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Lori Garling

Performing Arts: Dance; Ballet

Lori Garling has served the region as a professional dance educator, pageant coach and certified member of the prestigious National Registry of Dance Educators since 1982. Garling is a dance teacher, choreographer, private coach, musician, grant writer, designer of costumes and sets and a performing arts community leader. She has taught in the South Central PA region for over 30 years. She is a teacher of classical and contemporary ballet and also a freelance choreographer and teacher for area schools and colleges, health clubs, and musical theatre organizations. She is an arts advocate for the community of York. Lori Garling is an expert in the development of pre-professional dancers, and her passion is to bring all people to share and experience the love of dance. She believes that the arts matter, especially in the lives of children and that all children should have the chance to dance with no regard to their ability to pay.

Dizz Gavins

Graphic Arts; Media; Visual Arts: Film, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Murals, Painting, Photography, Visual Arts Instructor

Duane Gavins Jr, primarily known as Dizz/Dizzuane, now 30 was born and raised in Baltimore, MD, and has been in York, PA since 2006. Dizz’s creative skills can be seen in many different mediums fusing in fashion, graphic design and fine art. His free flowing drippy style earned him the name “Dripped Gawd” by his peers. By creating his own lane he’s been able to work with several brands/artists including New Balance, PUMA, Levis & 21 Savage just to name a few. Dizz has Murals in the York, Lancaster, Columbia & Harrisburg area. Dating 2016-2022 “Unlimited Vibe”2017 Royal Square District, York (Sprocket Mural) “Melt” 2020, 28 S Dewberry St, Harrisburg (Sprocket Mural) “Free Flow”, 2022, Columbia Kettle Works (2nd floor), Columbia As a creative designer he finds himself merging creative ideas with business strategies to create branding. Creating collections of visual art including video, marketing, clothing and illustration. “Dripped Gawd Supply” – Clothing & Merchandise www.drippedgawd.com “DizzWasHere Studios” – Creative Solution Art Studio “Only Soxx” – Non-Profit Organization “Dummie Love Apparel” – Clothing & Merchandise Dizz often engages with younger artists to help share skills and experiences as an artist. Most recently leading classes to teach painting with Positive Energy Arts in York, 2021 and Digital Illustration with the Eat Brand in DC, 2022. Dizz also provides tutorials of creative ideas to peers on streaming platforms Twitch and Youtube. Starting in a small art community, Dizz worked to network and connect with individuals and groups outside the city to build connections to create more opportunities. These connections inspired his solo venture of creating his own sneaker in 2021 and collaborations with the York revolution in 2022. Here are a few examples of Dizz’s projects and events. Dripped Gawd Summer Art Tour – 2018 – Sponsored by DTLR & PUMA – This Pennsylvania area tour where Dizz traveled to York, Lancaster, Harrisburg and Chester PA. At these events, he led sip and paint classes for adults, live shoe painting & pop up shops. Black Lives Matter Mural – 2020 – Baltimore, MD – Street Mural painted in collaboration with Dizz and three other artists, he used his dripped style to create the word Matter in the mural. Dripped Gawd Sneaker Release – 2021 – Dizz designed and released his first signature shoe called “Hoop Dreams” for his brand Dripped Gawd. York Revolution Collaboration & Dripped Gawd Night – 2022 – Sponsored by Parliament Arts Organization. Dizz was blessed with the opportunity to design a collection of jerseys for the York Revolution baseball team collaborating with his brand Dripped Gawd. The jersey inspired an event called Dripped Gawd Night where the players and staff wore the designed jerseys & the jerseys were later auctioned off for charity. Mental Health Awareness Activity Book – 2022 – Sponsored by DTLR & Adidas. This activity books created by Dizz includes words of encouragement, coloring pages and gives children a way to explore mental health in a new way. His latest accomplishment is the opening of his studio in Columbia, Pa,2022. DizzwasHere studios is the creative hub for everything listed above. Feel free to contact Dizz if you have any questions-infodizzuane@gmail.com.

