Imagine Morrisville | A Community Arts Center for Morrisville, PA

Why Morrisville

A river town with a long story, and room for its next chapter.

Morrisville is older than the nation. It has been a crossing, a canal town and a home to champions. What it has never had is a place built for the arts, where a neighbor can see a show, take a class, hang a painting or rehearse with friends without leaving town.

Imagine Morrisville began in 2019 with a simple question: what could Morrisville become if the community led the conversation? More than 150 conversations later, the answer is clear. People want a place to gather and create, here at home.

Who we are

An illustration of the Delaware Canal towpath in autumn

What we’re building

The Morrisville Community Arts Center

A permanent cultural anchor for the borough, designed for everyone: families, artists, young people, local businesses and neighbors.

A performance hall

More than 300 seats for theater, music, dance and community gatherings.

A visual arts gallery

Rotating exhibitions and a showcase for the artists who live and work here.

Studios and classrooms

Space to teach, learn and make, with programs for young people and seniors.

A café

A daily gathering place where neighbors run into each other.

Rooms for everything else

Flexible, multipurpose rooms for rehearsals, meetings, celebrations and events.

For the whole community

Shaped by the people who will use it, and open to everyone in Morrisville.

See the plan

Where we are

From a conversation to a plan

2019The conversation began

150+Community conversations

300+Seats planned

Phase 2Facility planning underway

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The community spoke.More than 150 conversations with residents, artists, small business owners and families.
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The study was done.A Phase 1 feasibility study by DLR Group, supported by a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, found the center is needed and can be sustained.
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The board came together.A volunteer board of neighbors, aligned on how this will be governed, funded and cared for over the long term.
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Now: planning the building.Phase 2 facility planning is underway, and the search for the right site has begun.

The Founding Campaign

Founding supporters are helping take Morrisville from plan to building.

The Founding Campaign is underway, led by neighbors who believe this town deserves a home for the arts. If you would like to learn more, or to be part of it, we would love to talk with you.

Talk with us Ways to give

Who’s behind it

Neighbors, not outsiders.

A former mayor, a former Borough Council president, local business owners, artists, a pastor and longtime residents, serving as volunteers on one board.