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“Residual Light”

A Group Exhibition in the John Little Barn

at The Arts Center at Duck Creek

Curated by Andrea Cote & Galina Kurlat

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A new group exhibition at The Arts Center at Duck Creek brings together a dynamic group of female artists working at the forefront of experimental, camera-less photography.

“Residual Light” is a collaborative exhibition featuring artists who use alternative photographic processes to create works shaped by light, material, and chance.

The exhibition highlights a growing movement of artists embracing tactile, analog methods that push photography beyond traditional representation into more abstract and exploratory forms.

On view through June 14 in the John Little Barn, the exhibition also includes a hands-on Cyanotype and Lumen Print demo on May 17, and an Artist’s Talk on June 14.

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Eight Women Reimagine Photography Through Material, Light, and Transformation

The group of female artists includes Andrea Cote, Kaitlyn Danielson, Debora Francis, Galina Kurlat, Amanda Marchand, Anne Arden McDonald, Wendy Small and Shoshannah White. Embracing analog methods not just as tools but as collaborators, these artists allow chance, materiality, and process to shape their outcomes. Through this lens, the work celebrates experimentation and the unexpected. Each artist pushes the medium beyond traditional boundaries of representation into realms of the sublime, the abstract and the unknown.

Rooted in the natural world, the celestial, and the body, the exhibition feels urgently of this moment: a quiet but powerful counterpoint to a world marked by political uncertainty, ecological fragility, and a collective reckoning with systems long in need of change.

“We’re excited to introduce these artists’ experimental work to the East End community. Duck Creek’s historic John Little Barn that was once an artist’s studio – a place for creative exploration – is a perfect setting for these artists’ work that traces back to early historical photographic processes, bringing a contemporary approach and curiosity.

At this time when one can generate and manipulate a digital image in seconds, these artists engage with a slow, tactile and absolutely present way of camera-less creation with light,” shares Andrea Cote, co-curator of Residual Light.

Image above left / Artwork by Andrea Cote.

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Sunlight as Studio: Hands-On Cyanotype & Lumen Printing Demo for All Ages

The Hands-on Demo: Exploring Cyanotype and Lumen Printing in Sunlight will take place on Sunday, May 17 from 12 – 1:30 p.m. and will be hosted by artists and curators Galina Kurlat and Andrea Cote. The artists will present an engaging introduction to early photographic processes and their contemporary resurgence through handmade, experimental techniques such as lumen prints and cyanotypes. This hands-on demonstration invites participants to explore the creative possibilities of alternative photography while learning how light, time, and material interact to produce one-of-a-kind images. Attendees will have the opportunity to create and take home one sun-developed artwork per demo.

Open to ages 6 and up. There is limited availability and registration is required which can be completed Here.

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Image above center: Artwork by Gallina Kurlat

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THE CURATORS

Gallina and Andrea met in Brooklyn in 2004. They maintain a dialogue with other female photographic artists in a bimonthly critique group in NYC organized by Kurlat and recently participated in the group exhibition entitled “Witness Marks: Toward the Unseen” during Gowanus Arts Festival in Fall 2025. Some of the artists in the proposed exhibition are members of the group. This Spring “Sight Unseen” was the highlight photo exhibition during the NYC Affordable Art Fair, 2026 curated by Kurlat and including a selection of artists featured in “Residual Light.”

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The Arts Center at Duck Creek is a dynamic hub for contemporary art and cultural exchange on Long Island’s East End. Set on a historic property in Springs, New York, the center champions innovative artistic practices through a diverse program of exhibitions, performances, and interdisciplinary events. By bringing together leading and emerging voices across disciplines, Duck Creek fosters dialogue, experimentation, and community engagement in a uniquely inspiring natural and architectural setting.

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