Exhibition will launch during Tannersville Works Fall Show, opening October 23, 2026, and will remain open to the public through the end of the year.

Paper Collages of the 1960s and 1970s

The centerpiece of the autumn exhibition is a rare, focused presentation of Beck’s seminal paper collages and drawing constructions from the 1960s and 1970s. Having studied painting and drawing at the University of Minnesota before delving deeply into ceramics, Beck discovered a tactile intersection between two-dimensional surface work and raw material structure.

Beck, who holds a B.A. in studio art from the University of Minnesota and taught ceramics at the 92nd Street YMCA in Manhattan, combines an eclectic range of materials and techniques. She creates vibrant and dynamic watercolor paintings, intimate charcoal drawings, and porcelain sculptural elements that she integrates into layered collages. Her recent work includes small ceramic sculptures, bold monoprints, and expressive woodcuts. With playful, deliberate confusion of elements, Beck manipulates space, plane, and illusion to draw viewers into each composition.

Beck previously worked from her art studio on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, where she also owned and ran Studio Gallery 88—an alternative exhibition space devoted to underrepresented artists.

Renowned art critic and historian Wendy Gittler famously described Beck’s practice as operating “in the manner of an alchemist,” observing how she transmutes a personal universe of handmade paper, strings, straw, fired porcelain, and ink into a poetic topography of imagined landscapes and biological charts. Visitors will have a unique opportunity to view these intricate historical works, which celebrate structural mutability and geometric mystery.