Staff
Contact Us:
To reach any GARNER Arts Center Staff or Director,
please contact us by phone at 845-947-7108
or via email at info@garnerartscenter.org
We appreciate your time and look forward to hearing from you!
Joe Fusaro - Gallery Operations Director
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Joe Fusaro is an artist and educator. In addition to his work here at Garner Arts Center, he is the director of the Nyack Teacher Center, where he has served since 2022, and is an adjunct professor for New York University’s graduate program in Art and Art Professions since 2008.
Previously, Joe served as the senior education advisor for Art21, producers of the award-winning PBS series, Art in the Twenty-First Century, from 2008 through 2025. He also taught in the New York City public schools from 1990-2003, and then served as visual arts department chair for the Nyack Public Schools here in Rockland from 2003-2022.
Joe has facilitated workshops and professional development sessions about teaching with contemporary art, as well as mentoring new teachers, at schools, universities, and museums across the United States, and has written about approaches to teaching with contemporary art. This includes the most recent book by Davis Publishing, The Visual Experience.
Kris Burns – Interim Program Director
Melissa Mower-Yannuzzi – Programs & Operations Associate
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Credit: Susan Stava Photography
Melissa Mower-Yannuzzi earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History from SUNY New Paltz in 2003. She worked as Gallery Assistant at GARNER Arts Center since 2008 before moving into her current position as Programs & Operations Associate in 2017. Melissa also works at Blue Hill Art & Cultural Center, in Pearl River, installing exhibitions.
Jonathan Shorr – Curator-at-Large
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Credit: Susan Stava Photography
Jonathan Shorr is recognized internationally as a leading curator, gallerist and cultural anthropologist. Jonathan Shorr Art Consultants advises cultural institutions, nonprofit organizations, companies and individuals on Contemporary, Modern, and Performance Art.
Lauren Eberhardt - Gallery Attendant
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Lauren Eberhardt earned a BFA in Painting and Drawing from Purchase College (SUNY) in 2022, with minors in Psychology and Art History. She joined GARNER Arts Center as Gallery Attendant in Spring 2023. Passionate about art, Lauren enjoys working closely with exhibitions and the creative community.