Waldo’s Gallery is featuring the members of our printshop with this textiles and printed works show! A great exhibit full of Christmas gift potential! Tee shirts, totes, tea towels, hoodies, and more with fresh new designs by some sweet Waldo’s artists! Come for the reception to get your first picks, but the show will be up through at least December.

Poster design by Blood Rose

DREAMLAND

Waldo’s is so very proud of our studio holders. So once a year, we love to show them off to the world in the studio holders gallery exhibit. The show features works of each of our studio holder’s around a chosen theme. This year is “Dreamland”

Please join us Friday night for the opening reception of this exhibit where you can meet (some of) the artists, experience this new collection of work, and enjoy a great drink and some free gallery snacks!

Works feature, paintings, prints, and sculptural works and they will be on display through the month of November

🎉 Join Us LIVE – November 6, 2025

Celebrating the Community Foundation’s 40th Anniversary!

Come meet over 100 participating nonprofits at our biggest in-person event ever:

📍 Wyndham Gettysburg Hotel
95 Presidential Circle, Gettysburg, PA 17325
🕒 Thursday, November 6, 2025 | 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM

We will be there along with all of our other nonprofit compatriots and we’d love to see you there.

Not able to make it? You can still give online or by mail. Check out this link for more details. Giving Spree Page

Waldo’s is hosting the Gettysburg College Thrift Club as they turn out cafe into a pop up thrift store! Come hang with friends, sip some coffee, and shop these thrifted finds!

WE KNOW< WE KNOW- Its not the last Friday, but we had to sneak one in before Halloween. Come on out and try out those tunes you’ve been noodling.

Opening reception for Shoko Calyn

6-8 pm, enjoy these new works in Shoko’s first exhibit as an emerging artist. Come celebrate with them as they display these beautiful works.

ARTIST STATEMENT:

Growing up, I was immersed in many different cultures. My collection explores how exposure to love and family in all its forms molds an artist.

Through this gallery, I invite you to see my childhood through my eyes. With my art I take a focus on my own Filipino-American heritage, but it would not be complete without a nod to the many other immigrant families that raised and loved me. It takes a village.

To the families that raised me, as well as the immigrants that happen to stumble upon this gallery, consider this my official love letter to you.

An evening of chill house, afro beats, and disco on Waldo’s back porch with DJ Dana B. from 7-9pm, Enjoy coffee drinks and mocktails and a lovely setting to kick off the cooler weather with some cool peeps. Wear your best dancing sweater and pop inside for the first Friday gallery reception happening until 8pm

Founder and Creative Director of Waldo’s, Chris Lauer is a multimodal artist practicing painting, printmaking, ceramics, and photography. Inspired by whimsy and wild ideas, Chris took his passion and built it into a community of creatives centered around creation, coffee, and affordable access to the arts.

Artist Statement:

Let’s be honest, for the past many years, we’ve all be going through it. The ‘it’ may be different for each of us but we can all relate that ‘it’ has been hard. It seems that the rules are changing and the world is different and relating to each other is more confounded than ever. In such a shifting atmosphere, it feels hard to know if we are even doing a good job at anything. I’ll likely change this statement before the show, but for now, I am hoping that this show will help each of us step fully into the feeling of childlike accomplishment, the feeling of satisfaction, of peace, when someone who knew things said “job well done”.

We have all been going through it, and we have all continued breathing, living, relating as best we can. This show is the gold star that I think we all could use right now. Just because.

Come celebrate our new exhibit featuring the sculptural works of Elizabeth Wislar.

Elizabeth Wislar is a Multi-Award-Winning Costume Professional, Large-Scale Repurposed Textile Artist, Activist, and Instructor.  All pieces on display were made entirely of found, repurposed, thrifted objects & materials.

Enjoy some gallery snacks and Waldo’s hand crafted coffee drinks and mocktails.

https://elizabethwislar.wixsite.com/mysite

Artist reception featuring the works of photographer Vince Bruinsma. Come celebrate these ethereal works and meet the artist on Saturday July 5th from 6-8pm.

Vince Bruinsma is a photographer, musician, and lifelong explorer of creative pursuits. As a founding member of Waldo’s and Co, he played a pivotal role in shaping the organization’s vision and direction, serving as co-director for its first 10 years of existence. Vince has worked as a full-time photographer for over a decade, specializing in portrait and event photography for his professional work, but always drawn to landscape and nature photography for his personal work. 

His passion for photography began during seasonal work in Yellowstone National Park, where he spent weekends capturing the wild terrain on rolls of film with a hand-me-down 35mm camera. That early love for analog photography still guides his process today. The grain and organic texture of film bring a tactile richness to landscape photography, lending each image a timeless, tangible quality. Whether traveling the country for photo gigs or exploring close to home, Vince always keeps a film camera on hand to document his surroundings with a personal touch.

The current collection on display was captured on medium format film during a brief season living and working in the Lake Tahoe area. With a focus on both sweeping vistas and intimate details, Vince’s work seeks to evoke a strong sense of place—inviting the viewer to pause, look closer, and feel transported. Complementing the organic textures of the photographs, each wooden frame in the exhibit was handcrafted by Vince from walnut wood, further tying the work to the natural world it portrays.

Kick of Gettysburg’s annual pride celebration with Waldo’s Pride Dance Party featuring DJ DEEZY! This is an all ages party that is free to the public. DJ DEEZY always brings the vibes. Can’t wait to see you there!

Featuring Photography by Wendy Halperin

Art Exhibit Opening and Fundraiser

Enjoy live music, theater, storytelling, and great food and mocktails. Plus, bid on experiences like private art classes, a coffee tasting, and more!

