UPCOMING

Laurie Peek
GINKO!

Christine Randolph
RUIN-NATION

Lynn Stein
THE PEOPLE YOU THINK YOU KNOW

January 17 - March 1, 2026

Main Gallery @ Building 35

Opening Reception:
Saturday, January 17th
5 - 7pm
The gallery will be open only during these hours on the 17th

Gallery Hours:
Fridays, 2 - 5pm
Beginning Sunday, January 18th
Saturdays & Sundays: 1 - 5pm

GINKGO!
Laurie Peek

These images, which all feature ginkgo leaves and plants from Laurie Peek’s garden, are part of an ongoing series of photographs dedicated to her son and all those who’ve lost a loved one. By naming each image for a departed individual, she honors them and keeps their memory alive with a tangible tribute.

As part of her process, she composites lens-based photos of plants; she incorporates various alternative processes, including cyanotypes, anthotypes, and lumens. After printing the images on semi-translucent vellum, Peek then gilds the backs with silver- or gold-toned metallic leaf and varnishes both sides, giving the prints a metallic sheen reminiscent of sacred art.

 With this memorializing project, she brings together her long-time fascination with layers, abstraction, ambiguity, and the natural world.

 In preparation for this show, Peek shared, “Long revered in East Asian culture as a symbol of resilience, longevity, and wisdom, the Ginkgo tree’s ability to persist and survive extremely adverse conditions, including the bombing of Hiroshima, inspires me to believe in self-renewal even in the face of personal tragedy.”

Artist Biography: Laurie Peek is an award-winning visual artist who’s been a photojournalist, educator, librarian, and fine artist. With an MFA in Photography from the Visual Studies Workshop (Rochester, NY), and positions at the George Eastman Museum and the Arts Students League, she’s been widely exhibiting her images in the US and abroad. She was a 2023 Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist in Klompching Gallery’s 2024 Fresh, and twice recognized as an International Garden Photographer of the Year, sponsored by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London. Peek’s work is in the collections of the Fine Art Museum of Houston, Paterson Museum (NJ), Center for Photography at Woodstock (Kingston, NY), Center (Santa Fe, NM), and Visual Studies Workshop (Rochester, NY), as well as the private collections of Paula Tognarelli and Mikhail Baryshnikov.

RUIN-NATION
Christine Randolph

Christine Randolph is a New York-based artist and licensed art therapist whose work investigates the unconscious through intuitive drawing. Her process is rooted in spontaneity; she often begins with scribbles or doodles, drawing with closed eyes or her non-dominant hand to bypass conscious control. Inspired by psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott’s “squiggle” technique, her drawings give form to internal characters and dreamlike narratives that reflect both personal and collective struggle.

Politics and social upheaval, intertwined with personal dramas, fuel the imagination and drive creativity. The art process is a source of calm and soothing as well as catharsis in the release of outrage and grief. Creative excavation of darkness illuminates and informs. It is a compelling antidote to dissociation, despair, and apathy. Formidable as it is, darkness yields hope and love.

Artist Biography: Chris Randolph studied with Richard Pousette-Dart at Sarah Lawrence College and received an MPS in Art Therapy and Creativity Development from Pratt Institute. She currently is an Art Therapist for Music for Life in Nyack. She has shown at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Queens Museum, Garrison Art Center, Hudson Valley MOCA, ROCA, and others. She is currently represented by Vanderplas Gallery, NYC.

The People You Think You Know
Lynn Stein

The first thing one notices about Lynn Stein’s work is how she goes beyond the surface and imbues her figures with history and dreamlike qualities. The figures depicted are very much friends she has created for herself, sourced from images of found photographs.

In The People You Think You Know, Stein works in series and creates her art with a passion for exploring what makes us unique. She paints what she wants, what she needs, and who and what she wants to be. As a painter and vocalist, Stein’s art forms overlap. The canvas and stage serve as a grounding for the conversation. Both contain drama, dynamics, tempo, and shared experience.

Artist Biography: Lynn Stein began painting professionally in 2000 and has been featured in galleries in the tri-state area and in NYC with Jim Kempner Gallery and AHA Gallery. She previously served for 16 years as the Curator and Artistic Director at one of the largest multi-arts nonprofit organizations at the time in upstate NY. Stein has also enjoyed a career as a jazz vocalist, participating in jazz festivals, recording albums, and performing on live radio, including WNYC-FM. 

JOHN MORTON

Minisceongo Overlay

GARNER Arts Center unveils John Morton’s sonic tribute to a storied waterway.

GARNER Arts Center proudly announces the official opening of Minisceongo Overlay, a semi-permanent outdoor sound installation by acclaimed composer and sound artist, John Morton. Situated on a pedestrian walkway and commercial bridge overlooking the Minisceongo Creek within the GARNER Historic District complex, this immersive work invites visitors to experience the creek as both a musical instrument and conduit to the voice of nature.