New Beginnings: Earth Day “Art Talk,” Tea and Tree Event
Cathleen Cohen and Jeff Thomsen
April 24, 2025
You’re invited to an Art Show & Book Signing by Pennsylvania Artists & Author Cathleen Cohen and Jeff Thomsen.
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).



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…
Learn more about 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…
Learn more about Cathleen Cohen
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…
Learn more about 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…
Learn more about Jeff Thomsen