 Saturday, July 10
10am – 1pm
Outdoor Watercolor Workshop
Art Class
Join artist and instructor Judith Joseph for plein air watercolor painting at beautiful Ryerson Woods. The instructor will provide demonstrations on watercolor techniques, composition and selecting scenery to paint and draw. Set-up tips and equipment for plein air painting and drawing will be discussed. A supply list will be provided upon registration. Indoor facilities with window views are available in case of inclement weather. Brushwood. $70. To register, call North Shore Art League at 847.446.2870.
 Thursday, July 15
7:30 - 9pm
The Greening of American Education with Leith Sharp
 Lecture
Sharp has more than 18 years of experience greening universities, first at the University of New South Wales, where she earned her undergraduate degree in environmental engineering, then at Harvard University, where she was the founding director of the school's Green Campus Initiative in 1999. As director, Sharp built the largest green campus organization in the world. The program's efforts were funded largely by the savings it produced—the essence of sustainability. Today, Sharp works internationally as a management consultant advising clients, many educational institutions, on how to operate more sustainably. Sharp currently is working to green our own Lake County—join us to learn more about this exciting new initiative.
Welcome Center. $10 ($8 FRW members).
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To register by phone or take advantage of FRW discounts, please call
847-968-3321.
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Ryerson Woods is located near Deerfield on Riverwoods Road between Half Day Road (Route 22) and Deerfield Road, just west of the Interstate 94 Tollway.
Brushwood is open to the public 10am-2pm Tuesday through Friday, Sunday 1-3pm, or by appointment.
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Current Art
Exhibition:
POWERHOUSE
Photographs by
Russell B. Phillips 
At the turn of the 20th century Sears, Roebuck and Co. built a facility on the near west side of Chicago to provide for its mail-order service and office buildings. Providing the energy and heat for all the buildings on the 55-acre site, the Power Station was more than three million square feet then, the largest business building in the world. Photographer Russell B. Phillips documents the transformation of the Sears Power House from a massive and riveting, outdated industrial space to a new, adapted reuse as a green charter high school serving Chicago’s North Lawndale community. Brushwood.
Exhibition runs
through June 28, 2010.
Upcoming Art
Exhibition:
GIMME GREEN:
Commercializing Nature
What role does the commercial world play in shaping our understandings and experiences of nature? The artists in the Gimme Green group show articulate a tension, at once anxious and reverent, at the intersection of those two worlds. Artists include Stephanie Dean, Jennifer Fleener, Holly Holmes, Regin Igloria, Eric Kaepplinger, Megan Leong, Nancy Steinmeyer, Evan Wondolowski.
Brushwood. Opening reception July 11, 1 - 3pm. Exhibition runs July 11 – August 30.
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