Alexandra Rutsch Brock is an artist, independent curator and educator.
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 annual Visiting Artists Program with Scott Seaboldt in 1993. Recent artists have included Spencer Finch (2025), Erika Ranee (2024), Judy Pfaff (2023) and John Yau (2022).

She has exhibited nationally, and curated in NY and CT.  She has exhibited nationally, and curated over 70 exhibits in NY and CT.  Her most recent “Among Friends 4” at Metaphor Projects in Brooklyn had 275 artists and raised $9000 for Planned Parenthood.
 

Beneath the Visible
September 17, 2026 - October 25, 2026
 
Opening Reception: 
Thursday, September 17th, 6pm - 8pm 
 
 
ArtsFest Open House: 
Saturday, October 17th, 10am - 4pm 
 
Artist Talk: 
Thursday, October 22nd, 6pm - 8pm
Join us for an informal talk with the artists about their work

Jason Rohlf
Alyse Rosner
Kathy Rutsch
Denise Sfraga
Barbara Weiss
Judith Witlin

This exhibition explores nature as a dynamic process of growth, transformation, and renewal, featuring six artists whose practices engage with the natural world not simply as image, but as material, surface, time, and change. Through acts of rubbing, pressing, scraping, layering, compressing, and imprinting, the artists reveal the often unseen forces that shape our environment, tracing the marks of weather, growth, erosion, and decay.

Together, these works invite viewers to slow down and look closely—to notice textures, traces, and subtle shifts that might otherwise go unseen. Rooted in observation and process, the exhibition encourages a deeper awareness of our connection to the natural world and the interconnected cycles of light, matter, and time that shape both nature and ourselves.
 
 
 




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