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Art is a journey, but rarely do we witness the creative research and experimentation that the artistic process entails. Works in Progress is a podcast that tells the story of the artists working at the ArtLab at Harvard University. Listen on Apple Podcasts.

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Alan Burroughs looking at an X-radiograph

Season 3:

Ep 1: Ria Cuéllar-Koh: Highlights from the first 3 seasons with a SHARP student fellow

Ep 2: Robin Kelsey & Lori Gross: How did the ArtLab come to be?

Ep 3: Louisa Penfold: Faculty residency in collaboration with the Graduate School of Education

Ep 4: Dayron J. Miles: Faculty residency in collaboration with the American Repertory Theater

Ep 5: Jessie Cox: Faculty residency in collaboration with the Department of Music 

Ep 6: Shana M. griffin:  2025 Loeb/ ArtLab Fellow in collaboration with Graduate School of Design 

Ep 7: Pontus Lidberg: Harvard Medical School’s Master of Science in Media, Medicine, and Health artist in residence

Ep 8: Jacek Smolicki: 2026 Loeb/ ArtLab Fellow in collaboration with Graduate School of Design 

Season 2:

Ep 1: Joseph Zeal Henry, 2024 Loeb/ArtLab Fellow

Ep 2: Samora Pinderhughes, artist-in-residence, composer, and pianist/vocalist

Ep 3: Frank Waln, artist-in-residence, musician, producer and educator

Ep 4: Jessi Stegall and Ilya Vidrin, artists-in-residence, dancer-choreographers

Season 1:

Ep 1: Jordan Weber, inaugural Loeb/ArtLab Fellow, and John Peterson, Curator of the Loeb Fellowship

Ep 2: Merritt Moore, visiting artist-in-residence, ballerina, and physicist

Ep 3: Claire Chase, faculty-in-residence and flutist, and Lisa E. Harris, artist-in-residence, opera singer and composer

Ep 4: Ayodele Casel, artist-in-residence and tap dancer, and Torya Beard, theatrical director and educator 

Ep 5: Matt Saunders, artist and Harvard professor; Jennifer Roberts, art historian and Harvard professor; and SHARP research fellows Erik Zou and Kristian Hardy

Thanks for joining us for Works in Progress. We hope these conversations give you a glimpse into the creativity, collaboration, and experimentation happening at ArtLab. To learn more, visit artlab.harvard.edu.

The podcast is recorded in the Mead Production Lab at the ArtLab in Boston, Massachusetts. 

Hosted by Bree Edwards
Audio by Luke Damroch and Production by Kat Nakaji
Research by Sadie Trichler & Ria Cuéllar-Koh and Design by James Blue & Sonia Ralston