Episodes

Based in Washington Heights, Leadlights Ensemble connects people through music and brings joy and vitality to communities through high quality musical programming in all kinds of spaces, from the concert hall to the sidewalk. Founded in 2018, Leadlights is dedicated to amplifying the music of living composers, particularly the music of women composers and composers of color. In addition, the Ensemble has commissioned or premiered new works for string quartet by J. Mark Stambaugh, Kyle Werner, Ni...

Based in Washington Heights, Leadlights Ensemble connects people through music and brings joy and vitality to communities through high quality musical programming in all kinds of spaces, from the concert hall to the sidewalk. Founded in 2018, Leadlights is dedicated to amplifying the music of living composers, particularly the music of women composers and composers of color. In addition, the Ensemble has commissioned or premiered new works for string quartet by J. Mark Stambaugh, Kyle Werner, Ni...

Based in Washington Heights, Leadlights Ensemble connects people through music and brings joy and vitality to communities through high quality musical programming in all kinds of spaces, from the concert hall to the sidewalk. Founded in 2018, Leadlights is dedicated to amplifying the music of living composers, particularly the music of women composers and composers of color. In addition, the Ensemble has commissioned or premiered new works for string quartet by J. Mark Stambaugh, Kyle Werner, Ni...

Cutting his teeth on Beatles, show tunes and ‘60s AM radio, Bob Windbiel first formed a blues duo with childhood pal Ralph Robbins when he was twelve years old. His high school band EDGE played rock n’ roll, blues and jazz-rock fusion in the early-mid ‘70s. With the electric-avant-jazz group OUTLET he recorded three albums one of which was released on the legendary alternative jazz label ESP-Disk. He led and composed most of the material for two indie-rock bands from the mid-‘80s through the ear...

Cutting his teeth on Beatles, show tunes and ‘60s AM radio, Bob Windbiel first formed a blues duo with childhood pal Ralph Robbins when he was twelve years old. His high school band EDGE played rock n’ roll, blues and jazz-rock fusion in the early-mid ‘70s. With the electric-avant-jazz group OUTLET he recorded three albums one of which was released on the legendary alternative jazz label ESP-Disk. He led and composed most of the material for two indie-rock bands from the mid-‘80s through the ear...

Cutting his teeth on Beatles, show tunes and ‘60s AM radio, Bob Windbiel first formed a blues duo with childhood pal Ralph Robbins when he was twelve years old. His high school band EDGE played rock n’ roll, blues and jazz-rock fusion in the early-mid ‘70s. With the electric-avant-jazz group OUTLET he recorded three albums one of which was released on the legendary alternative jazz label ESP-Disk. He led and composed most of the material for two indie-rock bands from the mid-‘80s through the ear...

For our 101st episode of On Air, we concluded that nothing could be more significant than to celebrate the podcast, itself, in reaching this milestone. We invite you to listen as we reflect on what has happened in the local cultural arts scene since we started this podcast, where we are now, and what might come next. Inwood Art Works' On Air podcast has a duality to it. It is unique in that it is the only podcast that specifically profiles and features the artists that reside in Northern Manhat...

For our 101st episode of On Air, we concluded that nothing could be more significant than to celebrate the podcast, itself, in reaching this milestone. We invite you to listen as we reflect on what has happened in the local cultural arts scene since we started this podcast, where we are now, and what might come next. Inwood Art Works' On Air podcast has a duality to it. It is unique in that it is the only podcast that specifically profiles and features the artists that reside in Northern Manhat...

For our 101st episode of On Air, we concluded that nothing could be more significant than to celebrate the podcast, itself, in reaching this milestone. We invite you to listen as we reflect on what has happened in the local cultural arts scene since we started this podcast, where we are now, and what might come next. Inwood Art Works' On Air podcast has a duality to it. It is unique in that it is the only podcast that specifically profiles and features the artists that reside in Northern Manhat...

Tom Okada is a third-generation Japanese American born in New York City. Tom holds a BFA from NY Tech and an MFA in Photography from Pratt Institute. He is also a NY State Certified Art teacher and is now a Professor at St. Thomas Aquinas College where he teaches digital and documentary photography. Throughout his career, Tom has exhibited his photographs in galleries on Cape Cod, Boston, and at the Hammond Museum in Salem, New York. Currently, Tom is working on portraits of Cape Cod artists at ...

Tom Okada is a third-generation Japanese American born in New York City. Tom holds a BFA from NY Tech and an MFA in Photography from Pratt Institute. He is also a NY State Certified Art teacher and is now a Professor at St. Thomas Aquinas College where he teaches digital and documentary photography. Throughout his career, Tom has exhibited his photographs in galleries on Cape Cod, Boston, and at the Hammond Museum in Salem, New York. Currently, Tom is working on portraits of Cape Cod artists at ...

Tom Okada is a third-generation Japanese American born in New York City. Tom holds a BFA from NY Tech and an MFA in Photography from Pratt Institute. He is also a NY State Certified Art teacher and is now a Professor at St. Thomas Aquinas College where he teaches digital and documentary photography. Throughout his career, Tom has exhibited his photographs in galleries on Cape Cod, Boston, and at the Hammond Museum in Salem, New York. Currently, Tom is working on portraits of Cape Cod artists at ...

