Nov
7

Nature Artist Guild 2025 Autumn Exhibit

November 7, 8, and 9, 2025

10:00am to 4:00pm

Artist reception: Friday, November 7, 2025, 4:30pm to 7:00pm

The Nature Artists’ Guild is proud to present a schedule of demonstrators for the upcoming 2025 Autumn Art Exhibit at The Morton Arboretum

In addition to enjoying over 200 works of art by more than 70 Guild artists, Arboretum visitors will have the opportunity to watch and interact with the following members as they demonstrate and discuss their methods, materials, and inspirations.

Details HERE

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Oct
18

Lure of the Local IV presented by The Mundelein Arts Commission

All Saturdays and Sundays, October 16 - November 17, 2025

Archer Business Center - 175 N. Archer Avenue, Mundelein, IL 

Reed-Turner Botanical Artist, Charlene Riffer, has five pieces in this local show. She is displaying her playful botanical art where leaves and found natural objects create people.

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Sep
27

Reed-Turner Botanical Artists Meeting / Carol Jean Rogalski Silverpoint Workshop

Reed-Turner Botanical Artist Meeting at Reed-Turner Woodland Preserve. The Board of Directors will be reviewing matters with the committees.

Carol Jean Rogalsky will demonstrate Silverpoint - the art of drawing with a silver-tipped tool. This art form was utilized by old masters like Leonardo DaVinci. It lends itself nicely to botanical art.

Members have received emails regarding the RSVP deadline date, materials that will be distributed and materials that members need to bring to the workshop.

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Sep
12

Through the Eyes of Piping Plovers: Flora, Fauna & People of the Waukegan Shores

Waukegan History Museum, 1 N. Sheridan Rd, Waukegan, IL

September 12 - October 31, 2025                    

In collaboration with Share Our Shore - Waukegan (Lake County Audubon) and Waukegan History Museum at Carnegie, Heeyoung Kim, and 14 artists from Brushwood Monday Open Workshop and Tuesday Eco-Botancial Zoom Workshop of HK Botanical Art Academy took on a new theme, shorebirds, migrating/residential birds, and other fauna and flora in the dunes ecosystem, mainly of Waukegan shores.

Reception:  Sept 12, 2025, 2 - 4 pm, 2025

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Jul
27

Bogs in Art

Bogs in Art by Friends of Volo Bog

June 14 - July 27, 2025

International Bog Day is Sunday July 27, 2025.

There will be Artist Reception, poetry reading, and live music.

The silent bid auction closes at 2:00 on July 27, 2027.

Friends of Volo Bog website is HERE

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Jul
13

Rooted in the Shadow of Coal - Botanical Treasures of the Waukegan Dunes Opening

In this exhibition, July 13 – August 31, 2025, Brushwood Center will celebrate the plants of the dunes that remain, and also address the Dune's environmental importance and the dangers that it and the community that live around it face.

Opening July 13, 2025, 1:00 - 3:00 pm

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Jul
5

Nature Artists’ Guild Exhibit Into the Wild

Nature Artists’ Guild Exhibit Into the Wild

Hidden Oaks Nature Center

July 5 - August 30, 2025

Hidden Oaks Nature center is located at 419 Trout Farm Rd, Bolingbrook, IL.

Hidden Oaks Nature Center is open Wednesday - Sunday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.

The Nature Artists’ Guild was there when Hidden Oaks celebrated their grand re-opening after the facility was purchased by the Forest Preserve District of Will County, and the Guild will be there again a few years later to help celebrate the recent extensive renovations to the award-winning building.

Review information HERE

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Bird Walk with Matt Tobin
Jun
28

Bird Walk with Matt Tobin

Join Matt Tobin on a refreshing morning bird walk at Heron Creek before our monthly meeting. There will be a sign up for this event. The bird walk will be approximately 1.5 hours.

Sign up HERE.

Heron Creek

22890 N. Old McHenry Road
Lake Zurich,IL 60047

Heron photo from Pixabay.com

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Jun
8

Rooted in the Shadow of Coal - Botanical Treasures of the Waukegan Dunes

In this exhibition, July 13 – August 31, 2025, Brushwood Center will celebrate the plants of the dunes that remain, and also address the Dune's environmental importance and the dangers that it and the community that live around it face.

Go to Brushwood Gallery web HERE or directly to the Call of Entry HERE

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Jun
5

Zoom with Central Texas Botanical Artists

Botanical Artists Crossover Meeting via Zoom with the Central Texas Botanical Artists. Our focus will be on sharing the beauty of the native plants in our respective regions. Christina Lovering will create a slide show featuring the native plants in the Mayslake exhibition. Zoom link sent members.

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May
17

May Plant/Botanical Art Sale

The annual plant and art show/sale, at Reed-Turner Nature Center presented by the Long Grove Kildeer Garden Club and members of the Reed-Turner Botanical Artists Circle.

Drop off at Reed-Turner Nature Center:   Saturday, May 17, 2025,  8:00 am - 9:00 am or at the next two Reed-Turner Meetings on Saturday, March 29, 2025 or April 26, 2025.

Pick up:  Saturday, May 17, 2025,  4:30 pm, at Reed-Turner or at the Reed-Turner Meeting, Saturday, May 31, 2025

If you can stop-in to participate, share time with other members, and greet visitors at the show/ sale,  please sign below.

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May
16

Rory McEwen Exhibition

This exhibition goes through August 17, 2025. Presented by The Richard H. Driehaus Museum, Rory McEwen: A New Perspective on Nature is a travelling exhibition that seeks to reintroduce McEwen and his remarkable body of visual work to United States audiences.

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May
10
to May 11

Brushwood Mother Earth Market 2025

  • Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Taking place every Mother’s Day weekend, the Mother Earth Market features and celebrates local artists, makers, vendors, and organizations who are inspired by “Mother Earth” and are working towards a more sustainable future. Check out the vendors, then join us for art, nature, and wellness activities at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods.

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Mar
13

Uncommon Perfection: Illustrations by Derek Norman

Derek Norman, founding member of Reed-Turner Botanical Artists has an exhibit at the Hunt Institute. In celebration of the recent acquisition of over 200 artworks by Derek Norman, this exhibition highlights work created over the last three decades and reflects his lifelong interest in the beauty of nature.

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Mar
2

10th Anniversary Enriching Life – Retrospective Exhibition

March 2, 2025 - May 4, 2025

The exhibition showcases botanical works by artist Heeyoung Kim and current and invited students of the Heeyoung Kim Botanical Art Academy she founded a decade ago at Brushwood Center.

Register for the reception HERE

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