In the Brushwood Gallery

Two people view a piece of art that stretches down Brushwood Center's hallway.

The Brushwood Gallery hosts exhibitions that reflect diverse voices exploring themes on equity, justice, and the impact of nature on wellbeing.

Now on Display

March 1 – April 5

Rest and Recharge: Practicing Radical Self Care in an Uncertain World

Rest and Recharge 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.

Visitors are invited to consider 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? Set within the natural surroundings of Brushwood Center, the exhibition becomes both a refuge and a prompt—an opportunity to step away from urgency and to remember that rest is not a luxury, but an essential part of resilience and creativity

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Artist of the Month

Unstudied, by Katherine Lampert. Oil based enamel on canvas

March Artist of the Month: Katherine Lampert

Katherine Lampert received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Northwestern University. She has exhibited internationally, with a recent solo show at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago. Lampert has been an Artist In Residence at the Cooper Union, a Community Artist In Residence at the Hyde Park Art Center, and received two fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center. She is also the recipient of a Full University Fellowship and a Teaching Fellowship from the Graduate School at Northwestern University, a City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, and a pARTners of Jackson Hole Grant. Her work has been featured in a number of publications, including the Chicago Tribune, Hyperallergic, and Michigan Avenue Magazine, among others.

See Katherine’s art on display at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods March 1 – 28, 2026.