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Connect to the healing benefits of art and nature! Join Brushwood Center for exhibitions, programs, performances, markets, and art classes.
Brushwood Center works collaboratively with community partners, artists, health care providers, and scientists to improve health equity and access to nature in Lake County, Illinois, and the Chicago region. Brushwood Center engages people with the outdoors through the arts, environmental education, and community action. Brushwood Center’s programs focus on youth, families, Military Veterans, and those facing racial and economic injustices.
Brushwood Center’s art programs amplify artists, musicians, community members, and scientists who provide insight to the challenges facing our communities and creative approaches to solutions.
Images: Upper left: Viewing art at At Ease in Nature, an annual exhibition of Veteran and Military community artists. Credit: InLife Photography. Right: Ephemeral artist Lydia Cheshewalla with her work, Before Dreams Are The Last Place We Find You. Credit: Michael Kardas Photography. Lower left: Young artist at work. Credit: InLife Photography
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This annual exhibition features botanical artworks from Brushwood Center's Artist in Residence, Heeyoung Kim and her students in the Brushwood Botanical Art Academy.
This year's exhibition features works in various styles - from traditional botanical illustrations, to freer forms with an emphasis in aesthetics, to those focusing on natural history art. Enriching Life will be on view at Brushwood Center from January 7th to February 25th, during Brushwood Center's open hours.
Join us on Sunday, January 7th as we take a break from the winter grays to view vibrant botanical art while enjoying refreshments and music! This exhibition opening event is free, and open to the public.
Participating Artists
Ellie Brown, Denise Cedar, Carole Cleaver, Gail Dentler, Joann Dinneen, Linda England, Marcia Glenn, Susan Green, Edith Harte, Nancy Johnson, Heeyoung Kim, Hui Li, Jean Meilinger, Beth Plotnick, Ramiro Prudencio, Sandra Robinson, Rita M. Rosen, Linda Schmitt, Jane Sturgeon, Susie Williams, Judy Woznyj
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Opening Reception of Vigilance,
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Inspired by the above quote, Vigilance features artists of all ages, and celebrates the contributions of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) environmental justice leaders. This exhibition is hosted in partnership with Insight Advocacy, an organization that promotes visibility and inclusion on the North Shore of Chicago. Visitors are invited to view artworks in a variety of mediums created by professional artists as well as students. This show shares valuable insights from past leaders, and seeks to inspire current generations to join the work for a cleaner, safer, more equitable future for all.
Join us for a free Opening Reception of Vigilance: Learning from the Legacies of BIPOC Environmental Leaders, to view the exhibition and hear from an exciting panel of community leaders and artists!
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Sunday, May 12, 2024 | 12pm - 5pm
Taking place every Spring for Mother’s Day, the market features and celebrates local artists, makers, vendors and organizations who are inspired by Mother Earth and working towards a more sustainable future. This year's Mother Earth Market will include pop up events with local partners such as a forest bathing session, composting demo, poetry reading, and yoga class! Preview the artists on our website.
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In anticipation of the multi-disciplinary performance premiere of Convergence: Health Equity in a Changing Climate in June 2024, Brushwood Center proudly features selected visual artworks from Convergence in our gallery space!
Come explore the voices of five extremely talented artists, learn about the real stories from Lake County residents that inspired the artwork, and prime your senses for the premiere of Convergence!
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This Saturday, June 8 Brushwood invites you to join us for a special Exhibition Opening and Outdoor Concert, where Brushwood Center shares the cicada emergence and Metamorphosis through the lens of Queer Ecology. Queer Ecology invites seeing the queer in nature, from sexuality and gender, to embracing the peculiar. Metamorphosis features the work of over 30 local artists who are exploring their own narratives of emerging from challenging times, overcoming obstacles, and embracing new possibilities with works in painting, photography, mixed media, sculpture, collage, and more.
