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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…

Newberry Library Fellowships APRIL, 2020 Two Newberry Library Fellowships were funded by MSF for a study in 2021. The Newberry has presented the project as “The Edifying and Elusive Gestures of Great Americans,” an examination of Helen Balfour Morrison’s “Great Americans” portraits. Goals for this research include being featured in two publications,…

“The Legacy of Chicago Dance” exhibition opens APRIL 2019 , THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY OF CHICAGO “The Legacy of Chicago Dance” opened in April in the Newberry Library’s newly renovated first floor exhibition area, displaying the wide range of the Library’s dance holdings. While it focuses on Chicago and Midwest dance…