philly has heART

On this week's episode, we have Nancy Boykin, PlayPenn Board President and Board Member.

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/playpenn
• Website: https://www.playpenn.org/profile/nancy-boykin
• James Ijames Live in Philadelphia!: https://www.playpenn.org/event-details/playpenn-presents-james-ijames-in-philadelphia

// Show Notes:

• Contribute to the Philadelphia Ballet Capital Campaign: https://event.philadelphiaballet.org/BcBi1u
• Philadelphia Ballet is back with The Merry Widow running through the 15th at the Academy of Music: https://philadelphiaballet.org/25-26-season/the-merry-widow/

On this week's episode, we have visual artist, Rebecca Rutstein.

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebecca.rutstein/
• Website: https://rebeccarutstein.com/

// Show Notes:

• Contribute to the Philadelphia Ballet Capital Campaign: https://event.philadelphiaballet.org/BcBi1u
• Philadelphia Ballet is back with The Merry Widow running from March 5th through the 15th at the Academy of Music: https://philadelphiaballet.org/25-26-season/the-merry-widow/
• March for Art running from March 9th through 20th at InLiquid Gallery will conclude with the BASH on March 20th: https://www.inliquid.org/inliquid-special-events/march-for-art-bash
• Friend of the pod and past podcast guest, Arthur Haywood, will be sharing his mural art experience during a free artist talk at Alliance Francaise de Philadelphie on Monday, March 16th at 6 pm: https://www.afphila.com/event-rsvp/arthur-haywood-mural-art-from-philadelphia-to-paris/
• The Philadelphia Sketch Club presents Art of the Flower 2026 running through March 29th with a reception on the 15th: https://sketchclub.org/
• Friend of the pod and past guest, John Joyce, is leading a Palladium/Platinum Photography Workshop at the Halide Project on March 21st and March 22nd: https://www.thehalideproject.org/platinum-palladium-printing-3-26
• Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design at African American Museum in Philadelphia: https://www.aampmuseum.org/current-exhibitions.html
• Collecting the Irascibles: Art in the 1980s at Arthur Ross Gallery at UPenn, open to the public is open until April 12th: https://arthurrossgallery.org/event/collecting-the-new-irascibles-art-in-the-1980s/
• PhilOrch is presenting The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra at the Kimmel Center on March 14th: https://philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/philadelphia-orchestra-series-and-subscriptions/family-discovery-series/the-young-persons-guide-to-the-orchestra-2026

On this week's episode, we have Patricia Moss-Vreeland:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patriciamossvreeland/
• Website: https://www.patriciamossvreeland.com

// Show Notes:

• Contribute to the Philadelphia Ballet Capital Campaign: https://event.philadelphiaballet.org/BcBi1u
• Alloyius Mcillwane at PII Gallery Decipher reception, tonight: https://piigallery.com

In today's minisode, Lucinda and Robert are joined by Terrill Heigler @_yafavtrashman in a discussion spanning city beautification from trash to snow, and hot sauce.

// Show Notes:

Social Media:

• X: https://x.com/YaFavTrashman
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_yafavtrashman
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Ya-Fav-Trashman-100064710308916/
• Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yafavtrashman

Trash2Treaasure: https://www.instagram.com/trash2treasure_21/ | https://www.givelify.com/donate/trash-2-treasure-inc-philadelphia-pa-2j7wy5OTM0NjE1/donation/amount

Hot Box Philly Hot Sauce: https://hotboxphilly.com

Common Threads Mural: https://publicartarchive.org/art/Common-Threads/f95af89e

Ubuntu Gallery: https://www.ubuntufa.com

On this week's episode, we have Pentimenti Gallery's Christine Pfister:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pentimentigallery/
• Website: https://www.pentimenti.com

// Show Notes:

Contribute to the Philadelphia Ballet Capital Campaign: https://event.philadelphiaballet.org/BcBi1u