June 8 Exhibition Opening Schedule
1pm | Exhibition Opens
1:30pm | Queer Ecology Talk with Senior Program Director, Dani Abboud
2:00pm | Windy City Performing Arts Outdoor Concert is inspired by the themes of Metamorphosis. Windy City Performing Arts sings to inspire change, celebrate diversity, and honor the dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
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The Brood XIII cicadas have emerged from their 17-year underground slumber to fill the trees with their vibrating sounds! Inspired by this extraordinary natural phenomenon, Brushwood Center presents Metamorphosis: Emerging from the Dark. As these creatures spread their newfound wings, Metamorphosis features the work of over 30 local artists exploring the themes of transformation, rebirth, and the journey from darkness to light.
Featured Artists:
Leslie Armstrong | Rachel Balter | Corky Barsky | Gillian Butcher | Monica Cardestam | Sinead Carus | Ashley Chan | Ralph Skunkie Davis | Kenzie Elizabeth | Samantha Gallagher | Tammy Haman | Mark Hawk | Jenny Hulen| Ruth Hutter | Holly Jansen | Julia Kemerer | Sam Kennedy | Kendra Kett | Marina Kuchinski | Leslie Lenz | Phyllis Levun-Agostino | Julie Mader-Meersman | Lisa Mannion | Wendi Napoli | Anna Nardulli | Carma Lynn Park | Susan Schneider | Georgia Schwender | Megan Senate | Michelle Shostak | Cheryl Steiger | Raychel Steinbach | Swen Swihart-Decoster | Judy Woznyj
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
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Chicago lies in the migratory path of over 300 species of birds, making it the most dangerous city in the country for our avian friends. In one night alone, 966 birds struck just one building on Chicago’s lakefront.
In an effort to raise awareness about one of the leading causes of bird deaths, we are making replicas of every bird killed from a window collision and collected on the streets of Chicago in 2023 and we need your help!
Through the workshop, participants are given a blank bird body, assigned a specific bird that died in 2023 from window collisions along Chicago’s lakefront, and are led through the crafting process to create a replica. We hope you can join us on Saturday for this free event (registration required), and help support this civic engagement art project!
Note: This event is to create with and support the Bird Collisions Project, as such participants do not keep their bird replicas.
Rising Together: Building a Healthy Future
Emcees will be Bill Kurtis and Donna La Pietra
Honoring Pediatrician, Professor, and Public Health Advocate Dr. Mona Hanna
Associate Dean for the Department of Public Health at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
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The Birchstone
200 Barclay Blvd. Lincolnshire, IL 60069
The 41st Annual Smith Nature Symposium Co-Chairs Rosalyn Deigan and Celeste Flores
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Sunday, February 16 | Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods | $10-$20
1:00 pm Culinary Experience, 2:00 pm Concert
Join us at Brushwood Center for a celebration of music and food in honor of Black History Month.
Angela Walker, a U.S. Navy Veteran and jazz vocalist, curates a musical afternoon sharing examples of the cultural contributions of African Americans in both the past and present. The afternoon will be filled with dance, drama, multimedia, and music.
Audiences also have the option to spend the hour prior to the performance in our renovated culinary studio with Jeff Williams from From Hood to Table as he cooks up a wonderful workshop that covers the history of Black farming and cuisine while also teaching how to make some Soul Food recipes that can be enjoyed during the performance.
Tickets are $10 for the concert, or $20 for the concert + culinary experience. A limited number of free tickets are available for Veterans.
Come warm your body and soul with this unique program this February!
Celebrate 10 Years of Enriching Life
Sunday, March 2, 1 pm - 3 pm | Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
Join us for the opening of the 10th Anniversary of Enriching Life – Retrospective Exhibition. The exhibition showcases botanical works by artist Heeyoung Kim and current and invited students of the Heeyoung Kim Botanical Art Academy she founded a decade ago at Brushwood Center. These exceptional artworks connect viewers to our wondrous planet by revealing the plant world’s most intricate details and its intimate relationships in a complex ecological web.
Sunday's reception begins at 1 pm, with Artists' Remarks at 2 pm. Light refreshments will be served, and the exhibition catalog, art prints, and goods will be for sale.
