art gallery
Celestial Whispers
Exhibit January 11 to February 17
“Earth Angel” by Jackie Cooper
An Angel Inspired
Art Exhibit
Artist Reception
January 18 from 5 - 7 PM
Celestial Whispers is an exhibition exploring the timelessness of angels in art. Across centuries and cultures, angels have been depicted as divine messengers, protectors, and spiritual intermediaries, inspiring creations that bridge the earthly and the ethereal. Experience the unique vision of Barbara Zanelli, Zipora Schulz, Phyllis A Moser, Jackie Cooper, Amanda Lee Condict, Ariel Monroe, Joan Maher, Jennifer Merritt, Anna Murphy, Gloria Herrelson, Svetlana Gradess weaving color, and creativity in a variety of artistic mediums.
May these angelic works of art offer hope and comfort as people tour the exhibit with inspiration to reflect, connect, and dream.
Dates of the Exhibit January 11 to February 17.
Artist Reception on 1/18 from 5-7 pm.
Whitemarsh Learning & Wellness Center
7020 Camp Hill Rd,
Fort Washington, PA 19034
A Pathway of Peace
Barbara Zanelli
In conjunction with the Whitemarsh Exhibit, “Celestial Whispers”, I am honored to present paintings and drawings completed during the last 30 years. Over that time, I have been blessed with so many wonderful teachers and opportunities to develop my vision.
During the last four years, I’ve been focusing on developing my approach to teaching drawing and painting. During this time I have been honing my craft and have also picked up watercolor painting.
I am so appreciative of all the opportunities I’ve had to support beginning artists and truly grateful for the continued support I receive in turn.
As you browse these artworks, I invite you to explore all the ways that creativity has touched your life, and dream up the new ways you will explore your uniquely creative place in the world in 2025.
Join me in welcoming the new year by exploring your place in the great collective pathway to peace. “How does art influence the way I think about the world, and world peace?” “How can artwork/making art make a difference in my life and those around me?” These are some of the questions that I have contemplated, if not literally, then subconsciously in my art trajectory.
Reach out to any artist directly to arrange a personalized journey through the exhibition and for purchases.
25% of all sales will be dedicated to supporting Whitemarsh Learning Center, ensuring the continuation of their invaluable community programming.
Barbara Zanelli
267.975.6253
barbarazanelli@gmail.com
Zipora Schulz
267.847.6553
https://www.facebook.com/zipora.schulz/
zartpost@aol.com
Phyllis A Moser
www.phyllismoser.com
www.instagram.com/phyllismoser51
phylmoser@gmail.com
Jackie Cooper
267.358.8384
cooper.jackie@gmail.com
Amanda Lee Condict
610.207.8852
www.instagram.com/amandaleecondict
www.facebook.com/amanda.condict
Ariel Monroe
http://instagram.com/deltae.m.wellness/
Ariel@deltaemwellness.com
856.335.5902
Joan Maher
267.475.7461
Jennifer Merritt
jen@merrittmassageandyoga.com
Anna Murphy
Gloria Harrelson
Instagram: @GloriaHarrelson
Svetlana Gradess
Instagram: @SvetlanaGradess
2152926794
Angel with Book
By Zipora Scultz
Past Events
“Bloom” an Intuitive Painting Experience with Kristine Izak
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Cost: $60
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An opportunity to reflect on your goals and dreams in a new way, and to nourish and encourage them to grow!
No painting experience necessary! I designed this course after using a painting session for myself, to help me evaluate where I was and where I wanted to be in regards to a certain aspect of my life. During the session I was able to pinpoint some thought patterns that weren’t serving me well. By the end I felt encouraged and empowered. I was determined to bypass the limiting self-talk that was on replay, holding me back. I have refined the process I followed that day over the past two years into the “BLOOM” class. I am excited to share it and that others will enjoy using it as a self-help tool as I did. The central motif in the painting is a flower, but it will be created in a unique way. I have shared this process many times and I am still in awe at how beautifully each painting "blooms". What is more important though, are the insights and epiphanies gained during the process.
