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Lisa T. Short – PA German Folk Art

L.T. Short – PA German Folk Art & Fraktur Lisa Short, of L.T. Short Folk Art, is a southeastern Pennsylvania artisan specializing in Pennsylvania German fraktur and traditional decorative arts. Self-taught and deeply inspired by the folk art traditions of rural Pennsylvania Germans of the 18th and early 19th centuries, she creates hand-inked and watercolor-painted […]

Sarah Gilligan Folk Art

By Marlene CobleMay 12, 2026Cleveland Ohio Visit Zoar Artisans Show, Painted Furniture, Zoar Harvest Festival - Zoar OhioAkron, Canton, Charleston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Historic Zoar, Illinois, Indiana, Lancaster, Mansfield, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Pittsburg, Virginia

Sarah Gilligan Folk Art Sarah Gilligan folk art creates unique folk art in the Pennsylvania German Manor. She is a self taught painter that paints on antiques, bench made pieces, and vintage furniture appropriate for Pennsylvania German folk art. Collectors seek out Sarah’s work because of her uncanny ability to reproduce that aged surface look […]