• Four exhibitions at Pentimenti: Flora, Fauna, and Furniture, We Call the Moon the People's Wife, Hidden in Plain Sight, and North Carolina Tape Drawings: https://www.pentimenti.com/
• Decipher, by Alloyius McIlwane aka Cultures Clothing, will be opening at PII Gallery on Friday March 6th, from 5 pm to 9 pm: https://piigallery.com/
• Now-Time, a solo show from Zifeng Zang, opening reception is Friday March 6th from 5 pm to 8 pm at Muse Gallery: https://musegalleryphiladelphia.com
• Philadelphia Ballet is back with The Merry Widow running from March 5th through the 15th at the Academy of Music: https://philadelphiaballet.org/25-26-season/the-merry-widow/
• The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents the Isidore Quartet on Friday, March 6th at the Kimmel Center's Perelman Theater, https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/isidore-quartet/
• Mahler's Symphony No. 2 is presented by PhilOrch from MAarch 6th through 8th at the Kimmel Center's Marian Anderson Hall: https://philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/2025-26-season/mahlers-symphony-no-2
• Philadelphia Sketch Club presents Art of the Flower 2026 from March 8th to the 29th with a reception on the 15th: https://sketchclub.org/
• Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design at African American Museum in Philadelphia: https://www.aampmuseum.org/
• Collecting the Irascibles: Art in the 1980s at Arthur Ross Gallery at UPenn running until April 12th: https://arthurrossgallery.org/event/collecting-the-new-irascibles-art-in-the-1980s/
• SmallWorks '26 at FrameWorks Gallery is showing until April 25th: https://fwsgallery.com

We are so excited to go live with the Philadelphia Ballet 2026-2027 Program from the Ruth and A. Morris Williams, Jr. Artistic Director, Angel Corella.

____________

Contribute to the Philadelphia Ballet Capital Campaign: https://event.philadelphiaballet.org/BcBi1u

On this week's episode, we have visual artist and gallerist, Chelsey Luster.

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chelseylusterart | https://www.instagram.com/lustergallerystudio
• Website: https://www.chelseyluster.com
• Khari Turner: https://www.instagram.com/khari.raheem/ | https://khariturner.com

// Show Notes:

Contribute to the Philadelphia Ballet Capital Campaign: https://event.philadelphiaballet.org/BcBi1u

• Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design at African American Museum in Philadelphia: https://www.ruthecarter.com/impact-1
• EnsembleArts presents Blue Man Group at Miller Theater from February 24th to March 1st: https://www.ensembleartsphilly.org/series-and-subscriptions/broadway-series/blue-man-group
• Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 presented by the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Kimmel Center on February 26th through the 28th: https://philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/2025-26-season/tchaikovskys-symphony-no-4
• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is coming to the Academy of Music! From February 27th to March 1st: https://www.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/ensemble-arts-philly-presents/alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater
• Al Gury show at FAN Gallery, New Paintings, running until February 27th: https://www.thefangallery.com/
• Wrapping up at PII Gallery, Marek Wojtowicz and Maciek Szczepanowski: https://piigallery.com
• Closing on February 28th, group show "Light Into* The Dark" * Verb, transitive at Larry Becker Contemporary Art: https://www.artnet.com/galleries/larry-becker-contemporary-art/
• In Good Company, the 3rd Street Gallery group show is running from February 6th to March 5th: https://www.3rdstreetgallery.com/
• Collecting the Irascibles: Art in the 1980s at Arthur Ross Gallery at UPenn, open to the public is open until April 12th: https://arthurrossgallery.org/event/collecting-the-new-irascibles-art-in-the-1980s/

On this week's episode, we have visual artist, Tim McFarlane.

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timmcfarlane_studio
• Website: https://timmcfarlane.com/

// Show Notes:

Contribute to the Philadelphia Ballet Capital Campaign: https://event.philadelphiaballet.org/BcBi1u

Swatch has heART: https://lucindervention.com/2026/02/swatch-has-heart/

• EnsembleArts presents Pablo Sainz-Villegas on classical guitar on February 21st, also at the Kimmel Center: https://www.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/ensemble-arts-philly-presents/pablo-sainz-villegas
• Miro Quartet featuring Karen Slack, presented by Philadelphia Chamber Music Society on February 22nd at the Kimmel Center: https://www.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/resident-companies/philadelphia-chamber-music-society/miro-quartet
• The Philadelphia Theatre Company's Caesar is running until February 22nd: https://philadelphiatheatrecompany.org/caesar/
• Gallery Groove 2026 on Friday, February 20th: https://museumforartinwood.org/event/2026-gallery-groove/
• Arleen Olshan's The Tangle I've Gotten Into closes on February 21st at iMPeRFeCT Gallery: https://www.waygay.org/arleen-olshan-the-tangle-ive-gotten-into
• Group show, Materiality, at Bridgette Mayer Gallery closes on February 21st: http://www.bridgettemayergallery.com/exhibitions
• Group show, Make-it-POP!, at InLiquid Gallery closes on February 21st: https://www.inliquid.org/inliquid-gallery-events/make-it-pop
• Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets at The Barnes closes on February 22nd: https://www.barnesfoundation.org/whats-on/exhibitions/henri-rousseau-a-painters-secrets
• Karen Dias, A Dotted Line, closes at February 24th at Twelve Gates Art: https://www.twelvegatesarts.org/exhibitions-calendar/2026/1/16/karen-dias-a-dotted-line
• Opening on February 21st, SmallWorks '26 at FrameWorks Gallery, a group show including friend of the pod, Callie Avellino: https://fwsgallery.com