Sunday, March 9th, 2:00 - 3:30 pm | Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods | $10 (limited number of free tickets available for Veterans)
Join us at Brushwood Center for a celebration of Women's History Month with an afternoon of chamber music written and performed by women!
Duo FAE performs music filled with “virtuosity and maturity” (Hill and Hollow Music) for audiences with works by Florence Price, Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, Lili Boulanger, and Dame Ethel Smyth.
Duo FAE was founded by violinist Charlene Kluegel and pianist Katherine Petersen. The duo takes its name from the motto of virtuoso violinist Joseph Joachim and composer Johannes Brahms “Frei Aber Einsam” meaning “Free but Alone.” The duo seeks to present concerts that feature chamber music in its rawest form by joining two voices into one.
Opening May 18: The Future Voyagers Exhibition
Opening Reception | Sunday, May 18 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods | Free
Exhibition runs May 18 - July 6
Join Brushwood Center and Chicago Voyagers in a celebration of the opening of The Future Voyagers Exhibition! Be the first to view the brand new exhibition and have a chance to hear directly from artists that created the works.
1:00 pm Exhibition opens for viewing
2:00 pm Panel discussion with: Bernie Rupe (Chicago Voyagers), Edo (exhibiting artist), Kevin West (exhibiting artist), moderated by Dani Abboud (Brushwood Center)
Light refreshments will be served.
About the Exhibition:
The Future Voyagers Exhibition is a two-part exhibition that visualizes the future of American exploration: one where adventure knows no gender or color. The exhibition at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods, opening May 18, 2025, is the first part of this two-part endeavor where we will get a first look at studies for larger portraits. The completed portraits will be unveiled at the final exhibition in Chicago later this summer.
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Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods | Free
Open Art Workshop is open to anyone who wants to make something in any area of visual arts and crafts, from the experienced artist looking for a community of others to work with, to the complete novice who just wants to try something out in a low pressure environment, or the family looking for a fun kids’ activity to fill their afternoon – this workshop is for you!
Susan Teller, our upcoming Artist of the Month, will be our guest artist. She currently teaches workshops in paper making, watercolor painting, and book binding. She also teaches classes about women artists, the process of making art, and storyboard drawing and development. Stop by to learn from Susan!
Lydia Cheshewalla is an Osage ephemeral artist from Oklahoma, living and working in motion throughout the Great Plains ecoregion. Through the creation of site-specific land art and ephemeral installations grounded in Indigenous land stewardship practices and kinship pedagogies, Lydia engages in multivocal conversations about place and relationship.
Before Dreams Are The Last Place We Find You will open at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods on Sunday, September 7th. This exhibition is an ephemeral, site-specific installation by Cheshewalla, and will be created during her August residency at the Center for Humans & Naturein Libertyville, Illinois.
Once the work is created, it will be carefully transported to Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods for installation. Because this work is time and season reliant, what it will look like remains to be seen.
Cheshewalla’s practice is built on an ethos that views all beings as sacred, with their own agency, and with a right to complete their cycle of life and death. She works mainly with naturally shed material and seeds that are ready for collecting. At the end of installations, each being is returned to its original place in nature where it was gathered, closing the circle of creation.
A selection of Cheshewalla’s work will be published by the digital branch of Humans & Nature Press. The Digital Press celebrates diverse sources of wisdom about what it means to be human in an interconnected world.
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Support Brushwood's impact at the 42nd Annual Smith Nature Symposium
Honoring author, scientist, mother, professor, and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Robin Wall Kimmerer
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL 60022
Smith Nature Symposium Co-Chairs:
Lois Morrison and Janea Harris
About the Smith Nature Symposium
2024 Environmental Leadership Award winner Dr. Mona Hanna with emcees Bill Kurtis and Donna La Pietra at the Smith Nature Symposium Awards Dinner
The Smith Nature Symposium is Brushwood’s largest fundraising event of the year, and all funds raised from the Smith Awards Dinner directly benefit our programs for youth, families, and Veterans across our community.