Is this all work and no play? Silencing the inner critic will be the most challenging part of the class! What makes it fun? Playing with paint and color and enjoying the free flow of energy from your body, through the brush to the canvas. It is exhilarating!Register with Kristine by August 1st -
or 215.480.6998
We Are: An Exhibition of Mother Artists
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Artist Reception - June 1 from 6 - 8 PM
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Nine mother artists share the walls in this special collaborative exhibition.
The journey of being an artist and a mother is a testament to the resilience,
resourcefulness and boundless love that define the maternal spirit. It is a journey like no other, marked both by struggle and triumph where the pursuit of art and the joys and reality of motherhood intertwine, shaping what we create. Creating life and creating art expands our hearts and allows us to see the world through a different lens allowing us to create a tapestry of beauty and complexity. We celebrate that richness here.
Artists:
Fay Stanford
Christine Walinski
Shannon Cronin
Alison Lee Chapman
Alison Dilworth
Carole Loeffler
Amy Newman
Maria Ignelzi
Zoe Cohen
Contact the artist directly for purchasing art and private tours of the exhibit:
Fay Stanford
Christine Walinski
www.instagram.com/christinewalinski
www.facebook.com/christine.walinski
Shannon Cronin
www.instagram.com/shannon_cronin_art
Alison Lee Chapman
www.instagram.com/alisonleechapman
Alison Dilworth
www.instagram.com/brainsoulface
Carole Loeffler
www.instagram.com/caroleloeffler
Amy Newman
Maria Ignelzi
Zoe Cohen
Inspiration for this Exhibit: The Mother Artist a book by Catherine Ricketts.
“The only reason you’ll want to put down Ricketts’s lyrical tour de force is to make more art.”—Sarah Sentilles, author of Stranger Care: A Memoir of Loving What Isn’t Ours The Mother Artist, by Philadelphia writer Catherine Ricketts, weaves memoir with studies of the art and lives of modern and contemporary women artists who had children. Highlighting 20th-century artists like Ruth Asawa, Elizabeth Catlett, and Alice Neel, as well as contemporary Philadelphia artists like Alison Dilworth, Aimee Koran, Becky Suss, and Mickayel Thurin, The Mother Artist debunks the myth that to be an artist you must give up a family life, demonstrates the very real challenges facing women who aspire to rise in their disciplines, and explores the humanizing vision that caregivers bring to the making and shaping of culture. Rachel Yoder (Nightbitch) calls this book “brilliant and open-hearted,” while James KA Smith (editor, Image) writes, “Read this if you're a mother and an artist, to be sure; but read this, too, if you're human and hope for a different world.” Learn more about the book at www.catherinedanaricketts.com/book, and find the author on Instagram at @bycatherinericketts.
Women Making Marks with Melanie Goldner, Maura Matthews & Molly Graver
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Artist Reception - Thursday April 4 from 6 PM to 8 PM
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Women Making Marks with Melanie Goldner, Maura Matthews & Molly Graver
Exhibit from April 3 to May 3
Artist Reception - Thursday April 4 from 6 PM to 8 PM
With artistic backgrounds and the world around us for a muse, we are connected by names that start with “M”, Motherhood, Springfield Township and a love for “Making Marks”.
Mark making describes the different lines, dots, marks, patterns, and textures we create in an artwork. It can be loose and gestural or controlled and neat. It can apply to any material used on any surface: paint on canvas, ink or pencil on paper, a scratched mark on plaster, a digital paint tool on a screen, a tattooed mark on skin…even a sound can be a form of mark making. Artists use gesture to express their feeling and emotions in response to something seen or something felt – or gestural qualities can be used to create a purely abstract composition. (reference)
For those seeking a more intimate experience, private tours are offered upon request. Feel free to reach out to the artist directly to arrange a personalized journey through the exhibition.
For purchases, reach out to the artist directly. 25% of all sales will be dedicated to supporting Whitemarsh Learning Center, ensuring the continuation of their invaluable community programming.
