2022 marked the South Bend Museum of Art’s 75th year of serving our communities. We are proud of the role we play in building the foundations for a healthy community. In my short time here, listening to our members, our visitors, our faculty, our students, our board members, and our staff, I hear and see our SBMA communities thriving.  

From our passionate ceramics studio artists to the Ekphrastic poetry event to over one thousand 5th grade visitors, I hear and see how engaging with our collections and exhibitions, practicing art, and teaching art is transforming individuals through their engagement with others–a peer, a teacher, a staff member, a stranger.     

Art is at the heart of these conversations.  I am asking each of you to support our future through membership and corporate and individual sponsorship.  

Join the movement!  As a free museum, SBMA relies on the generosity of those passionate about art for support.

Thank you for your support, Lisa Shaffer