Among Friends
Organized by ALEXANDRA RUTSCH BROCK, BETH DARY, AND PATRICIA FABRICANT
Inspired by the Robert Rauschenberg artwork "Hiccups," AMONG FRIENDS reflects and responds to the strength and illumination we find through art, friendship and community. The show will consist of 300 pieces of 9x 7 inch paper, each worked on by a different artist, zipped together into one continuous, exuberant piece.
About the Organizers:
Alexandra Rutsch Brock is an artist, independent curator and educator. She has exhibited nationally, and curated in smaller venues around NY including Studio 12N, NYC; MirandaArtsProjectSpace, Portchester, NY and Pelham Art Center, NY. Born in Westchester, NY, she received her BFA in Fine Art & Art Education K-12 from the School of Visual Arts, NY and her MS in Studio Art from the College of New Rochelle, NY. She has been teaching at New Rochelle High School since 1991, where she started the Visiting Artists Program with Scott Seaboldt. Artists have included Sarah McEneany, Eric Brown, Whitfield Lovell, Alexander Rutsch, Debra Hampton, Tracy Miller and Dylan Goldberger
Beth Dary is a New York City based visual artist. Her work explores global themes that reflect upon the natural world in a variety of media, often creating site-specific and public art installations that are responsive to the environment. Dary holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University and a Masters of Fine Arts from Memphis College of Art. She has participated in several artist residency programs including Yaddo, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Her work has been curated into exhibits at the Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art in Russia, Satellite and Miami Project Art Fairs in Miami and Prospect 1.5 in New Orleans. Dary’s work has been commissioned by Battery Park City in Manhattan and she has received grants from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the The Manhattan Community Arts Fund. Her work is included in private, corporate and museum collections in the USA and Europe.
Patricia Fabricant is a painter curator, and award-winning book designer, born in New York City. She received her BA from Wesleyan University and studied painting in Florence Italy. Her abstract and figurative paintings have been exhibited widely at such galleries as M David & Co, Front Room, SFA Projects, Equity Gallery, Morgan Lehman, the Painting Center, and 490 Atlantic. Her curatorial practice includes two editions of the benefit group show, Among Friends, Studio Mates at Front Room Gallery, and With the Grain, at Equity Gallery. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
