Lehman Gallery - Brooks School: Coeducational Private School in North Andover, MA

Attached to Brooks’ library is a 2,300-square-foot gallery in the Robert Lehman Art Center, where Brooks hosts several exhibits annually and allows students to work side by side with internationally recognized artists.

Financial support for the art center, which opened in 1995, came from the Robert Lehman Foundation with special encouragement from Robin Lehman ’55, a well-known artist and Academy Award-winning filmmaker.

Feel free to reach out to Director of the Robert Lehman Art Gallery Babs Wheelden directly with any questions.

Gallery Hours

Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and Sunday by appointment only
(Closed during school vacations)

2026-2027 Exhibitions

Four men in formal attire stand outdoors with trees and foliage in the background.

Artifacts from Archives

A Centennial Exhibition of Brooks School over the past 100 years.
September 4 to September 26, 2026

Reception on September 4, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Andy Warhol

Select Works from The Richard Holmes Collection
October 2 to November 20, 2026

Reception on October 2, from 6 to 8 p.m.

The Learning Network

Art Association of New England Prep Schools' Student Exhibition of works in response to The New York Times' Learning Network
December 4 to December 19, 2026

Two men in suits stand in a room with ornate paintings and red velvet drapery, while a tall, metallic lift mechanism is positioned in the foreground.

Tina Barney

January 29 to April 23, 2027

Artist Reception on April 17 from 1 to 3 p.m.

A stylized portrait of a young man in a denim jacket and orange shirt stands in the foreground against a minimalist background of yellow and blue sky.

Centennial Celebration

100 Years of the Arts at Brooks, featuring works by Brooks School arts faculty, alumni, family and friends
April 30 to June 13, 2027

Celebration on June 11, 2027

Visit the Gallery

The gallery in Brooks School's Robert Lehman Art Center is free and open to the public. The center's galleries are wheelchair accessible.

We're thrilled to welcome you to visit and enjoy the exhibits on display. Between visiting artists' works and examples of student art created in our Center for the Arts — frequently highlighted on the Brooks School Arts Department Instagram — there is always an engaging exhibition to discover.

Please register to visit whenever is most convenient:

Reserve your time

Throughout the school year, the gallergy is abuzz with visiting artists, receptions, exhibits and events!

Exhibit Archives

2025-2026

James Prosek exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculpture
September to December 20, 2025 SEE PHOTOS
Winter Term visiting artist Jorey Hurley P'27, P'28 exhibition of drawings and fine art prints
January 1 to January 26, 2026
Roberto Lugo exhibition of ceramics
January 29 to March 6, 2026 SEE PHOTOS
Artist reception

2024-2025

Christopher Isles '77 "Passion for Pottery" exhibition of ceramics
September 1 to October 1
Artist reception on September 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. SEE PHOTOS
Arts in Progress, Student Exhibition
October 4 to November 23
Artists reception on October 5 at 1 p.m. SEE PHOTOS
Winter Term Visiting artist Hannah Latham '17 "Bring Me a Dream" photography exhibition
December 3 to January 25 — Update: The exhibit has been extended until March 6!
Artist reception on January 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. SEE PHOTOS
Darryl Westly "Paradise" exhibition of paintings
Update: Artist reception on April 4 and exhibit is cancelled.
Manuel Alvarez Bravo and Walker Evans "In Focus" photography exhibit
A Lehman Permanent Collection rearranged to be revisited.
April 7 to May 1 SEE PHOTOS
Advanced Studio Artists' "Passion, Process and Progress" exhibition
May 2 to June 9
Artist reception May 2 from 6 to 8 p.m.

2023-2024

Silencios, exhibit of photography by Juan Manuel Echavarría '66
Oct. 18 - Nov. 24 SEE PHOTOS
La nostalgie: ici et la-bas (Nostalgia: here and there) Americana and Orquevaux, France by Art Teacher Sonja Nagel
Nov. 27 - Jan. 1 SEE PHOTOS
Struggle by Winter Term visiting artist Robert Freeman
Jan. 5 - Feb. 17
Artist reception on Jan. 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. SEE PHOTOS, LEARN MORE!
Women's Work, artists from Salon Design: Elisa Strozyk, Christina Watka, Brit Kleinman, Jessica Switzer Green and Manon Steayart
Feb. 23 - April 27
Artists reception on March 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. SEE PHOTOS
"A Life's Work of Reimagining" by James Rivington "Riv" Pyne '64
May 1 - June 15
Artist celebration on May 10 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. SEE PHOTOS

2022-2023

"Swimming Holes and Summer Fields: A Love Story," exhibit of paintings by Julia Powell
Sept. 1 - Oct. 2, with an artists reception Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. SEE PHOTOS
"Arts In Progress: Choices, Regrets, Relationships and Forgiveness," an exhibition of student works from fall 2022
Oct. 7 - Nov. 18
"Watercolors of New England," paintings by Racket Shreve '63
Nov. 25 - Jan. 1 SEE PHOTOS
"Transitus," a mixed-media painting exhibition of, and with, works by "Italian Art and Culture" Winter Term visiting artist Nella Lush P‘95
Jan. 4 - Jan. 30, with an artists reception Jan. 7 at 6 p.m. SEE PHOTOS OF THE EXHIBIT AND OF THE WINTER TERM CLASS
William “Bill” Ferris ‘60 VOICES OF MISSISSIPPI: ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS, Give My Poor Heart Ease and The South in Color, a photography exhibition from the Lehman Art Center permanent collection to honor Black History Month.
William Ferris is the Joel R. Williamson Eminent Professor of History Emeritus, University of North Carolina, including Images from: I Am A Man: Civil Rights Photographs in the American South, 1960–1970
Feb. 3 - April 23
"HOPE: Faculty and friends of the Robert Lehman Art Center Gallery" an exhibition of works by faculty, staff, parents/family members, alumni responding to the theme of hope*.
March 30 - May 1 *Please note: The location of the HOPE exhibit has been changed to the Bowers Room in the Center for the Arts.
Advanced Students’ Sustained Investigations and Creative Collective
April 29- June 2. AP and Advanced Open Studio artists reception May 5 from 6 to 8 p.m.

2020-2021

"Surviving a Pandemic with Creativity," featuring glass works and cartoons from the collection of Robin Lehman '55. November 29 - January 2 SEE PHOTOS
Arts in Progress: Identity, Truth and Wonder
October 20 - November 20 SEE PHOTOS
Show of Hands: Henry M. Buhl '48 Collection
September 3 - October 15 READ MORE & SEE PHOTOS
Advanced Artists and Creatives Exhibition
May 20 - June 6: with "An Evening of the Arts" on May 28, featuring live music ensembles from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Student Arts Exhibition 2020-2021
May 5 - 19. SEE PHOTOS
Academic Building "Planning for Future Learning Spaces"
April 19 - 23: A display of architectural drawings of the renovation and expansion of Brooks Academic Building and Library

2019-2020

MeadEaglePhotos, "Environments, Cultures and Wildlife at Risk," in September: READ MORE.
Student Art Show, mixed media work from our Center for the Arts, in October.
200 Women: Who Will Change the Way You See the World exhibition, in November: READ MORE
Laura Nichols GP'18, GP'20, GP'22, ceramicist and Winter Term visiting artist, in January: SEE PHOTOS
Jim Sperber '87, painting, in February: READ MORE.
Brooks Faculty Show, in March.