Kacie Gilgore

Visual Arts: Crafts, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Printmaking, Visual Arts, Works on paper; Pyrography

I am a self-taught artist, printmaker, and illustrator born and raised in York, Pennsylvania. I’ve been creating things since I first found finger paints as a toddler. I focused a lot of my time and energy on art in middle and high school, however a series of difficult events in my life after graduation caused me to put my future plans of furthering my art education on hold. I decided to pursue a career in cosmetology and spent years working as a makeup artist before I joined the corporate world in digital marketing. Through my work in marketing, I rediscovered my passion and need for a regular creative outlet. As I experienced firsthand the weight and mental impact of the content we absorb on a daily basis, my philosophy for survival was born: Create more than you consume. These days, I’m a freelance digital marketing professional to make ends meet and always on the clock as an artist. One day, I’m hopeful that I can turn my art into a full-time gig. I enjoy working in digital illustration as well as traditional mediums and focus a lot of my time on linocut printing and pyrography. I try not to take myself or my subject matter too seriously. I started creating again with a few goals in mind. First: to nurture my mental health and neurodivergent brain, preventing the all-too-common burnout & overwhelm. Second: to share my unconventional story and creative work with the world. Third: to inspire and encourage others to do the same.

Andrea Gingerich

Visual Arts: Murals, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Visual Arts, Works on paper

Andrea Gingerich is a York, Pennsylvania artist and photographer with a background in environmental science. Her artwork often portrays nature in a whimsical, abstract form with bright colors, linework and patterns. All of her artwork is intuitive with no set plans in the creation process, which she finds to reduce stress and anxiety. Andrea enjoys being a maker more than a buyer to reduce her carbon footprint, save money and create something unique. Andrea is a caretaker for her 93-year-old grandfather from whom she has inherited her spirit of being prolific, adventurous and living each day as if it were her last. She believes in living several lifetimes’ worth of experiences within one lifetime. These experiences have influenced her artwork and the person she has become. Andrea loves being outdoors, traveling, learning and her two guinea pigs.

Rod Goelz

Performing Arts: Dance, Music, Performing Arts, Vocal

Rod Goelz is a local musician who has “gone international” with his teaching methods. The Associated Press has called Rod a “Six-string surgeon.” He has been mentoring musicians and making great music for almost 30 years. A native of York, PA, Rod attended Berklee College of Music and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music Industry Studies from Millersville University. Rod has taught guitar, bass, drums, and mandolin to hundreds of musicians, and he is credited for his ability to creatively mix diverse areas of music, including hip-hop, funk, rock, country, metal, bluegrass, jazz, pop, reggae, and just about any style his students can think of. Known for his involvement with such diverse bands such as Paradise Movement and American Hollar, Rod is also the founder of Groove Jones, The Rod Goelz Project, and Boompop Coalition. Rod makes learning fun and exciting by tailoring his lessons to his students’ interests and goals. There is no Kumbaya in Rod’s studio. He meets his students where they are and journeys with them to nurture their unique musical voice. Rod brings his trademark sense of humor and ability to teach on the fly into session, making his online and in-person lessons feel more like a jam session than a rigid music class. Rod leverages his years of performance and teaching experience to build solid, confident, lifelong musicians.

Chris Gold

Visual Arts: Painting, Visual Arts

Chris Gold is a resident of York, PA who started painting later in life. Her creative journey began in 1999 when her daughter came home from school with a pot she made in her ceramics class. They began taking some private ceramics lessons and she discovered the joy of creating something functional from a lump of clay. After 15 years of being frustrated with the occasional unfixable failures coming from her kiln she felt she needed a different medium for her creative outlet. In addition, pottery did not allow for the degree of self expression she desired. As a child she grew up being fascinated watching her father paint with colorful, creamy oil paints, so she picked up a brush to try it for herself. Paint is now her chosen medium because it allows her the flexibility to change a work to suit her aesthetic through to completion. She also finds painting a better vehicle to express her appreciation of the God given feminine strength and beauty she finds in nature. Her art education is not a formal one, but rather gained by taking workshops and classes from local professionals. She paints in a range of genres including acrylic or mixed media abstracts as well as traditional and surrealistic landscapes. Now a retired nurse practitioner in women’s health, she has much more time to devote to the canvas and is showing her work in area galleries and online social media. She has been accepted into juried shows through the York Art Association and is showing work at the York Jewish Community Center, Ironic coffee bar and Parliament Art. She is a member of the York Art Association and a juried member of the Oil Painters of America.