Artists' Statement Though our painting styles are different, our intentions are rooted in the same appreciation for the act of creating things. From washes of watercolor on wooden panels to asemic writing on vintage paper and patches of oil paint on canvas, we love the energy, movement and process of making art. In talking about our processes, we all make the same sweeping motion with our arms, as if conducting a symphony of color. The notes of our marks stem from years of art appreciation and making.
Melanie Goldner
Sustained by the natural world around her, Melanie Goldner of Lafayette Hill has had a lifelong love affair with art. She grew up outside of Philadelphia and was inspired by artists in her family, such as her mother, sister, grandmother, as well as by works shown at the Barnes Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. These inspirations guided her experiments over the years with pottery, painting, drawing, and sculpture. Melanie shares her joy and solace in making works of art from nature's energy and spirit. Her abstract watercolor paintings are made with Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors and birch wood panels. She also does paintings in high flow acrylic paints, which encourage long, fluid strokes of expression to create vibrational art. She offers viewers a moment of grace and ease as they view the paintings illustrating Mother Nature’s expressions.
Contact
Melanie Goldner
(610) 574-0311
https://www.instagram.com/true.gal
Maura Matthews
Maura has been painting since high school, when she first learned about color, composition and contrast from her teacher Walt Bartman. She says, "for me paintings are like puzzles to be solved and those three components keep me plugging away!" She sells original and commissioned oil paintings, exhibits her work at local businesses and leads painting classes for children and adults. You can find her painting and teaching at the Pigs Alley Gallery, named for the street in Fairmount where she once lived.
Contact
Maura Matthews
Pigs Alley Gallery
806 Bethlehem Pike
Flourtown, PA 19031
267.258.6073
Molly Graver
Molly is a mixed media collage artist. She uses a lot of asemic writing in her work inspired by her 20 years in Graphic Design. She enjoys pairing vivid colors with black and neutrals for a vibrant effect.
Contact
Molly Graver
(347) 804-6834
Parishioner Art Show
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Art Exhibit with James Weiss, , John C. Rodgers Jr., Jim Schaefer, Mike Werner, Daune Marie, and Julie Phillips.
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Meet the Artists
Reach out to any artist directly to arrange a personalized journey through the exhibition and for purchases.
25% of all sales will be dedicated to supporting Whitemarsh Learning Center, ensuring the continuation of their invaluable community programming.
Julie Phillips
(267) 530-5059
I was trained by a professional artist to paint silhouettes and tinsel paintings. The silhouettes are a form of reverse glass painting. Some people are also familiar with the cut paper version. All were popular from the late 18th century to the mid 19th century, with the Regency period in England and the Federal period in America being the height of popularity. If you look carefully in any movie based on a Jane Austin novel you will see them. In "Sence and Sensibility" Mary Ann is shown drawing one.
I have demonstrated them at many Mid-Atlantic historic sites, and taught them to a children's summer camp at Peter Wentz homestead nearby.
Jim Schaefer
My subject matter has centered around water-related material - seascapes, beach scenes and underwater views. My current work is of underwater scenes based on photos I took while scuba diving in various locations.
I began drawing and painting as an undergraduate architecture major at the University of Pennsylvania and continued at Penn as a graduate student in the masters of fine arts program. Primary influences on my work were realist painters Neil Welliver and Rackstraw Downes, both of whom taught at Penn. When I began painting I was drawn toward ocean subject matter. I have an intuitive love and understanding of oceans and beaches based on long childhood summers at the Jersey shore.
James Weiss
James Weiss is an art historian and performance artist. He holds graduate degrees from Williams College (M.A. 1983) and Yale University (M.A. 1988). His performance work has storytelling at its core, and often involves found objects. His first public performance was Spring Training (1992) at the Yale Art Gallery. His most popular performance piece is Smyth Stories (1995), a series of sweet and sorrowful stories, which tell the story of his boyhood friend, Smyth, who died from AIDS. Camera Obscura, presented at The Cleveland Performance Art Festival, (1998) and at The Philadelphia Fringe Festival (2002), is an installation artwork about voyeurism that stands on its own, but is a space in which the artist can perform. Weiss has also written two musicals, collaborating with Mickey Leone: Found Objects (2003) and The Appraiser (2024).