5:00 - 6:00 PM | Happy Hour & Silent Fundraiser
Enjoy delicious mocktails sponsored by Sign of the Buck, crafted by special guest bartender Ilsa Chesnick (Sign of the Buck bartender). Heavy hors d'oeuvres, mingle with friends, and take part in our silent fundraiser, pledging support for items like a handicap-accessible pottery wheel, art supplies for scholarship recipients, and trade shop membership scholarships for low-income artists.

6:00 - 8:00 PM | Entertainment & Experience Auction
Sit back and enjoy live entertainment while bidding on exclusive experiences and unique items. Stay tuned for updates on entertainment and auction highlights!

Tickets are $35 for a single ticket and $60 for a pair. If you are unable to attend, please considering donating instead. You can buy tickets or donate here. Secure Tickets and Donate to Support!

All proceeds support our 501(c)(3) nonprofit, providing resources for low-income artists.

An exciting new exhibit featuring work from BellRinger by Jacob John White; a new graphic novel work expanding into sculptural storytelling. The show will feature artwork inspired by the titular graphic novel alongside sculptural stories and figurines which invite the Waldo’s community into the BellRinger universe

The reception for this show will be Friday February 7th from 6-8pm and the exhibit will be on display at Waldo’s for February and March.

After you buy an amazing bag of coffee, your next choice is HOW TO BREW! Brewing is the next frontier and sometimes it can be a little intimidating. But it doesn’t have to be. Join us as professional baristas show of their favorite brew methods that can elevate your everyday coffee experience. This event is a free event BUT if you want to be entered for a chance to win a FREE Chemex, please register here AND share the event on Instagram to help us spread the word!

Featuring Waldo’s Baristas Chris Lauer and Jenna Hartman as well as guest barista and brewing enthusiast Ellis Lankford

Bermudian Students will be performing their original poetry in this nation-wide competition with the hopes of reaching state and national levels. Please come and support these students as they perform their original works for the public and a panel of judges. Event is free and open to all.

Celebrate a semester of music with Four Scores. This Gettysburg College music club has been singing together all semester and is ready to show off some amazing tunes! This event is free and open to all!

A listeners and Performers Showcase featuring 5 great acts from this Gettysburg College club. Event starts at 8pm and is free to the public.

Every year our studio artists get together and create art around a theme. We are excited to host this year’s exhibit featuring ‘Unconventional Still Lifes"‘Please come out on Friday Nov. 1st for an artist reception from 6pm-8pm and meet our studio artists, check out their new work and enjoy some light refreshments! See you there!

Join Waldo’s and Co. as we host the spookiest of improv comedy by Gettysburg College’s own Shots in the Dark Improv troupe on Halloween! Event is free and open to all!

Waldo’s is so proud to host the works of Anna Balch. An inspiring creative who’s working hard at building the community of artists in Adams County as a founding member of The Hartley Residence.

Anna Balch was born in Northern Virginia, right outside of D.C.. She was raised by two introverts with a comprehensive craft collection. She frequently took advantage of the tools at her disposal, learning skills both common and obscure including things like sun printing, embroidery, and whittling. After attending college she moved with three friends and one dog to 75 acres of abandoned land in Aspers, PA. She spent the next three or four months being functionally homeless, showering at the YWCA and cooking on a propane stove. With these three friends, she founded The Hartley Residence, a non-profit artist residency program. She plans to be a part of it indefinitely, learn more about it at thehartleyresidence.com.

Join us for a reception celebrating the work of Lisa Foucart. The exhibit will be on display for the month of September, and on Friday 9/6 from 6-8pm there will be refreshments and even the artist herself.

Lisa Foucart's artistic practice revolves around her ability to make sense of the intricate layers within our shared reality and her inner world, by confining them in a structured framework. Her creative process often begins with spontaneous mark-making using paint directly onto the canvas. Lisa allows the painting to gradually reveal itself over time. This laborious yet rewarding journey can take months to complete.

In an era where we are inundated with images, sounds, and information due to the rise of the Internet, painting serves as a catalyst for Lisa Foucart, providing grounding amidst the chaos. Her artistic practice is deeply rooted in her heritage, which often leads her towards exploring fabrics alongside paint. As a graduate of the Corcoran School of Art and Design in Washington D.C., she continues to draw inspiration from both traditional techniques and contemporary influences.

Through this ongoing dialogue between Lisa Foucart's internal world and external environment, she strives to create visually compelling pieces that resonate with viewers on multiple levels, inviting them into a shared experience of exploration and contemplation

Waldo’s and Company is proud to present works by local artist and musician Thomas Roux and New Orleans street artist Nathan Henry. Please come Friday August 2nd to see the work and meet Thomas Roux. There will be light refreshments and (likely) some live music by Roux himself!

Join us from 6-8pm for an artist reception featuring the works of Courtney Billow. There will be light refreshments and a chance to meet the artist herself.

Artist statement 

This body is a sampling of non-objective works in oil that strives to create a language unwritten. Exploring experience in its barest form, each piece relies on color, shape and line to express narratives and moments in this artists journey. 

Bio

And now more than ever, I am an artist of the journey – taking the time to explore each experience and to reflect on the ethereal, unspoken moments. 

Graduating first as a 2015 Oil Painting/ Ceramics BA graduate of Shippensburg University and second as a 2022 Counseling/Art Therapy MA graduate of Edinboro University, my journey has led me to practice and create in Adams County, PA, currently residing in Gettysburg.