Lola Gonzalez

Alcohol Ink

My name is Lola and I reside in York Pennsylvania. I am a self-taught artist who has put in many long nights trying to learn different techniques from watching videos, trial, and error as well as learning from other artists throughout the years. I am proof that it is never too late to follow your dreams! Thank you so much for following me on my ink journey.

Angela Gonzalez

Performing Arts: Actor/Actress, Performing Arts, Photography, Storytelling, Theatre, Visual Arts, Vocal; Visual Arts: Actor/Actress, Performing Arts, Photography, Storytelling, Theatre, Visual Arts, Vocal

Angela Gonzalez (She/Her/Hers), also known as Angela of York, is a photographer and performer currently based in New York City. With her photography work, she specializes in live performances and portraits. Her work has been awarded within the YorkFest Fine Arts Festival, presented through an exhibit at The Parliament Arts Organization, featured on York City Bus Stops, and graced El Periodico Vip’s cover. Angela is also working toward her BFA in The Performing Arts: Music Theatre at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Her most notable on-stage roles have been Daniela in “In The Heights”, for which her company was awarded Best Original/Creative Performance, and Marta in “Company”, for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Performer in a Musical.

Brett Greiman

Graphic Arts; Visual Arts: Graphic Arts, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Media and Visual Communications, Mixed Media, Murals, Painting, Photography, Visual Arts, Visual Arts Instructor

In the time following graduation from the York Academy of Arts, Brett has had a wide variety of work experiences. An extensive background in the graphics industry combined with over twelve years college level teaching of the visual arts and the Adobe Creative Suite programs come together in a talented, experienced and knowledgeable visual communicator. Brett also brings that background into his work as a fine artist using both conventional and digital mediums. Visual Communications is a multi-disciplinary field encompassing graphic design, illustration, photography, multi-media, and fine arts. Many years of working and teaching in all these fields have molded Brett Greiman into a professional problem solver capable of delivering your message effectively.

Vito Grippi

Literary Arts; Performing Arts: Literary Arts, Music, Performing Arts, Photography, Storytelling, Visual Arts; Visual Arts: Literary Arts, Music, Performing Arts, Photography, Storytelling, Visual Arts

I am a singer songwriter, poet, and photographer who believes that art, regardless of the medium, is our most powerful tool of communication. Creation creates connection, and I’m here for all of it. I’ve performed in bands and as a solo act since 2002, more recently focusing on the writing and creation of original work. As a poet and essayist, I’ve published work in national magazines and also founded and served as editor of the literary magazines Shaking Like a Mountain and Story. As a photography, I am interested in the ability of an image to capture a fleeting moment that tells its own story–not unlike a poem or a song. When not performing or creating my own work, I shoot portraits and commercial photography and teach creative writing at York College of Pennsylvania. At this time I am honored to hold the position of Poet Laureate of York.

Brandon Gross

Visual Arts: Crafts, Illustration, Mixed Media, Murals, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Visual Arts

I’m a rebellious kid in a grown man’s body. My work is refined yet messy. I’m heavily influenced by cartoons, street art, 80s and 90s pop culture, horror iconography. I’ve been making legal street art in York City since the mid 2000s. I’ve painted murals all over the city, places like Reid Menzer skate park and the Revolution Stadium. I’m also a father of 2 daughters.

Judy Grupp

Visual Arts: Illustration, Mixed Media, Painting, Visual Arts, Works on paper

There is a box of 64 crayons in every one of my paintings. Those crayons are my first memory of making art, of going down the rabbit hole and giving life to my imagination. My favorite medium is colored pencils with collage coming in a close second. I am a mixed media artist in the truest sense. My painting style is a blend of realism and abstract, with an illustrative quality. Acrylic paint, colored pencils, and collage ephemera are my favorite materials. My art can be seen at Studio Gallery 234 in York, PA, and, Riverview Gallery in Havre de Grace MD. My paintings are conceptual, coming from the ideas living in my head transformed into art. Even though my paintings are planned and methodically created, it is still my imagination in the rabbit hole leading the way. My art is everything I wish I was in real life. I am the crayon box and my art is the magic that lives inside.

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