Elizabeth Starcevic learned to weave in Mexico on a sabbatical from City College while doing research on a Mexican writer and found her way into weaving. She produces large scale weavings on a standing loom that is both nonrepresentational and very political. Elizabeth is inspired by the world around her and tries and portray both the beauty and the difficult reality that we are living in. She has been weaving in Mexico for over twenty-five years and has had solo shows and been in group shows in...

Elizabeth Starcevic learned to weave in Mexico on a sabbatical from City College while doing research on a Mexican writer and found her way into weaving. She produces large scale weavings on a standing loom that is both nonrepresentational and very political. Elizabeth is inspired by the world around her and tries and portray both the beauty and the difficult reality that we are living in. She has been weaving in Mexico for over twenty-five years and has had solo shows and been in group shows in...

Elizabeth Starcevic learned to weave in Mexico on a sabbatical from City College while doing research on a Mexican writer and found her way into weaving. She produces large scale weavings on a standing loom that is both nonrepresentational and very political. Elizabeth is inspired by the world around her and tries and portray both the beauty and the difficult reality that we are living in. She has been weaving in Mexico for over twenty-five years and has had solo shows and been in group shows in...

Michael Pizzano is an independent filmmaker and a proud New Yorker. He recently created a 9 episode web series, Lockdown Living, that takes a dark, comedic look into lessons learned from the 2020 quarantine. His short films The Replacement and Say No to Drift Walking, were festival favorites – including the Inwood Film Festival! Michael’s first feature project, Exposure 36, where he acted as lead producer was released in the Spring of 2022 and he is currently in pre-production for a post-apocal...

Michael Pizzano is an independent filmmaker and a proud New Yorker. He recently created a 9 episode web series, Lockdown Living, that takes a dark, comedic look into lessons learned from the 2020 quarantine. His short films The Replacement and Say No to Drift Walking, were festival favorites – including the Inwood Film Festival! Michael’s first feature project, Exposure 36, where he acted as lead producer was released in the Spring of 2022 and he is currently in pre-production for a post-apocal...

Michael Pizzano is an independent filmmaker and a proud New Yorker. He recently created a 9 episode web series, Lockdown Living, that takes a dark, comedic look into lessons learned from the 2020 quarantine. His short films The Replacement and Say No to Drift Walking, were festival favorites – including the Inwood Film Festival! Michael’s first feature project, Exposure 36, where he acted as lead producer was released in the Spring of 2022 and he is currently in pre-production for a post-apocal...

Cristobal Vivar was born in Mexico to an artistic family. His father is a painter, sculptor and jewelry designer, his mother a textile artist. His uncle created model buildings for architects and his grandfather was passionate about photography when not working as a miner. After studying Graphic Design, Cris became interested in animation and photography, and graduating he worked doing interactive websites and motion graphics for television. In 2001 he immigrated to New York and photographed the...

Cristobal Vivar was born in Mexico to an artistic family. His father is a painter, sculptor and jewelry designer, his mother a textile artist. His uncle created model buildings for architects and his grandfather was passionate about photography when not working as a miner. After studying Graphic Design, Cris became interested in animation and photography, and graduating he worked doing interactive websites and motion graphics for television. In 2001 he immigrated to New York and photographed the...

Cristobal Vivar was born in Mexico to an artistic family. His father is a painter, sculptor and jewelry designer, his mother a textile artist. His uncle created model buildings for architects and his grandfather was passionate about photography when not working as a miner. After studying Graphic Design, Cris became interested in animation and photography, and graduating he worked doing interactive websites and motion graphics for television. In 2001 he immigrated to New York and photographed the...

Dylan Tuccillo is an award-winning writer, video producer, and filmmaker. While attending NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, a feature screenplay that he wrote won a $10,000 award from the Sloan Foundation. A recent short documentary of his was picked up by Upworthy and viewed over 270,000 times. After 15 years of working with advertising agencies and companies, he’s learned how to market content in a media-saturated landscape. His short films have won "Best Short" at the Inwood Film Festival, "Bes...

Dylan Tuccillo is an award-winning writer, video producer, and filmmaker. While attending NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, a feature screenplay that he wrote won a $10,000 award from the Sloan Foundation. A recent short documentary of his was picked up by Upworthy and viewed over 270,000 times. After 15 years of working with advertising agencies and companies, he’s learned how to market content in a media-saturated landscape. His short films have won "Best Short" at the Inwood Film Festival, "Bes...

Dylan Tuccillo is an award-winning writer, video producer, and filmmaker. While attending NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, a feature screenplay that he wrote won a $10,000 award from the Sloan Foundation. A recent short documentary of his was picked up by Upworthy and viewed over 270,000 times. After 15 years of working with advertising agencies and companies, he’s learned how to market content in a media-saturated landscape. His short films have won "Best Short" at the Inwood Film Festival, "Bes...