Since 2017, Weiss has served as the Director of The Barn at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, in Fort Washington, PA, leading more than 120 volunteers, raising money for charities by selling donated items. The Barn funds numerous outreach projects, locally and globally, including the local food pantry, The Mattie N. Dixon Community Cupboard. Since 2001, the Barn has partnered with APP (Agua Para el Pueblo) in Honduras to install gravity-fed water systems in remote villages. Weiss has also travelled to Malawi to work with GAIA (Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance) in the village of Mtengowatenga.
John C. Rodgers Jr.
I am a sculptor. My formal training has been that of a sculptor. I am also an object maker and as such I often find myself more aligned with those artists trained in the crafts disciplines. I am keenly interested in building sculptures that have a high level of craftsmanship. In the design phase of each sculpture I strive to work with the juxtaposition of curved and straight edged forms. For the construction of my pieces it has long been my goal to create and to join dissimilar materials in a unique and different way. I enjoy the challenge of joining older found objects with newer more heavily manipulated and fabricated materials. I create an aesthetic in which the clean contemporary feel of metal is softened and warmed by the rich hues and textures from exotic woods found around the world.
Daune Marie
I view art-making as a metaphor for life and a spiritual, self-nurturing practice. The intention is not on what "end product" picture is being created, but rather the attention is given to the messages received during the process and seen within the resulting images. My art is heart-focused, soul-centered, and nature-inspired. Several of the pieces in this exhibit were from a series I did on Mother Nature.
Mike Werner
I’m a St.Thomas’ parishioner, former graphic designer, and current high school art teacher. I have taught classes in black & white and digital photography, Art History, and currently focused on digital animation. My exhibit submissions are three original surreal digital prints, focused around my family and their interests. I do offer commissioned surreal prints.
“Leaf” Live Story Reading
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Artist Reception - June 1 from 6 - 8 PM
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Join us for a Fun and Heartwarming Story Time with Stephanie Rodigas! “Leaf” a children's story and art experience engages people, both children and adults, in conversations about life, death, and interconnectedness, all while incorporating nature and mindfulness. Together, we’ll explore big ideas like life, change, and how everything in nature is always connected, all in a simple and gentle way. Perfect for both kids and adults who are curious about the world around us!
As part of the Emerging Stories art exhibit, this interactive event invites you to listen to the story while surrounded by beautiful artwork.
Woven into a context of natural-world characters sharing personal accounts of their journey transforming across various forms, Leaf offers a unique, poetic, touching perspective on the most basic principle of nature: that everything is constantly changing, and that underlying, eternal essence or part of our being that remains ever-connected to everything, everywhere.
Inspired by the work of Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh, this moving inquiry helps us all gently contemplate our mortality and interconnectedness in a simple, mindful, creative way.
This is not a religious endeavor; people of all backgrounds and faith are welcome. The story is an exploration of one possibility among many, not imposing beliefs, and will be shared as such.
Open to all ages curious about life, death and how to talk about them mindfully, tenderly. Children must be accompanied by an adult. RSVP with Stephanie."
Emerging Stories
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Step into a world where art comes alive with tales and imagination! This exhibit invites you to explore the captivating artwork of Jackie Cooper, Stephanie Rodigas, Amanda Lee Condict, and Kristine Izak. Below, read on for each artist's bio and what “Emerging Stories” means to them. Touring the exhibit, you will discover this in more depth, as your own story begins to emerge.
Reach out to any artist directly to arrange a personalized journey through the exhibition and for purchases.
25% of all sales will be dedicated to supporting Whitemarsh Learning Center, ensuring the continuation of their invaluable community programming.
Jackie Cooper
267.358.8384
cooper.jackie@gmail.com
Stephanie Rodigas
267.648.8192
stephisonit@gmail.com
Amanda Lee Condict
610.207.8852
www.instagram.com/amandaleecondict
www.facebook.com/amanda.condictKristine Izak
215.480.6998
Exhibit|Teach with Us
We host art classes, group and solo exhibits. If you have an idea for a show or wish to be apart of a collaborative show or art classes the first step is to fill out the Artist Application and we'll follow up to provide complete details.
