Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Fine Arts podcast program “Lab A6,” covers contemporary visual art, architecture, design, drama and music.  The program invites faculty members, students, local artists and other community members to informed conversations on how art impacts life. 

Host Margaret Myers, the Associate Director of the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon, has a history of working with artists in all disciplines with various approaches towards art making.  Her intuitive questions and thought provoking queries leaves listeners with a sense of constructive recognition on how art impacts our everyday life.

By clicking one of the title links below, all the information about the webcast will be listed, along with the streaming and download links. To switch between video and audio, simply click the links below "Browse the Podcasts and Clips".

All audio podcasts are in mp3 or mp4 format and are completely compatable with iTunes or almost all standard music programs. To download to your hard drive, simply right click the download link and choose the save to disk option. The streaming links are compatable for all media programs that support realtime streaming, like Quicktime.

All video clips can be downloaded or streamed and require Quicktime 6 or higher (Quicktime 7 is required for high quality). Once Quicktime is installed, downloaded videos can be played in any standard player, like Windows Media Player.


BRAND NEW!!!

The audio podcast collection is now iTunes Podcast and RSS ready! Simply click the links below to either load the Lab A6 collection directly into your iTunes application or use your favorite RSS reader!


Browse the Podcasts and Clips

AUDIO PODCASTS     VIDEO CLIPS


Podcast/RSS link for iTunes - click here
Media Enriched RSS for other media players - click here
Basic RSS feed - click here


Audio Podcasts

Date Length Title
04.18 11:14 Marilyn Taft Thomas Discusses Leadership in the Arts
03.28 18:19 Photographer Explores Mental Illness
03.07 31:10 Game Designers Discuss Video Games as Art
02.22 38:30 Film Aficionados Discuss the 2008 Oscars
02.15 25:06 Explore How Art and Science are Alike and Different
02.08 14:40 Dramaturg Retraces August Wilson's Steps
01.25 26:47 A Look into the Impacts of Arts Organizations on Pittsburgh
01.18 09:06 Gregory Lehane Discusses Trends in Opera
01.18 11:33 A Look into What Inspires Lowry Burgess
12.09 26:00 Volker Hartkopf Makes a Case for the Environment
12.09 17:56 Jon Rubin Discusses Never Been to Tehran
12.01 05:40 Director Discusses Fresh Approach to Guys and Dolls
12.01 05:00 Jennifer Gooch Discusses One Cold Hand
09.14 25:31 Issues in Baroque Music
09.14 10:17 News Blog: Ayanah Moor's exhibit W(RAPPER)
08.30 45:56 echo::system-The Desert
07.19 40:28 Composers Discuss the Newest in New Music
06.22 41:15 Impact of Buildings on the Environment
06.15 11:41 News: Nakashima Furniture Exhibit
06.12 18:06 News: Burgess Completes 30-Year Art Project
05.01 28:27 Designing Appliances for the Elderly
04.06 42:00 Creative Music Initiatives in Urban Schools
03.30 48:27 Drama in Academia vs. For-Profit
03.16 35:35 Life on the Ohio River with Carolyn Lambert
03.01 00:56 Lab A6 Podcast Introduction
NA 10:52 Interview with the Starling Quartet



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