New Beginnings: Earth Day "Art Talk," Tea and Tree Event

Cathleen Cohen and Jeff Thomsen

April 24, 2025

Date and Time Details: Thursday, April 24, 2025, 2:30pm-4pm

Location: Cranaleith Spiritual Center

Address: 13475 Proctor Road, Philadelphia, PA, USA

You’re invited to an Art Show & Book Signing by Pennsylvania Artists & Author Cathleen Cohen and Jeff Thomsen. As we celebrate Earth Day, come and be immersed in the beauty of the natural world through the poetry of Cathleen Cohen and the paintings of these artists.

Mix and mingle over a cup of tea, meet the artists behind the exhibit, listen to touching poetry, and consider new beginnings as inspired by Spring for you and Cranaleith.

During the event, we’ll also welcome Cranaleith’s new Director of Development and Marketing, Nikki Benson.

Please Bring a Friend, RSVP is strongly encouraged (though not required).

About the Facilitators

Cathleen Cohen

Cathleen Cohen was the 2019 Poet Laureate of Montgomery County, PA. She created the We the Poets program for children from diverse cultural and faith communities (www.theartwell.org) and has taught students and educators in the USA and Israel. She teaches poetry and painting to adults through local venues, including Ritualwell (Reconstructing Judaism), Or Zarua, and […]

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Jeff Thomsen

I paint representationally and mostly in oils, both scenes observed and those imagined. I am sometimes inspired by music, often by animals, and always by the atmospheric play of light falling throughout the day and drifting away at night. I like a sense of narrative and feeling of place and character, and so I attempt […]

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