Closing Event Artist Talk with Kay Healy "Don't Trash a Good Thing" - WHM

This February, the Village of Industry and Art (VIA) will mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art (PMSIA)—the institution that would later become the University of the Arts and the Philadelphia Museum of Art—by hosting an exhibition and related programming within its historic buildings.  Opening on the day of the founding of the institution, February 26, and on view through May 31, VIA will host Don’t Trash a Good Thing, an exhibition of recent works by local artist and UArts alum Kay Healy, curated by Paradigm Gallery + Studio, nodding to the lineage and vibrant reality of the creative community incubated on these grounds.

Steered by Scout, the Village of Industry and Art (VIA) occupies historic buildings at Broad and Pine originally developed by the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art (PMSIA), an institution chartered in 1876 to advance industrial art and design in Philadelphia. PMSIA later gave rise to both the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the University of the Arts, with the school retaining Hamilton Hall at 320 South Broad Street until its closure in 2024. For VIA and Scout, this history is foundational: the site has long served as a home for learning, experimentation, and creative exchange. As Philadelphia enters a period of civic transformation, VIA’s reopening reflects a commitment to stewarding this legacy while reactivating the space as a platform for new cultural production, connection, and public life.