Visible
Exhibition Opening
Sunday, June 11th 1pm-3pm
Free, Open to the Public
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
Brushwood Center’s exhibition, Visible, presents artworks from twenty-six artists from Lake County, Chicago, and beyond. This exhibition consists of interviews, maps, and artworks highlighting how systemic inequities impact people’s access to a healthy environment, and how our resilient community is already working to create change.
Visible is a companion exhibition to the new Health, Equity, and Nature Accelerator report: Health, Equity, and Nature: A Changing Climate in Lake County, IL, working to interpret these often invisible realities into the universal language of art. In this exhibition, we examine both the findings of the report, and hear from artists as they explore the question of what health, equity, and access to nature means to them.
Join us for the opening of Visible on Sunday, June 11th which will include a family-friendly performance from Ballet Folklorico Tayahua, a panel discussion featuring exhibition artists and moderated by Natalia Ospina (Director of the Health, Equity, and Nature Accelerator), a kid-friendly exhibition walk-through with Dani Abboud (Director of Community Programs and Partnerships), and other additional family activities!
Refreshments will be provided by Drip + Culture
Schedule of Events: 1PM-3PM
NOTE: The walkthrough of Visible, as well as the Ballet Folklorico performance do not require registration. Registration is only required for the Artist Panel and Find Yourself Outside Activity as space is limited. Families are invited to join the 2pm artist panel. However, an optional kids nature activity will be facilitated by our youth educators during the panel for any children that want to head outside while their caregivers enjoy the discussion.
Exhibition Opening
Sunday, June 11th 1pm-3pm
Free, Open to the Public
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
Brushwood Center’s exhibition, Visible, presents artworks from twenty-six artists from Lake County, Chicago, and beyond. This exhibition consists of interviews, maps, and artworks highlighting how systemic inequities impact people’s access to a healthy environment, and how our resilient community is already working to create change.
Visible is a companion exhibition to the new Health, Equity, and Nature Accelerator report: Health, Equity, and Nature: A Changing Climate in Lake County, IL, working to interpret these often invisible realities into the universal language of art. In this exhibition, we examine both the findings of the report, and hear from artists as they explore the question of what health, equity, and access to nature means to them.
Join us for the opening of Visible on Sunday, June 11th which will include a family-friendly performance from Ballet Folklorico Tayahua, a panel discussion featuring exhibition artists and moderated by Natalia Ospina (Director of the Health, Equity, and Nature Accelerator), a kid-friendly exhibition walk-through with Dani Abboud (Director of Community Programs and Partnerships), and other additional family activities!
Refreshments will be provided by Drip + Culture
Schedule of Events: 1PM-3PM
- 1pm: Family Walkthrough of Visible
- 1:30pm: Family Friendly Ballet Folklorico Tayahua Performance
- 2:00pm: Artist Panel and Find Yourself Outside Kids Activity (Space Limited - Registration Required)
NOTE: The walkthrough of Visible, as well as the Ballet Folklorico performance do not require registration. Registration is only required for the Artist Panel and Find Yourself Outside Activity as space is limited. Families are invited to join the 2pm artist panel. However, an optional kids nature activity will be facilitated by our youth educators during the panel for any children that want to head outside while their caregivers enjoy the discussion.
Join us to witness the power of art as a tool for systemic change, and view the newest findings of Brushwood Center’s Health, Equity, and Nature Accelerator team!
Artist Panelists:
Dawaune Lamont Hayes
Dawaune Lamont Hayes is a Regenerative Artist, Cultural Curator, and Spatial Practitioner from Omaha, Nebraska based in Chicago. They work at the intersections of intimate expression, historical reconciliation, and restorative futurism. They use everything from movement to digital collage to visualize their experience. They live by the mantra “Clean Air, Clean Water, Good Food, Good Weed, Best Friends”; where they see humanity coming into alignment with our broader ecology to actually heal and thrive beyond our current conditions. |
Kelley Clink
Kelley Clink is an illustrator, and suicide prevention/mental health advocate. Over the years their writing has appeared in numerous magazines and literary journals, including Gettysburg Review, Colorado Review, Shambhala Sun, Woman's Day, and The Huffington Post. She has spoken about their lived experience as a suicide attempt and loss survivor to crowds as big as 4,000 and books clubs as small as 6. In 2014 they won the Beacon Street Prize in Nonfiction, and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. In 2015 Kelley's memoir A Different Kind of Same was published, and was named Book of the Year by the Chicago Writers Association. Kelley is currently working on a young adult novel and several picture books.
Kelley Clink is an illustrator, and suicide prevention/mental health advocate. Over the years their writing has appeared in numerous magazines and literary journals, including Gettysburg Review, Colorado Review, Shambhala Sun, Woman's Day, and The Huffington Post. She has spoken about their lived experience as a suicide attempt and loss survivor to crowds as big as 4,000 and books clubs as small as 6. In 2014 they won the Beacon Street Prize in Nonfiction, and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. In 2015 Kelley's memoir A Different Kind of Same was published, and was named Book of the Year by the Chicago Writers Association. Kelley is currently working on a young adult novel and several picture books.
Featured Artists in the Exhibition:
Natashna Anderson, Sandie Bacon, Rachel Claire Balter, Regina Bird, Kelley Clink, Matthew Cooper, Julie Cowan, Jenna Downing, John Hatlestad, Dawaune Lamont Hayes, Deborah Hirshfield, Laura Horan, Mirtha Ibarra, Julia Kemerer, Kendra Kett, Katherine H. Lampert, Carol Luc , Carolyn McMahon, Glen Moss, Carol Niec, Lilach Schrag, Mary Seyfarth, Naimah Thomas, Kayla J. Uqdah, Elizabeth Wilson, Meiqi Zhang
Natashna Anderson, Sandie Bacon, Rachel Claire Balter, Regina Bird, Kelley Clink, Matthew Cooper, Julie Cowan, Jenna Downing, John Hatlestad, Dawaune Lamont Hayes, Deborah Hirshfield, Laura Horan, Mirtha Ibarra, Julia Kemerer, Kendra Kett, Katherine H. Lampert, Carol Luc , Carolyn McMahon, Glen Moss, Carol Niec, Lilach Schrag, Mary Seyfarth, Naimah Thomas, Kayla J. Uqdah, Elizabeth Wilson, Meiqi Zhang
Partners:
Black and Brown owned coffee shop Drip & Culture’s vision was to create something special that would allow them to transform Supermercado Gonzalez in Waukegan, Illinois. Waukegan and communities like it need businesses curious about the conditions in which its customers and residents live. Things like economic disinvestment, the quality of its schools, challenges with safety and crime, and access to healthy food options are all important to making a city a great place to live. Achieving all of these things takes work, and Drip & Culture hopes that they can be where that work begins and spreads into every neighborhood in our city.
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Ballet Folklorico Tayahua celebrates the rich diversity of Mexican and Mexican-American cultural heritage through dance and music. Ballet Folklorico Tayahua's repertoire honors Mexico's past and keeps its dancing traditions alive for the next generation.
The Health, Equity, and Nature Accelerator
Launched in 2022, Brushwood Center’s Health, Equity, and Nature Accelerator was born in response to growing community demand and momentum for systemic change to address inequities at the intersection of health, climate, and nature. The Accelerator activates equitable nature-based solutions through community and healthcare partnerships.
The Accelerator’s newest report, Health, Equity, and Nature: A Changing Climate in Lake County, IL, is a tool for community members, organizations, and decision-makers to implement equitable, nature-based policy decisions to improve our communities’ health and wellbeing.