On May 6, 1984, more than 350 people gathered for the first Smith Nature Symposium featuring Roger Tory Peterson. Organized under the leadership of Barbi Donnelley, Symposium Co-Chair, this jam-packed convening of nature-lovers became the first of four decades of annual Symposia memorializing the significant civic legacy of Hermon Dunlap and Ellen Thorne Smith, who donated their land and cabin to help form Ryerson Woods.
About Robin Wall Kimmerer
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants and Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. She lives in Syracuse, New York, where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.
The Serviceberry
As Indigenous scientist and author Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most?
Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry’s relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth—its abundance of sweet, juicy berries—to meet the needs of its natural community. And this distribution insures its own survival.
As Kimmerer explains, “Serviceberries show us another model, one based upon reciprocity, where wealth comes from the quality of your relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency.”
Braiding Sweetgrass
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise” (Elizabeth Gilbert).
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings—asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass—offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices.
In a rich braid of reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.
Join us to celebrate the healing power of nature and the arts. At Ease in Nature features artwork created during our 2025 At Ease programs, as well as work inspired by experiences in nature from members of the Military Community.
Started in 2015, Brushwood’s At Ease: Art and Wellness for Veterans initiative offers programs for Veterans, Service Members, and their families designed to empower wellbeing through nature-based art, music, and photography workshops. At Ease helps build skills in creative expression and provides Veterans with access to mental health support.
REGISTER | This exhibition will open with a reception and panel discussion on November 9, at 1 pm.
Online Nov 29-Dec 5, In Person: Dec 6-7
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Beginning in September of 2015, artist Lincoln Schatz began taking lake pictures, dedicating a month to photographing the lake each day in morning or evening. These daily trips to photograph the lake continued past that first month. One month became two, two became three, and the project has continued ever since. Those first lake photos are now the foundations of the Lake Series, a serial exploration of the landscape of Lake Michigan through photography. The reception opens at 1:00 pm at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods.
The program begins at 1:30 pm with an artist talk, and will conclude at 3:00 pm. Light refreshments will be provided. Can't attend the opening?
Lake Series will be on display through February 22.
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Join our friends at Patagonia Fulton Market this Sunday, for a chainstitch embroidery pop-up to benefit Brushwood Center.
Local designer, Jess DePaul Ariail, of Mister Baby Vintage will be embroidering from 12-4pm. She'll be offering a variety of flash chainstitch embroidery designs on the following fabrics: flannels, synchilla, better sweater, hoodies, canvas overalls, everyday beanies, and bandanas. $15 for one stitch and $25 for two stitches, all proceeds go to Brushwood Center.
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Sunday, March 1 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods | Free
Rest and Recharge: Practicing Radical Self Care in an Uncertain World invites visitors into a spacious pause. In a world saturated with constant alerts, urgent headlines, and an unrelenting stream of information, our nervous systems are rarely given time to settle. While some messages truly demand our immediate action, many linger as ambient noise, subtly shaping our thoughts, elevating stress, and eroding our capacity for presence and rest.
This exhibition acknowledges the quiet toll of that overload and offers a gentle counterbalance. Through visual art, space, and silence, Rest and Recharge creates an environment that encourages slowing down, tuning inward, and reconnecting with rhythms that sustain us rather than deplete us. The works on view explore rest not as withdrawal or passivity, but as an active, necessary practice—one rooted in attention, care, and renewal.
The exhibition features work from over forty artists, including: Joan Ackerman-Zimny, Cat Aldana, Anna Archinger, Beverly Behrens, Sinead Carus, Margarete de Soleil, Maureen Ivy Fisher, Jennifer L. Hodges, Ruth Hutter, Jack Vonty, Moritz Kellerman,Karen Kloubec, Phyllis Levun-Agostino, Hope Limbos, Carol Luc, Patrick Miceli, David Narens, Julie Nauman-Mikulski, Lisa Nemacheck, Jua Nochio, Marcela Adeze Okeke, Jacalin Oser, Mielle Park, Rochelle Peeples, Amy Pilkington, Paula Poda, Rhonda Popko, Marty Potts, Kathryn Rodrigues, Lorra Rudman, Kirsten Saunders, Lilach Schrag, Kathryn Scott, Emily Settles, Vavi Sol, Letitia L. Star, Raychel Steinbach, Steffanie Tulk, Sue Turayhi, J.C. Villalon, Deborah Weil, and Betty Wolff.
