Thank you for considering a contribution to the Morris Performing Arts Center and the Raclin Murphy Encore Center. Your support will allow us to make significant progress toward ensuring the next 100 years of fulfillment through the arts for the next generation.
The Morris Performing Arts Center has a rich history of vast community support. In fact, it’s been a collection of motivated, arts-loving citizens who have stepped in to save and keep the Morris for South Bend that allows us to celebrate 100 years and look toward the next 100 together.
The Next 100 Years
Morris Performing Arts Center
Whatever lies outside the walls of the Morris Performing Arts Center, here it feels like magic. Through the foresight and gift of Ella Morris, we can offer the community the ability to explore different worlds, places, and times. Your patronage is what allows future generations to take in the wonder of the arts.
Raclin Murphy Encore Center
The Raclin Murphy Encore Center will house the Equity in the Arts program space as well as a sensory room, two lobby areas, a lounge, kiosks to purchase tickets and other amenities to make your time at the Morris an unforgettable experience.
Equity in the Arts
Equity in the Arts means You no matter your background or where you are from, the Morris Performing Arts Center Raclin Murphy Encore Center, and the Equity in the Arts space open its doors to all members of our community, offering artistic programs, creative experience, and dialogue about the human experience. Many of our offerings are free, and the focus is on giving YOU opportunities to experience the cultural dynamic of our community.
Equity in the Arts Programs:
- South Bend High School Music Festival
- Manuscripts in May
- Festival of Dance/Residency
- Sole Art Competition
- South Bend Summer Movie Musical Sing-Along
- Dia de Los Muertos
- Gallery exhibitions featuring local artists, student art
Gifts to the Morris 100 are 501c3 eligible through the VPA Foundation and are tax-deductible for our contributors.
To contribute to this important campaign, please fill out the form below. Should you have any questions, please contact Amy Roush at 574-235-9372 or [email protected]
If you’d like to contribute via personal check, please use the following instructions:
Morris 100
Attn: Amy Roush
301 S. St. Louis Blvd. South Bend, IN 46617
If you’d like to contribute via a donor advised fund, please use the following instructions:
Tax ID: 27-3843043
Name: Venues Parks & Arts Foundation
Address: 301 S. St. Louis Blvd. South Bend, IN 46617
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