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WORK IN PROGRESS: CONVERSATIONS WITH CREATORS is a monthly arts podcast with Albuquerque Journal writer Logan Royce Beitmen.
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Fashion Designer MADISON VAN DER LINGEN (opens the original)
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Southwest-based fashion designer Madison Van Der Lingen is the creator of MadVan Design and executive producer of Albuquerque Fashion Week. On today’s show, she discusses her upcoming AFW fashion event, Nocturnal Flame, coming to Wheels Museum on Oct. 16. She also helps to demystify the world of fashion, encouraging even the most fashion-challenged individuals to develop their own personal style. Follow the like below for a discount on a digital subscription. http://www.abqjournal.com/subscribe/
MUSICIAN Ron Crowder (opens the original)
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Award-winning singer-songwriter and producer Ron Crowder joins “Work in Progress” this week to discuss his new album, “Moving at the Speed of Life,” and to play a few songs from it. Crowder, who is one of New Mexico’s most respected and versatile musicians, talks about his musical journey and the virtues of being self-taught. There will be an album release concert in Albuquerque on Friday, Aug. 28, at Fusion 708, produced by AMP Concerts. Crowder will be performing with his seven-piece band. Tic
Poet MANUEL GONZÁLEZ (opens the original)
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Albuquerque-based poet and educator Manuel González was named poet laureate of New Mexico in 2025 and will serve through 2028. “The laureateship is how I try to bring poetry into schools, libraries, Pueblos, tribal communities, rural towns, cultural spaces and public institutions,” he said. González previously served as Albuquerque’s poet laureate from 2016 through 2018. Most recently, he joined other leading artists, policymakers and innovators at the 2026 AFTACON Conference, hosted by American
Artist SOPHIA HEYMANS (opens the original)
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Sophia Heymans is a contemporary artist known for magical landscape paintings where hills, trees and rocks come alive with mysterious human presences. On this week’s show, Sophia talks about growing up in a rural part of Minnesota and how those formative experiences in nature continue to inform her work. Heymans’ latest exhibition “Land of Rest” opened at The Valley in Santa Fe on July 3 and runs through Aug. 9. It is her third exhibition with the gallery, and it features paintings inspired by N
Artist SHEPARD FAIREY (opens the original)
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Street artist Shepard Fairey emerged from the 1980s skateboarding and punk scenes. Best known for his breakout 1989 street art campaign, “Andre the Giant Has a Posse,” and the iconic 2008 “Hope” poster he designed for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, Fairey is one of the most influential street artists of all time. On today’s show, he talks about two important new murals he’s painting in New Mexico this month – one in Albuquerque and one in Santa Fe – and his new exhibition at Santa Fe’s Tu
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