*PLEASE NOTE: On Wednesday, 11/17, the Gallery will open at 12:30pm*
Paul Vogel, Ikkuma
In the latest edition of The Art Students League’s Exhibition Outreach program, presented in partnership with ChaShaMa, nineteen League artists explore the difference between fire’s glow and frost’s glitter. Designed to provide more exhibition opportunities to League student/member artists, our Exhibition Outreach (EO) program displays the work of League artists in venues throughout the tristate area for viewing by hundreds of thousands of people. Fire and Ice, which is centrally located within Brooklyn Bridge Park at 360 Furman Street, will walk viewers through a vault of dreams and memories of the season, sentineled by its warmest and coldest imagery.
Aiko Cascio, Snow
Twenty-seven artworks in media ranging from painting to wood carving promise tension between opposing forms, yet Fire and Ice is ultimately a composition of harmony—a call and response of relationships. It reflects the nature of the work that faces artists, and the work that faces us all as we continue to trudge through uncertainty. A network of rods on a steel frame creates a sculpture of fire so dimensional that its shadow becomes a plume of smoke over its form. Translucent washes and thick strokes of blue and white create distinctive scenes of snow.
We are finding balance as the world blows hot and cold, searching for the warmth that will melt what has been frozen, searching for the cool center that lives within the heat of panic.
Featured Artists:
Jonathan Arovas, Lesley Bodzy, Aiko Cascio, Audrey Cohn-Ganz, Kathleen Huggard, Kathleen Jansyn, Richard Katz, Claudia Kreiss, Jack Livingston, John Parnell, Shoshana Pofelis, Rachel Lulov Segall, Milan Sharma, Kirsten Tingle, Paul Vogel, Congwen Wang, Joyce Weinstein, Michele Wenzke, Michael Wyetzner,
About The Curator
Alexandra (Alexi) 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 exhibited in solo and group shows most recently at The Keck School at USC, CA, The Painting Center, NY, Village West Gallery, NJ and Misericordia University, PA. Her work has been featured in Studio Visit Magazine SV Vol44. Her recent co-curations include “In Accordion Times: A Pandemic Archive” at Ursa Gallery with Patricia Miranda, “HyperAccumulators” with Elizabeth Saperstein at Pelham Art Center, NY and “Among Friends” project with artists Patricia Fabricant and Beth Dary at the Clemente Center, NYC. www.AlexandraRutschBrock.com
About 
For over two decades, ChaShaMa has played a central role in sustaining New York’s vibrant artistic community and increasing access to the arts for all. ChaShaMa supports artists by partnering with property owners to transform unused real estate into space to create and present work and provides free art classes for NYC communities. Annually ChaShaMa operates 137 subsidized studios, presents 200 free exhibitions and performances, and provides 300 free art classes for 3,500+ participants in the Bronx, Washington Heights, and Sunset Park, and awards $9 million worth of real estate to artists.
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