Rooted in the Shadow of Coal: Botanical Treasures of the Waukegan Dunes
@ Brushwood Center at the Ryerson Woods
21850 N. Riverwoods Rd, Riverwoods, IL 60015
Opening Sunday, July 13th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, August 31st
This summer, Brushwood Center presents a new exhibition, Rooted in the Shadow of Coal: Botanical Treasures of the Waukegan Dunes. It is presented in partnership with the Driehaus Museum to explore perspectives on art and nature in association with their summer exhibition featuring acclaimed botanical artist Rory McEwen, Rory McEwen: A New Perspective on Nature.
Rooted in the Shadow of Coal embraces the tradition of botanical art while expanding to include a wider range of artists and media, all focused on the resilient plants of the Waukegan Dunes. Each artwork in the show includes a reference to at least one, and sometimes several, of these botanical wonders. What has proximity to pollution done to the site? What does it mean to have this surviving and thriving natural environment next to coal ash ponds? In this exhibition, botanical art becomes a lens to consider health, equity, and nature.
Artists: Beverly Behrens · Sharon Bladholm · Alexandra Blom · Jonathan Boyer · Curtis Anthony Bozif · Melissa Brummerstedt · Sinead Carus · Louise Daley · Megan Donahue · Royce Galindo · Kathleen Marie Garness · Polly Greathouse · Allison Hausladen · Catherine Hu · Ruth Hutter · Gillian Jackson · Josie Levin · Phyllis Levun-Agostino · Christina Lovering · Carol Luc · Erin McNamara · Carol Niec · Lindsay Olson · Katelyn Patton · Melissa Pierson · Amy Rosenwasser
Betty Schulte · Jane L. Sturgeon · Liliane Tran · Ellie Wasilewski · Maryann Wattelle · Amy F. Williamson
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Tags: Alexandra Blom, Allison Hausladen, Amy F. Williamson, Amy Rosenwasser, Betty Schulte, Beverly Behrens, Brushwood Center, Carol Luc, Carol Niec, Catherine Hu, Christina Lovering, Curtis Anthony Bozif, Ellie Wasilewski, Erin McNamara, Gillian Jackson, IL, Jane L. Sturgeon, Jonathan Boyer, Josie Levin, Katelyn Patton · Melissa Pierson, Kathleen Marie Garness, Liliane Tran, Lindsay Olson, Louise Daley, Maryann Wattelle, Megan Donahue, Melissa Brummerstedt, Phyllis Levun-Agostino, Polly Greathouse, Riverwoods, Rooted in the Shadow of Coal: Botanical Treasures of the Waukegan Dunes, Royce Galindo, Ruth Hutter, Sharon Bladholm, Sinead Carus
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