KQED: SPARK
SPARK is about San Francisco Bay Area artists and arts organizations -- it is a weekly television show, an educational outreach program and a Web site. More than a showcase for art objects and the artists who make them, SPARK takes the audience inside the ...
SPARK is about San Francisco Bay Area artists and arts organizations -- it is a weekly television show, an educational outreach program and a Web site. More than a showcase for art objects and the artists who make them, SPARK takes the audience inside the creative process to witness the challenges, opportunities and rewards of making art.
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Spark: Ali Akbar Khan
Learn why more than 10,000 students have beaten a path ...
Learn why more than 10,000 students have beaten a path to the classroom of North Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan. Original air date: April 2003.
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Spark: Walter Kitundu
Experiment with Walter Kitundu, who was named a 2008 MacArthur ...
Experiment with Walter Kitundu, who was named a 2008 MacArthur Fellow, as he creates innovative musical instruments that are based on the turntable. Original air date: July 2006.
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Spark: Anna Halprin
This Web extra from Spark is an excerpt from choreographer ...
This Web extra from Spark is an excerpt from choreographer and performer Anna Halprin's dance piece "Intensive Care." Original release: March 2006.
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Spark: 'Til Dawn
Spark visits San Rafael to listen to 'Til Dawn, a ...
Spark visits San Rafael to listen to 'Til Dawn, a co-ed teen a cappella signing group. Original air date: June 2004.
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Spark: Conceicao Damasceno
Spark visits BrasArte and gets ready for Carnaval with Brazilian ...
Spark visits BrasArte and gets ready for Carnaval with Brazilian dancer/choreographer Conceição Damasceno. Original air date: May 2004.
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Spark: East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
Spark visits the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts ...
Spark visits the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts to talk with the center's artistic director, Jordan Simmons about their role in the community. Original air date: April 2004.
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Spark: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Spark tours the "Bang the Machine" exhibit at the Yerba ...
Spark tours the "Bang the Machine" exhibit at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts from January 17 through April 4, 2004. Original air date: March 2004.
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Spark: The Ames Gallery
The Ames Gallery, primarily exhibits pieces by self-taught or outsider ...
The Ames Gallery, primarily exhibits pieces by self-taught or outsider artists, as well as folk art and Americana. Bonnie Grossman gives Spark a tour of her space highlighting some of her favorite pieces. Original air date: January 2004.
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Spark: Virginia Harrison
Virginia Harrison began creating what she calls "memory markers" after ...
Virginia Harrison began creating what she calls "memory markers" after the death of her young son. Spark visits with Harrison at her foundry. Original air date: September 2003.
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Spark: Mark Fiore
Spark visits with political cartoonist Mark Fiore as he creates ...
Spark visits with political cartoonist Mark Fiore as he creates a cartoon riffing on Hillary Clinton's emotional moment before the 2008 New Hampshire primary. Original air date: February 2008.