Join us for an opening reception and artist panel discussion on March 1, 2026, at 1:00 pm. Moderated by Farah Salem, artists Marcela Adeze Okeke, Maureen Ivy Fisher, and Jennifer L. Hodges discuss their own relationship to rest. What brings a sense of grounding or ease? What practices, places, or moments allow the body to soften and the mind to breathe?
She Was with Artemisia Vocal Trio
Saturday, March 14 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods | $25 (free Veteran and pay-what-you-can tickets available)
She Was is a moving vocal performance by Artemisia Vocal Trio that honors the voices, stories, and lived experiences of women across time and place. The program revives past and little-known stories of women and celebrates the storytellers among us today who are keeping their legacies and influences alive. These stories are sung to life through a mix of folkloric vocal traditions and original music created by the trio, alongside four newly commissioned works by living female composers.
Enhancing the event is a culinary offering by Chef Lindsay Johnson, whose work brings an additional layer of care, creativity, and nourishment to the experience. Thoughtfully crafted and seasonally inspired, her contribution engages the senses beyond sound and transforms the performance into a shared moment of listening, tasting, and presence.
Presented at Brushwood Center in celebration of Women’s History Month, this interdisciplinary program reflects the power of women’s artistry across mediums. Set within Brushwood’s natural surroundings, She Was becomes an intimate gathering space that honors women’s histories while celebrating the living, evolving expressions of women’s voices today.
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Wednesday March 18 & Thursday, March 19 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods | $20
Create & Sip is a monthly workshop hosted at Brushwood Center where participants can explore fun projects using supplies and tools from the Brushwood Art Supply Exchange, BASE. It’s an opportunity to get creative, try something new, and enjoy the company of fellow art enthusiasts in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere.
This month, Brushwood's Director of Arts and Administration, Julia Kemerer, will guide participants in making a felt flower bouquet, ready to brighten up any space in your home or serve as a heartfelt gift for a loved one. Plus, you'll take home newfound skills and inspiration to continue your crafting journey beyond the class.
This month, we're offering TWO sessions to give more scheduling options.
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Wednesday March 18 & Thursday, March 19 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods | $20
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TIERRA equips Community Health Workers with tools to address the interconnected challenges of trauma, health disparities, and environmental injustice. Rooted in mindfulness, restorative practices, and the healing presence of nature, the program creates space for participants to explore their own experiences while strengthening their capacity to care for others.
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Friday, May 1 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am |
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods | Free
Join us for the culminating performance of Water(color) for the Soul: Sounds of the Prairie. This event celebrates a powerful season of creativity, collaboration, and storytelling through music. In this final presentation, Black Moon Trio brings to life a collection of original graphic scores created by Veteran composers during a series of immersive workshops inspired by the landscapes and histories of the prairie.
Graphic scores, visual representations of sound that invite interpretation and imagination, offer these composers a unique medium to express personal narratives, memories, and connections to place. Throughout the workshop process, participants explored the intersection of art, environment, and sound, translating their experiences into vibrant visual compositions.
This project has been enriched through interdisciplinary collaboration with poet and creativity expert Kathryn Haydon and botanical artist Heeyoung Kim, alongside members of her Botanical Art Academy. Their contributions deepen the connections between the composers’ work and the prairie environment that inspired it.
This event not only highlights the artistic achievements of the participating Veterans, but also underscores the power of collaboration across artistic disciplines. Water(color) for the Soul invites audiences to listen, to see, and to experience the prairie anew, through the eyes and voices of those who have shaped these works.
We hope to see you there!
-The Arts & Music Team at Brushwood
PS- Are you interested in art and nature events on the weekend instead? Don't miss bouquet with Rogue Wave Dance at Brushwood on May 3!
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KARENNA GORE
Author, Climate Activist, and Founder of the Center for Earth Ethics
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2026
6:00 PM
CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN
1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL