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- 0:15Can we go back? Back to the beginning? Back to
- 0:20the beginning of what? That was a Laguna Beach
- 0:24reference. So Robert just informed me that I
- 0:28could probably download the Roku app onto my
- 0:32iPad and maybe then I could watch the Laguna
- 0:36Beach reunion. Guys. It's high -low here. Yeah.
- 0:40We are high culture. We are low culture. This
- 0:44reunion television is everything for us. It's
- 0:48dominated this past week. Yes. Forget Westmorelanda.
- 0:52Yeah. Now we're pivoting to Laguna Beach. We
- 0:56had a week. I had a week. You had a little less
- 1:00of a week. Oh, that's true. Tell us what we did
- 1:03on Wednesday. Wednesday, we had the privilege
- 1:05of seeing the preview of Freedom Dreams at the
- 1:10Barnes Foundation. Incredible. Powerful. Highly
- 1:13recommend. The Roberts Exhibition Hall has four
- 1:19pieces. Has five installations. Excellent. And
- 1:24they're of varying lengths. Most film. Yep. Film
- 1:29projections. Yep. They have it on a timer so
- 1:35that there are no two contiguous rooms running
- 1:41at the same time in order to preserve, I'm assuming,
- 1:43to preserve the integrity of the pieces. Yes.
- 1:47It forces you to move through the rooms at certain
- 1:51times so that you can see the full work and not
- 1:55have the distraction. What else are you getting
- 1:56into? I went to the preview for the PTC Wilderness
- 2:02Generation. Oh, how was that? World premiere
- 2:05of one of James Iams' plays. And it's one of
- 2:08the Philadelphia Trinity featured this year.
- 2:11Sidebar, Tom Weaver did the lighting. What did
- 2:14he do? I see you, Tom Weaver. Oh, yeah. Incredible.
- 2:18He had to have expanded the story through light.
- 2:21Yeah. Through light, through video projection.
- 2:25I'm assuming he had a hand in that. We, as in
- 2:28my husband and I, both laughed. I, me, comma,
- 2:33solo, cried. I had to leave the theater in a
- 2:36pair of sunglasses at 10 o 'clock at night because
- 2:41I was so embarrassed that I couldn't keep it
- 2:44together. It moved me. It was moving. Art is
- 2:47moving. That's beautiful. We had... Another privilege
- 2:50of seeing the preview of The Contrast. Just today.
- 2:56Just today. It was so funny. For those who have
- 3:00not listened to our episode with Ann Garner,
- 3:03which was one of the last weeks in March, Ann
- 3:08Garner of the Philadelphia Artist Collective
- 3:12directed... Yes, this dates back to the 1700s,
- 3:18people. Yeah, written in 1787. It runs from April
- 3:239th through the 26th. It's at the Drake, the
- 3:27Bloover Theater, which is the black box. It's
- 3:29presented in the round. Which was so fun. It
- 3:34gave the opportunity for the cast. They really
- 3:37interacted with the audience. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
- 3:40yeah. The facial expressions, the... Laughter
- 3:44of the audience. The asides to the audience.
- 3:47Yes. So good. Who's your favorite character?
- 3:51I love Jessamie. You would. Yes. Cute. Sassy.
- 3:56And sassy. Yes. The servant to the kind of like
- 4:02pompous a -hole. Slightly effeminate. Yeah. Definitely.
- 4:07He was dressed the best. Yes, obviously. Oh,
- 4:10my gosh. And, I mean, I just love the costumes,
- 4:13too. They were fun. The prints of the dresses.
- 4:17So many fan flaps. Flap. Flap. Yes. Drop your
- 4:23fan. Yes. Someone's going to pick it up. Yes,
- 4:26it was so good. See who picks up your fan. We
- 4:29have an amazing conversation for you. This one
- 4:32really got loosened up. but Julie and Arthur
- 4:37are an amazing duo. In case you have not been
- 4:40listening lately, this continues our Raising
- 4:44a Creative series. Arthur has been a past guest
- 4:48on the podcast solo, and today he brought along
- 4:52his mother, Julie Haywood. Let's get to it. On
- 4:56to the conversation. Greetings. This is Robert
- 5:10Marsh, and you're listening to Philly Has Heart
- 5:12Podcast. In this podcast, we sit down with the
- 5:15artists, gallerists, educators, curators, and
- 5:18other creatives who comprise the Philadelphia
- 5:20art world to discuss upcoming performances, exhibits,
- 5:24and other events and initiatives that are not
- 5:27to be missed. The art scene in Philadelphia is
- 5:30so rich that it can seem daunting. Consider this
- 5:33your weekend cultural recommendation. With me
- 5:36always is my producer, Lucinda Daggerland. Bonjour.
- 5:39And today, we have both Arthur and Julie Haywood.
- 5:43Thank you so much for joining us today. Thank
- 5:46you for hosting us. Yes. Glad to be here. Excellent.
- 5:49Glad to talk again. Yes. Today in our Raising
- 5:53a Creative series, we have Arthur and his mom.
- 5:57And Julie, we want to start with you. What was
- 6:00your first memory of Arthur expressing some sort
- 6:03of creative moment? And do you remember your
- 6:06reaction? So I think it was in elementary school.
- 6:09I mean, he always was drawing animals and figures.
- 6:13And, you know, he had a sketch pad with him.
- 6:16And we used to have to tell him, you can't draw
- 6:18at the table when we're eating. You can't draw
- 6:21when you're walking down the street. Put it away.
- 6:24So that was probably my first memory of him really
- 6:27being immersed in art. And then I think when
- 6:29he... It wasn't elementary school. We enrolled
- 6:32all of our kids in the Philadelphia Museum of
- 6:34Art classes. So the funny thing was is that I
- 6:37worked downtown at the time, and you had to get
- 6:40there super early to register for classes because
- 6:43there was a huge line. Wow. And so I remember
- 6:46going up there and registering them all for classes.
- 6:49Arthur really loved those classes, and so I knew
- 6:53then that art was something that he really loved
- 6:56to do. He was really smart in other areas as
- 6:59well. But art was kind of like a passion for
- 7:02him. Oh, that's beautiful. Yeah, and then in
- 7:04fifth grade, it was in fifth or sixth grade,
- 7:06his art teacher, Julie Baines, she also noticed
- 7:10that he had a rare gift and gave him a scholarship
- 7:13to Moore College of Art for a summer art program.
- 7:17Ooh. Yeah, at the time. Yes. So that was, like,
- 7:20pretty cool. Yeah. I want to talk to you about
- 7:24that offline, okay? All right. And then at our
- 7:28high school, we had AP art. And there was a gentleman
- 7:31who taught it for years who had retired. And
- 7:34there was a new art teacher, Ms. Winarski. She
- 7:36was incredible. She introduced us to Portfolio
- 7:40Day. Did you even know about Portfolio Day? Not
- 7:43before then. Yeah, my mother accompanied me to
- 7:46Portfolio Day. I think it was at the convention
- 7:47center or somewhere near there. And learned a
- 7:50lot more about the schools that I ended up applying
- 7:52to. We had the Portfolio Day. Wow. Yeah. And
- 7:56she just said, you know, this is what you need
- 7:57to do. This is where you need to be. This is
- 7:59the time you need to be there. Here's your guidance.
- 8:01Yeah. Yeah. And she has been following Arthur
- 8:04in his art career. ever since high school, and
- 8:09she's been retired for a while. Oh, my gosh.
- 8:11We still stay in touch. Oh, that's amazing. Can
- 8:15I interject real quick? Yeah. Arthur, you went
- 8:17to MICA, and you just mentioned other art schools
- 8:20that were on your radar. What else was on your
- 8:22radar? I got into RISD, the School of Art Institute
- 8:25in Design in Chicago, and also Ringling College
- 8:29of Art and Design for Illustration, UArts as
- 8:32well. There may have been another school I applied
- 8:34to. School of Visual Arts? Yeah, School of Visual
- 8:36Arts in New York as well, too. And PrEP? And
- 8:38PrEP. So, you know, fortunately, our teacher
- 8:41helped prepare me with those applications. And,
- 8:44you know, fortunately, I got into every school
- 8:45I applied to. And, you know, fortunately, I had
- 8:48the scholarship at MICA, which was a big incentive
- 8:50to be able to study there and the aid to be able
- 8:52to study there. And I'm very fortunate that I
- 8:55had that level of support, you know, in terms
- 8:57of preparing my application, but also how it
- 8:59was received, you know, once I submitted my applications
- 9:01as well, too. And I did participate in the pre
- 9:04-college program that Micah had the summer before
- 9:06applying to these programs. So that also introduced
- 9:09me to the school and what was required to study
- 9:13at some of these places. You know, also, fortunately,
- 9:14my parents, my mother and my father were able
- 9:16to fund that opportunity. But I think it was
- 9:19a month. that was spent on the college campus
- 9:21taking classes in illustration and painting and
- 9:24introducing me to what the college experience
- 9:25is like. And that also got me more familiar with
- 9:29MICA as a school too. So a lot of factors led
- 9:32up to me being able to choose that school. I
- 9:33was very fortunate for it. Arthur, did you select
- 9:36MICA knowing that you were going to specialize
- 9:38in illustration? Or was that something you selected
- 9:41after arriving on campus and taking general or
- 9:45introductory classes? Yeah, I knew I wanted to
- 9:47be in illustration even in high school. Norman
- 9:50Rockwell was one of my favorite artists in high
- 9:52school. Just having that expression and also
- 9:54being how many people that can be communicated
- 9:56with through illustration as a public medium.
- 9:58And I knew I liked public art. I took graffiti
- 10:00classes when I was in high school and middle
- 10:02school and seeing the public audience. to connect
- 10:04with it really inspired me to see art as a communication
- 10:07tool and illustration works in that way too in
- 10:10a printed format it can communicate with people
- 10:12all over the world yeah and I was interested
- 10:14to know what type of illustration i wanted to
- 10:16focus on whether it would be editorial or books
- 10:19but i didn't know that the reason why i picked
- 10:21up you know harry potter in the first place you
- 10:22know in middle school was because of the cover
- 10:24yeah and being able to provide that same level
- 10:26of inspiration like a trailer for the book was
- 10:28what i wanted to provide through my own illustrations
- 10:30but going into my first i wanted to know whether
- 10:33it would be well it was required an editorial
- 10:35book covers or a film concept art so I learned
- 10:39more about these different aspects and fields
- 10:42of illustration at that school and that really
- 10:44you know brought in my awareness of what's available
- 10:47in the field of illustration and I think one
- 10:50of the major goals they were talking about in
- 10:51the illustration department is illustration is
- 10:54communication and there's so many the ways it
- 10:56can be applied to it's just how it's used you
- 10:59know so many fine artists now do illustration
- 11:01And it's just not really whether it's quote -unquote
- 11:03fine art. It's just how it's used is what determines
- 11:05whether or not it's illustration. Wow. So that
- 11:08really broadened my experience and awareness
- 11:10at the school. Did you ever feel hesitation or
- 11:14reservations from your parents in taking that
- 11:17creative route? I'm very fortunate that my parents
- 11:20are very supportive, you know, both emotionally,
- 11:22spiritually, and financially to help fund my
- 11:25college experience and even afterwards. And so
- 11:28I've been very fortunate for that level of support,
- 11:31you know, while I was in school and even afterwards.
- 11:33And from, you know, me and my sisters have been
- 11:35supportive whatever path we want to take, they're
- 11:37on our side. So I'm just very lucky, you know,
- 11:39many artists I know don't have that same level
- 11:42of support. So I'm very fortunate. Yeah. What
- 11:45did that support mean to you while going through
- 11:47MICA, traveling abroad, and developing your career?
- 11:50Yeah, for me, that support was so important,
- 11:53and I'm deeply fortunate and grateful for that
- 11:55level of support, both emotionally, spiritually,
- 11:58and financially, to be able to have that level
- 12:01of support in school and afterwards. And it gave
- 12:04me my freedom, my freedom to learn, discover,
- 12:07and create on this artistic journey. And it set
- 12:10me up where I didn't have as many limits. constraints
- 12:13that many other artists do have, that are limited
- 12:15by or face, you know, they may overcome it, but
- 12:18they face at a certain time. Both my parents,
- 12:21my mother, my father really showed me what is
- 12:23unconditional love and kindness, and that has
- 12:26influenced my interactions, both professionally
- 12:29and personally, and has influenced the community
- 12:32of kindness I find myself in now. And furthermore,
- 12:37you know, just besides that, My parents have
- 12:39also, you know, put a lot of things in perspective
- 12:41in terms of, like, stress. And so a lot of times
- 12:44I'll be facing a certain deadline. I remember,
- 12:46like, my mother coming into my room one time
- 12:48and pointing to, you know, all the material things
- 12:51in my room to remind me that that's only one
- 12:54sphere of what is real in this world. And what
- 12:58is actually even more real is the interactions
- 13:00and connections that occur thanks to the art
- 13:04that I'm able to put projects. that I participate
- 13:06in. So really for me, I put things in perspective,
- 13:09you know, to realize, to prioritize the interactions
- 13:13and connections that my art allows for. And that's
- 13:16what's actually real. And all that occurs in
- 13:19this material realm is only one aspect, one limited
- 13:22aspect of what's real. So very fortunate for
- 13:25all that awareness, guidance, you know, counsel
- 13:28that both of my parents have offered. And I'm
- 13:30even doing a mural right now. That's my father,
- 13:33Senator Haywood's Senate office. I got to take
- 13:36the grant for him and Senator Hughes about a
- 13:39new decoration signing. I remember they used
- 13:41to do t -shirts when I was taking graffiti classes
- 13:43in high school. They had my own t -shirt branding
- 13:46that my parents sponsored. And all across this
- 13:49journey, my parents have been supportive along
- 13:51the way. In the community event, I remember we
- 13:53won the flag day contest. That might have been
- 13:56second grade. My babysitter, Mrs. Merling, was
- 14:01the one who helped me design the flag. design
- 14:04contest that I won for at the post office. So
- 14:08very fortunate for the community that I'm in.
- 14:09Beautiful. It takes a village. Yes, it does.
- 14:12Julie, I've been crying at every one of them.
- 14:17You guys are number three. It's so beautiful.
- 14:24It's inspirational as a mom myself. Because you
- 14:27go to a lot of shows with your son, it sounds
- 14:30like. Oh, he goes with me, yeah. We had another
- 14:33artist and mother -in -law earlier, and it was
- 14:36all about exposure and what the exposure that
- 14:39the artists had as young children into the culture
- 14:44of Philadelphia and the art scene in many different
- 14:47ways and how that has really... created a nice
- 14:51foundation, but also given you many directions
- 14:55to go in with your art as well. But something
- 14:59that we recall from our first conversation with
- 15:01Arthur is that he mentioned truly your dedication
- 15:04to reading, literacy, and education. Let's dig
- 15:09into that, because we get the sense that characters
- 15:12from literature inspire his art. Did you ever
- 15:16anticipate that your work in literacy would eventually
- 15:19inspire his artistic studies and illustration?
- 15:22No. You know, you just kind of live your life,
- 15:28right? And so I was on our school board for like
- 15:3112 years. And so I'm sure I probably came home
- 15:34and talked about... some challenges we were having
- 15:37on the school board and in the schools. But we
- 15:40always also talked about literacy by fourth grade
- 15:44was critically important. Not just literacy,
- 15:47but really understanding what you're reading,
- 15:50the comprehension of what you're reading. That
- 15:52really opens the whole world to you. I remember
- 15:56being a child, and the first book I read was
- 15:58The Secret Garden. When I first realized I actually
- 16:01could read, I was in... first grade because they
- 16:04didn't have kindergarten the year that I was
- 16:06in kindergarten. And I remember sitting at our
- 16:08kitchen table and, you know, you're phonetically
- 16:12trying to translate everything. And I realized
- 16:15I put a couple of sounds together and realized
- 16:19that it was a word. And then I realized that
- 16:21I could read. And for me, that was opened up
- 16:25the entire world to me. Wow. And The Secret Garden
- 16:28was the first book that I remember, chapter book
- 16:31that I remember reading. And it took you to places
- 16:33that, you know, you've never been before. So
- 16:37I always, I was telling Arthur when we were coming,
- 16:38you look at 26 letters in the English alphabet
- 16:42and you think about the worlds that they create.
- 16:46But you think about three primary colors that
- 16:49artists work with. And they create a totally
- 16:52different world. So to me, that always translated
- 16:57into the importance of literacy. The importance
- 17:01of really being able to read and understand.
- 17:04You can do anything. Yes. Absolutely anything.
- 17:07So I'm humbled and grateful that Arthur has embraced
- 17:12that theme and really kind of pushed that into
- 17:15all of the work that he's, not even pushed, but
- 17:17embraced it. Yes, definitely. In all the work
- 17:19that he's doing. Oh, that's beautiful. Last time
- 17:22we spoke to Arthur as well, he walked us through
- 17:24his process in developing murals at schools based
- 17:27upon literary figures, specifically your work
- 17:31in Tulsa. Beginning with your work in education,
- 17:35Julie, it seems like Arthur is running with the
- 17:38theme of literacy and taking it full circle through
- 17:41his medium. How does it feel knowing that his
- 17:45inspiration in art stems from your work in education?
- 17:49Like I said, it's really humbling because I had
- 17:52no idea that that would kind of funnel what he's
- 17:57doing now in his art. And so for me, it was humbling,
- 18:03but it was also, I was grateful that he was sharing
- 18:05that with the world. So like he talked about
- 18:09illustration, kind of a picture of having a thousand
- 18:11meanings to different people. But for a student
- 18:15who's reading a book and being able to see themselves
- 18:17in... the characters in the book, in the illustration
- 18:21that, you know, comes from those books, that's
- 18:24really powerful. Yes. And working with the students
- 18:26he works with on the murals to do the borders
- 18:29of the paintings and also using some of the students
- 18:33in those paintings, you've got to be, like, incredibly
- 18:37awestruck. Oh, yes. You know, when you go in
- 18:40and see that mural and you see yourself in it.
- 18:42So being able to see yourself through print,
- 18:45through artwork, could be life -changing for
- 18:47a child. We've spoken with many artists who parents
- 18:52expressed reservations about their children being
- 18:55able to support themselves through a creative
- 18:58field. Were you ever nervous about Arthur taking
- 19:01this creative path? So I'll tell you, when he
- 19:05first decided to go to art school, I remember,
- 19:08you know, you talk about your children, what
- 19:10they're doing, what they're thinking about doing.
- 19:11And I remember a parent saying to me, you're
- 19:14letting him go to art school? And I was like,
- 19:17I didn't even really know how to respond to that
- 19:19initially. But then I said to her, I said, I
- 19:24got to choose where I went to school and what
- 19:26I did. And I hope to be able to provide those
- 19:29same opportunities for our children. And so I'm
- 19:33not letting him go to art school. He's chosen
- 19:36to go to art school. And so for me, I would just
- 19:39encourage all of my kids, whatever they were
- 19:41doing, art they're definitely not excluded. Yes,
- 19:45is the creative avenue more difficult sometimes?
- 19:48It can be. And so, you know, I wanted to make
- 19:52sure that he balanced life and living life with
- 19:55his passion for art. And I used to always just
- 19:58remind him, take time for yourself and make sure
- 20:03that you're making a life because you can make
- 20:06a living doing anything, but love what you're
- 20:08doing and, you know, make a life for yourself.
- 20:11Yes. And that kind of gets us into, what advice?
- 20:14would you give other parents who are raising
- 20:16aspiring artists from a practicality perspective?
- 20:21I'd say balance between art and living life,
- 20:25because I think as artists you can get so immersed
- 20:28in your work that you sometimes forget about
- 20:31living life. And I always tell Arthur, take breaks,
- 20:34make sure that you have balance. You know, taking
- 20:37a trip is not a luxury, it's a necessity to really
- 20:41kind of clear your head sometimes. And I think
- 20:44over the last year, we've had several losses
- 20:48in our family. And I think it reminds me, as
- 20:51I would remind all of my kids, focus on what's
- 20:54really important. And that's, you know, family,
- 20:57friends, and faith. Yeah. And you've done that.
- 21:01Tried to. Yes. No, it's been, it's very inspiring
- 21:05and a beautiful path that you've created. for
- 21:09Arthur, and we're all thankful for his art that
- 21:12then he shares with us. He gives us somewhere
- 21:16to go. Yes, exactly. How many times did you visit
- 21:20him when he was in France? Twice. Nice. Yeah,
- 21:24yeah. So when he was there for the fellowship,
- 21:26we went, and then we went back to visit him a
- 21:29second time. So, yeah, twice. And when he was
- 21:32in Tulsa, I went separately, and then my husband
- 21:35went another time to visit him in Tulsa as well.
- 21:39We love it. Yes. Such a coincidence you talk
- 21:45about travel and youth. And we did a lot of travel
- 21:48around Europe in middle school and high school.
- 21:51And it's such a coincidence, maybe not a coincidence,
- 21:53that I ended up being able to travel with my
- 21:54art, you know, as an adult as well, too, from
- 21:57that exposure. Correct. And get to see even more.
- 22:01And we'd love to be able to give them those experiences.
- 22:05We did travel a lot when they were younger. And
- 22:08some of it you probably remember, some of it
- 22:10you maybe don't, but we hope that they were immersed
- 22:12in it. Because the world is not that big of a
- 22:16place, honestly. And people, wherever you go,
- 22:19are doing the same thing. Raising families, going
- 22:22to and from work, to and from school, making
- 22:26art, sharing what they love to do, struggling,
- 22:29ups and downs of life. We wanted them to feel
- 22:33comfortable in the world and go anywhere and
- 22:35be comfortable doing that. And all of my kids
- 22:38are really incredible travelers. Are you going
- 22:44to cry? Not yet, not yet, not yet. Arthur, is
- 22:49there any new projects that you're working on
- 22:52currently that you want to share with the audience?
- 22:54Yeah, besides the mural, I just mentioned that
- 22:56my father, Senator Haywood, and Senator Hughes
- 22:58sponsored for a new decoration signing amongst
- 23:01diverse people. That should be revealed around
- 23:03the 4th of July. I'm doing a mural for the Blaine
- 23:06Elementary School. So I'll continue my theme
- 23:08work of literacy, but not just literacy. Math
- 23:11and science are also part of the theme. So we
- 23:13did a survey amongst the students about their
- 23:14favorite subjects in school are and why. And
- 23:17so a few of the most popular were science. with
- 23:18them looking up a DNA icon. So it's incorporating
- 23:22technology, so new ways of learning in terms
- 23:25of aesthetic as well, too. So that is planned
- 23:27for the spring. And some more illustrations,
- 23:29which I'm not allowed to reveal more about, but
- 23:31more illustrations as well, too. That's perfect.
- 23:34I don't even know that. Until it becomes public.
- 23:38Oh, that's incredible. Thank you. Incredible.
- 23:40Very fortunate. Yes. Yeah, besides that, I think
- 23:44I may have mentioned before the children's book
- 23:46that I'm working on as well, too. It's like a
- 23:47young adult graphic novel about two kids that
- 23:49are on a mission to save their pets, but they
- 23:51use their light to overcome evil. So it's this
- 23:53ongoing children's book I've been working on
- 23:55and speaking with other art directors and agents
- 23:57about it along the way, too. Great. Thank you.
- 24:01Excellent. Well, thank you so much for sharing
- 24:03your inspiring stories as well as the amazing
- 24:08foundation that you've been able to give your
- 24:10children. Thank you. Thank you. We'll be right
- 24:13back with some rapid fire questions. Welcome
- 24:17back with our rapid fire questions. So what is
- 24:21your favorite place to score a cheesesteak? I'm
- 24:24a vegetarian. That's fine. That's fine. Best
- 24:28sandwich then. I've heard of a place in Philly,
- 24:31but I don't remember the name of it. It has really
- 24:33good vegetarian. Steaks. Ooh, okay, all right.
- 24:38I'll have to get that name for you. Yes, love
- 24:40that. Did you draw a favorite place? No, I think
- 24:46I read in a magazine, the Philadelphia Magazine,
- 24:48what that vegetarian place was, but I couldn't
- 24:49recall what that place was. Yes, yes, love it,
- 24:52love it. Arthur, your favorite literary character
- 24:55to draw just for fun? That's probably... Any
- 24:59character from Lord of the Rings, you know, Tolkien's.
- 25:02I've done a few Cimmerillion and Tolkien -inspired
- 25:05paintings. But the whole theme of light overcoming
- 25:07darkness is, you know, the overall theme of his
- 25:10mythology. So I've done a few Tolkien fan art
- 25:13recently. And so anything drawing from that theme
- 25:15of heroism, like overcoming darkness, is what
- 25:17I return to a lot. All right, last one. Julie,
- 25:20on a scale of one to infinimillionty, how proud
- 25:25are you of Arthur? The last one. My parents inspired
- 25:34me in my own artwork, too. They're so active
- 25:37in the communities, and it really inspires me
- 25:39on a daily basis to see how they're incorporating
- 25:42and inspiring other people as well, too, to become
- 25:45active in literacy, better citizens. There's
- 25:49so many ways to be inspired by my parents as
- 25:50well, too. Yes. Wow, thank you. Thank you. Thank
- 25:54you. Thank you so much for being here with us.
- 25:56Thank you. Thank you. I'll have to learn how
- 25:58to spell that last word. Yes. I made it up. And
- 26:05everyone, check out Arthur Haywood and his murals
- 26:08and art. And thanks so much. Thank you. Thank
- 26:11you both so much. This was so much fun. Just
- 26:25the highlights, Lucinda. Kick us off. Philadelphia
- 26:28Theatre Company presents Wilderness Generation,
- 26:32running into May. This is a world premiere of
- 26:35James Imes. We laughed. I cried. You gotta go.
- 26:42Guided, a solo exhibition by Inga Kimberly Brown
- 26:47and Archive of the New. The Spring Members Invitational
- 26:53at Da Vinci Art Alliance is running until April
- 26:5619th. Tick tock. Works on Paper, a group show
- 27:00at the Plastic Club, is showing until April 23rd.
- 27:04Small Works 26 at Frameworks Gallery is showing
- 27:08until April 25th. Shout out to Friend of the
- 27:11Pod and past guest Callie, whose work is included
- 27:15in Small Works 26. Finally, Shifting Impressions.
- 27:19Work by the American Color Print Society is showing
- 27:23at the Box Spring Gallery until April 25th. And
- 27:27with that, Philly has heart. And art! Thank you
- 27:38for tuning in to Philly Has Heart. Don't forget
- 27:41to follow, share, and spread the love.