The Gallery Committee is excited to announce the next art exhibition at the Clubhouse. Join us for a very special exhibit of work by these brilliant local artists. Please plan to visit the exhibition during Club hours and join us at the Artists’ Opening Reception to experience the extraordinary creativity of these artists. Light refreshments will be served. Cosmopolitan Club Members and their Guests, Artists and their Patrons are most welcome to attend. Club Members can register themselves and their guests HERE. Artists and their guests can register HERE via Eventbrite.
Join us for your last chance to view our current art exhibition featuring brilliant local artists. Tea, coffee and cookies will be served. The exhibit closes April 30. Bring your non-member friends. Cosmopolitan Club Members and their Guests, Artists and their Patrons are most welcome to attend. Club members can register themselves and their guests HERE. Artists and their guests can register HERE via Eventbrite.
The Gallery is also OPEN Monday- Thursday, 10:30am-2pm. If you’d like to view the works outside of these hours or events, please call 215-735-1057 to make an appointment. The works on display at the Club are for sale, with a percentage of the purchase price donated by the artist to The Cosmopolitan Club. If you are interested in discussing purchase, please reach out to our Receptionist Caryn Whittington or Club Manager Agneta Bacican.
My practice as a ceramic artist is rooted in the interplay between living, interpreting, and creating—an endless cycle where art and daily life intersect. Through pottery, I aim to elevate everyday rituals into extraordinary moments by creating objects for daily use. The objects we use for sustenance are not merely tools; they are carriers of memories, experiences, and stories. Each piece I create serves as a vessel for these narratives. My journey as a ceramic artist is deeply intertwined with a quest for serenity. Creating labor-intensive pottery becomes a form of meditation. The surface reveals tranquil domestic scenes, each imbued with a fusion of past and present memories. These sanctuaries, both real and imagined, play a central role in the narrative of my work. In addition to making pottery, I teach at the Clay Studio and Black Hound Clay Studio South. I hold an MFA in Ceramics from Tyler School of Art and a BFA from the University of South Florida. I was born in Kansas, raised in Venezuela, and now live in Philadelphia. .
Walking our city streets, I discover fantastical figures and landscapes emerging from overlooked textures on trees, walls and sidewalks. Found imagery and visual narrative poems rise from the surfaces or objects themselves. Each abstract photograph is a metaphor for the overlooked, celebrating what we often walk past or step on. My work addresses themes of visibility, recognizability and the relationship between seeing and knowing. How does perspective and imagination broaden our observations and understanding of reality? Throughout Terry Frishman’s life as a business consultant, educator and now fine art photographer, she has encouraged exploring new perspectives and questioning established perceptions. Her award-winning art has been exhibited in over 20 galleries and venues, including during Art Basel Week in Miami, and is held in small private collections in the United States, Latin America and Europe. She is on the NY Board of Directors for the American Society of Media Photographers. Terry received a BA in Art History from Smith College, an MBA from Columbia University, and recently moved to the Academy House with her husband.
Speaking in the visual language of the subconscious, I represent the unobserved. My paintings are slow, love letters that invite you to stay awhile. Epic moments pregnant with an explosive stillness shimmer into being. This abundant, quantum soup of entanglement chronicles the tug-of-war between the known and the unknown. Such ethereal works yearn for a solid, foundation. With a nod to the ancestors, the paintings begin with a mix of oils, linen, copper nails and handmade paper. Dori Miller is an oil painter, papermaker, and teaching artist. She was a visiting artist, juror and lecturer and is the 2023 inaugural artist-in-residence at Hartwick College. She was keynote speaker for CMSMC’s “Tools of the Trade” symposium on material culture. She won several awards, including the MFA Artistic Excellence (PAFA 2020), the Tepper Chair in Visual Arts, NJ State Federation of Women’s Clubs Fine Arts Fellowship (MGSA 2017). Notable solo and group exhibitions include Pen + Brush (NYC), Gross McCleaf, FMC Tower, Morgan Conservatory, and Rutgers University Art Library. Dori currently paints on-the-Hudson in Kingston, New York.