Image: Four Cranberry Bogs and Wheat Field, J.C. Villalon
Rest and Recharge: Practicing Radical Self Care in an Uncertain World
March 1 – April 5, 2026
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.
Artists
Joan Ackerman-Zimny, Cat Aldana, Anna Archinger, Beverly Behrens, Sinead Carus, Margarete de Soleil, Maureen Ivy Fisher, Jennifer L. Hodges, Ruth Hutter, Moritz Kellerman, Karen Kloubec, Phyllis Levun-Agostino, Hope Limbos, Carol Luc, Patrick Miceli, David Narens, Julie Nauman-Mikulski, Lisa Nemacheck, Marcela Adeze Okeke, Jacalin Oser, Mielle Park, Rochelle Peeples, Amy Pilkington, Rhonda Popko, Marty Potts, Kathryn Rodrigues, Lorra Rudman, Kirsten Saunders, Lilach Schrag, Kathryn Scott, Emily Settles, Letitia L. Star, Raychel Steinbach, Steffanie Tulk, Sue Turayhi, J.C. Villalon, Deborah Weil, and Betty Wolff.
Exhibition Materials
View the Exhibition Guide to learn more about the artwork and artists. (en español aquí)
Images L-R:
Alchemy of a Shared Kitchen, by Emily Settles; Winter – Rest and Rejuvenate, by Beverly Behrens; Freyja’s Garden, by Lisa Nemacheck; The Long Way to Stillness, by Anna Archinger; Promise, by Joan Ackerman Zimny; Pescado Metallica: Metal Fish, by Hope Limbos; Be Still, Be Calm, by Kathryn Rodrigues; Doodle Therapy, by Amy Pilkington; Immersion, by Maureen Ivy Fisher;
Exhibition Events
Opening Reception
March 1, 2026
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
The Nature of Sleep with Nancy Rothstein
March 28, 2026
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