On this week's episode, we have visual artist and vocalist, Vessna Scheff:

• website: https://www.vessnascheff.com
• social media: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/vessna-scheff/1313315628

// Show Notes:

Contribute to the Philadelphia Ballet Capital Campaign: https://event.philadelphiaballet.org/BcBi1u

• Along with group show Hallucinations & Transformations, Cumulative Threads, the 2026 Da Vinci Art Alliance Residency Exhibition - featuring our guest this episode, Vessna - is on view now until February 22nd: https://davinciartalliance.org/current-exhibitions
• Era Contemporary presents The Secret Show - a group show featuring art from several friends of the pod - at Jane Gallery: https://events.humanitix.com/the-secret-show-public-exhibition-opening
• In Good Company, the 3rd Street Gallery group show is running from February 6th to March 5th: https://www.3rdstreetgallery.com/
• The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Hilary Hahn Plays Prokofiev from February 12th through 14th at the Kimmel Center: https://philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/2025-26-season/hilary-hahn-plays-prokofiev
• At Locks Gallery, the Winter Group Show, Painted Universes is closing this Saturday, February 14th: https://www.locksgallery.com/exhibitions/painting-universes
• A Usable Past: Reflections on a Nation and Its Inheritance at the Museum for Art in Wood showing until February 15th: https://museumforartinwood.org/exhibition/a-usable-past-reflections-on-a-nation-and-its-inheritance/
• Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100 at the PMA running until February 16th: https://press.philamuseum.org/dreamworld-surrealism-at-100/
• The Philadelphia Theatre Company's Caesar is running until February 22nd: https://philadelphiatheatrecompany.org/caesar/

On this week's episode, we have muralist, graffitist, visual artist, and owner of Culture's Clothing, Alloyius Mcilwaine:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/culturesclothing/
• Website: http://www.culturesclothing.com

// Show Notes:

Contribute to the Philadelphia Ballet Capital Campaign: https://event.philadelphiaballet.org/BcBi1u

• Opera Philadelphia presents Complications in Sue running from February 4th through 8th at the Academy of Music: https://tix.operaphila.org/?k=complications
• Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto presented from the Philadelphia Orchestra from February 5th through 7th at the Kimmel Center: https://philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/2025-26-season/tchaikovskys-violin-concerto
• Hallucinations & Transformations and Cumulative Threads is on view now until February 22nd: https://davinciartalliance.org/cumulative-threads-2025
• Flora, Fauna, and Furniture, a solo show by Aitor Lajarin-Encina at Pentimenti Gallery, running for the month of February, but the artist talk is on February 6th at 6 pm: https://www.pentimenti.com/flora-fauna-and-furniture
• Era Contemporary presents The Secret Show - a group show featuring art from several friends of the pod - at Jane Gallery on February 6th from 5 pm to 9 pm: https://events.humanitix.com/the-secret-show-public-exhibition-opening
• Richard Goode on Piano, a program from the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra at the Kimmel Center, on February 6th: https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/richard-goode-piano-2025/
• Philadelphia Ballet, Moore College of Art and Design, and the PMA: a costume collaboration panel on February 7th at the PMA, starting at 10 am: https://philadelphiaballet.org/events/performance-at-philadelphia-museum-of-art/
• Love Language Creations: A Valentine's Inspired Pottery Workshop on February 8th from 1 pm to 3 pm at Noname Gallery: https://www.nonamegalleryphilly.com/events/love-language-creations
• Don't Stop Me Now: an evening of contemporary dance set to Queen on February 10th at 8 pm at Icebox Project Space: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/icebox-project-space/don-t-stop-me-now-an-evening-of-contemporary-dance-set-to-queen