Works in Progress
WORKS IN PROGRESS is a podcast produced by the ArtLab at Harvard University. In this podcast, we speak with the contemporary visual and performing artists working at ArtLab. The ArtLab is helping create the conditions for the Arts to flourish at Harvard, and this podcast brings these artists and their ideas to you. Season 1: Spring, 2022Hosted by Bree Edwards, ArtLab Director, with Kristian Hardy, a student at Harvard College Ep 1: Jordan Weber, artist and John Peterson, Curator of Loeb FellowshipEp 2: Merritt Moore, ballerina, and physicistEp 3: Claire Chase, flutist, and Harvard professor, and Lisa E. Harris, opera singer, and composerEp 4: Ayodele Casel, Tap Dancer and Torya Beard, Director, and Educator Ep 5: Matt Saunders, artist, and Harvard professor; Jennifer Roberts, Art Historian, and Harvard Professor and Eric Zou, a student at Harvard College
Episodes
9 episodes
Episode 3 Frank Waln
In this episode, Lakota music artist, public speaker, and educator Frank Waln joins ArtLab director Bree Edwards to explore the medicinal power of music in constructing futures from the rubble of colonial violence. Drawing on his formative rela...
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Episode 3
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27:49
Episode 2 Samora Pinderhughes
The music in the introduction and conclusion of this episode comes from the concert on April 30, 2024, at Harvard University, led by artist and composer Samora Pinderhughes and The Healing Project. It includes Dani Murcia, Nia Drummond, and Jeb...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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24:08
Season 2 - Episode 1 Joseph Zeal-Henry
In this episode, designer, urbanist, and curator Joseph Zeal-Henry joins ArtLab director Bree Edwards to discuss equity and politics in the built environment. We sat down with Joseph to explore his year-long residency as the Loeb Fellow at ArtL...
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Episode 1
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24:03
Season 1 - Episode 5 Alan Burroughs Collection with Jennifer Roberts and Matt Saunders
Matt Saunders, Professor of Art, Film, and Visual Studies; Jennifer Roberts, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Professor of t...
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Episode 5
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40:59
Season 1 - Episode 4 Ayodele Casel and Torya Beard
Talking about Tap, today we are joined in the studio by Ayodele Casel, award winning tap dancer, actor, and choreographer of the current Broadway revival of “Funny Girl” and her collaborator and partner, the Director, Torya Beard. Ayodel...
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Episode 4
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35:32
Season 1 - Episode 3 Claire Chase and Li Harris
Join us in the studio with MacArthur “Genius” Fellow and Harvard Music Professor, flutist Claire Chase and her collaborator Lisa (Li) E. Harris. Professor Chase commissioned Li to create a musical composition that would be co-written and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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48:03
Season 1 - Episode 2 Merritt Moore
One of the first artists in residence at the ArtLab, Dr. Merritt Moore combines two unique passions in her career: physics and ballet. Merritt graduated with a degree in physics from Harvard and went on to earn her PhD in Atomic and Laser Physi...
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Episode 2
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53:13
Season 1 - Episode 1 Jordan Weber with John Peterson
Artist Jordan Weber joins us in the ArtLab studio to discuss race, identity, design of the built environment and art-making in historically white spaces. Employing slick black obsidian stone and chrome rims, Weber’s sculpture Perennial Philosop...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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45:11
Works in Progress Coming Soon!
Art is a journey, but very rarely do we get to witness the creative evolution. Imagine the conversations that could be explored if we truly understood the artistic process and appreciated the research and experimentation that each artwork entai...
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Episode 0
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