current Foundation activities, the site is intentionally deep in content about Sybil, Helen, and their legacies. Until now, research…

Kevin SenderNovember 20, 2020