With its collection of assemblages, dioramas and “clayaramas,” the Romano Gallery transforms into a galaxy of creativity. Father and daughter duo Leo Kaplan and Karen Kaplan Klein share more than two lifetimes of artistic expression in one exhibit. Walking through Echoes of Eternity, viewers can pause to peruse each world and create stories that piece together this “snapshot of eternity.” The exhibit runs from March 22 to April 18, with an artist talk on Thursday, March 27, at 7 p.m. in Armstrong-Hipkins Center for the Arts.

The late Leo Kaplan’s assemblages combine objects from the past, including antique memorabilia, toys, wood type and more. He organized materials, surfaces, colors and patterns abstractly to present the objects anew. Without disturbing their separate identities, Mr. Kaplan combined them into a new and highly personal image. “The formation of imagery and abstract environments by the use of disparate objects, dross and discarded artifacts juxtaposed in a new environment provides an invitation for the viewer to see the ordinary as the extraordinary—the mundane as the beautiful,” Mr. Kaplan said of his work in 2004.

Karen Kaplan Klein’s dioramas are crafted meticulously. Images are drawn in pen and ink, scanned, reduced, dry mounted and precisely cut out with a sharp blade. The pieces are then constructed in layers with color overlays combined with black and white. Her “clayaramas” are dioramas created with ceramics in a fluid process that requires multiple firings from bisque and glaze to overglaze and metallic lusters.

Mr. Kaplan was born in Binghamton, New York, in 1912. He attended Rochester Institute of Technology, and—after serving in World War ll—married the love of his life, Jane Portis. Mr. Kaplan worked at Great Lakes Press, where he was the art director, creative director, salesman and vice president. He performed in a variety of one-man acts and served on many boards of various institutions. A true renaissance man, Mr. Kaplan began to exhibit his assemblages in 1963 and his work is in many museums, corporations, private collections and galleries. He gained recognition in the Finger Lakes Area and soon achieved fame across the country. Mr. Kaplan lived a full century, as his wife also did, before passing away in 2012.

Mr. Kaplan’s daughter, Ms. Kaplan Klein, grew up in Rochester, New York, and earned her bachelor’s degree at Long Island University, where she majored in art and minored in education. In 1971, launched her career as an art teacher in Byram Township Schools in New Jersey. After starting a family, Ms. Kaplan Klein began offering art classes and camps in her home as well as at various homes and facilities. She first exhibited her dioramas at Baron Designs in Greenwich Village, New York, and Nantucket and Provincetown, Massachusetts. This led to many other galleries and shows. Currently, Ms. Kaplan Klein is a part of Gallery 23 in Blairstown. She teaches at several assisted-living facilities as well as a class with nonprofits Norwescap and DASI for trauma victims. She offers art camps at her home every summer, where she lives on a small horse farm with her husband.

All are welcome to attend the artist talk with Ms. Kaplan Klein on Thursday, March 27, at 7 p.m.