Carrie Gardner
Ypsilanti Area

Fused Glass

Cathy Gendron
Ann Arbor Area

Armed with a BFA and a serious need to draw, I began my illustration career in 1980. Surviving 8 years in newspapers as an art director and the noxious fumes from my painting process, I lives and work in Ann Arbor. A teacher for over 25 years at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, my oil paintings have appeared in numerous publications and have earned awards from, among others, Print, Communication Arts and the Society of Publication Designers.

Randy Gilchrist
Ann Arbor Area

Tenor; UMS Choral Union, Christ Church Detroit Choir, Twelfth Night Singers; Actor; Birmingham Village Players

Katy Giordano
Ann Arbor Area

Sandra Gittleson
Ann Arbor Area

Painting is a creative way for me to freeze a special moment in time, to capture an emotion, the beauty of innocence or the passion for something or someone. l am a child at heart and l love to portray in great detail, I am drawn to everyday life, animals/pets and the strength of the human body. Painting can be a challenge, but it is exciting, fulfilling and very rewarding to depict my interpretation using saturated watercolors, incorporating a variety of techniques, like salt, ink, collage or scratching for texture to convey a more improved affect. Painting is a huge part of my life as well as photography. So, it works out great when working on a commissioned painting or on a pet portrait. It is my hope that my art entertains, pleases and ultimately inspires you.

Sally Goldberg
Outside Washtenaw County

Ceramic Artist, member Ann Arbor Potters Guild

Debra Golden
Ypsilanti Area

I'm an artist at large - I paint watercolors (MFA), oils, mixed media and the occasional theatre set. I love when I meet others who overlap along with me in various art disciplines (music, theatre, fine art and design!) Current projects include murals, helping empower others through art, book illustration, painting fanciful fish, and creating 'tunnel' books.

Amy Goldstein
Ann Arbor Area

Kendall Goode
Dexter Area

Barbara Goodsitt
Ann Arbor Area

Barbara is a member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, and the Ann Arbor Women's Artists organization. She teaches Colored Pencil Techniques in Southeast Michigan at Washtenaw Community College and at Ann Arbor Community Education & Recreation. Barbara has a degree in Fine Art and graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin- Madison. She has worked in scientific illustration for hospitals and universities and is a published illustrator for the University of Michigan Press and others. Her freelance client list spans several industries including medical, educational, business, and nonprofit organizations in Madison, Boston, Seattle and Ann Arbor. Currently, Barbara exhibits her fine art in galleries and juried art shows. Artists Statement: I am a contemporary realist. As a professional illustrator, I carry the precision of illustration into my fine art. I enjoy exploring exciting ranges of color, texture and light. I like to present common objects such as food, still lifes, and animals in unusual and interesting ways. Each stroke is applied with the spirit of the subject matter in mind. Inspiration comes from the beauty and simplicity found in nature or things we encounter everyday, which can be overlooked in our hurried lives.

Dennis Gordon
Ypsilanti Area

Helen Gotlib
Ann Arbor Area

Drawing & Printmaking Artist

kathy graf
Ypsilanti Area

D'Real Graham
Ypsilanti Area

Loving Ypsilanti.

marcelle gray
Ann Arbor Area

painter: pastel, oil and watercolor

Sheila Graziano
Chelsea Area

Rooted in ten years of tap dancing as a kid (thanks Mom!), my feet started trembling with excitement when, as a young adult, I first discovered Appalachian clogging and other forms of traditional percussive stepdancing. I knew immediately that this was what I’d been preened for, and have been intimately involved with the traditional music and dance community since the 1980s. I was a founding member of and choregrapher for The Crosstown Cloggers, Crow’s Feet and The Commonwealth Dance Collective, and also spent several years performing as a soloist with a local stringband. My current performance configuration is Matter & Ghost - a collaboration with Michigan’s official state troubadour, Neil Woodward. I am the dance instructor and choreographer for two high school fiddle groups in Washtenaw County, and run ongoing adult clogging classes. Private lessons and special teaching/performance situations are always considered. It took me many years and many miles traveled to find qualified instructors to teach me the art of traditional stepdancing, and am thus extremely dedicated to passing on the material I’ve had the pleasure of learning to any interested folks.

Amanda Grazioli
Outside Washtenaw County

Amanda has recently relocated to Boston, MA and is currently seeking artistic opportunities there. Please email leads to afigrazioli@gmail.com** Amanda has worked in both artistic and administrative capacities for a variety of nonprofit and higher education organizations. She enjoys theatrical directing and facilitation and seeks to explore the ways in which applied theatre and drama can illuminate issues, spark conversation and change lives. As a director recent credits include Marsha Norman's 'night Mother (PTD Productions, Ypsilanti, MI) and Samuel Beckett's Act Without Words II (Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI). Most recently she served as Assistant Director for the University of Michigan's Educational Theatre Company. Trained in Playback Theatre and Improvisation, Amanda enjoys performing with the 6Figures Playback Company and looks forward to getting involved in the Playback community in Boston. She will be co-presenting at the Playback North America Festival in Washington DC in October. Her recent theatre facilitation projects include working with mentally ill prisoners at the Woodland Correctional Center Facility as well as devising and presenting an original interactive theatre workshop for the Michigan Works! Jobs, Education and Training Program. With several years of development and event planning experience, Amanda is also a well-seasoned fundraiser. She believes that strong, informed administrators are vital to the survival of organizations that bring the performing and visual arts to communities. Amanda holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Boston College, a MA in Arts Administration from Eastern Michigan University, and earned her MA in Applied Drama and Theatre for the Young (also from Eastern Michigan University) in December 2011.

Alexander Griffin
Ann Arbor Area

I've been drawing most of my life and in April 2012 Stickman Ray Studios was created. Currently I am working on artwork for children, my latest series Jamminals features unique drawings of animals with headphones each with their own story. All of my work is completely hand drawn and I hope to reach local audiences, attend art fairs, display my art and more.

Sophie Grillet
Ann Arbor Area

Paintings, including portraits, in oils or acrylic vigorous and usually colorful, playing with abstract and representational. Also photography: mainly still life and architectural, 3D and cartoons.

Rebecca Groeb-Driskill
Saline Area

Theater Manager for Ellen A. Ewing Perfforming Arts Center/Artistic Director/Drama Teacher

Denise Grupp-Verbon
Outside Washtenaw County

TAPESTRY features Denise Grupp-Verbon, harpist and Michael Grupp-Verbon, guitarist.

Dennis Guastella
Outside Washtenaw County

Pamela Guenzel
Ann Arbor Area