Connect to the healing benefits of art and nature! Join Brushwood Center for exhibitions, programs, performances, markets, and art classes. Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods 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. We engage 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 public arts programs amplify artists, musicians, community members, and scientists who provide insight to the challenges facing our communities and creative approaches to solutions.Image: Brushwood Center surrounded by beautiful Ryerson Woods (Photo by Michael Kardas Photography). Young girl at art partnership program (Photo by In Life Photography). Visitors view Cristina Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen's photography exhibition, Evolve at Brushwood Center (Photo by Brushwood Staff).&nbsp;

Rising Together:&nbsp;Building a Healthy Future&nbsp;Emcees will be Bill Kurtis and Donna La PietraHonoring Pediatrician, Professor, and Public Health Advocate Dr. Mona HannaAssociate Dean for the Department of Public Health at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine___The&nbsp;Birchstone200 Barclay Blvd. Lincolnshire, IL 60069The 41st Annual Smith Nature Symposium Co-Chairs Rosalyn Deigan and&nbsp;Celeste&nbsp;Flores&nbsp;

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