Spark: Project Bandaloop
Spark meets up with Project Bandaloop as they introduce a vertical, trampoline-like surface into their routine to explore both vertical and horizontal movement. Original air date: July 2003.
Jan 03, 2008
KQED: Spark Art Video Podcast
Spark is about San Francisco Bay Area artists and arts organizations -- it is a weekly television show on KQED 9, an educational outreach program and a Web site at www.kqed.org/spark. The Spark Podcast includes segments from the show and is released weekly.
Episodes
Spark: Artship
Spark checks in with Artship, an innovative and offbeat organization, as they navigate the Bay Area searching for a new home. Original air date: July 2003.
Dec 20, 2007
Spark: LEGACY Oral History Project
LEGACY Oral History Project merges with San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum. Spark sees how they take on the challenges of documenting the work of the Bay Area's great choreographers. Original air date: June 2003.
Dec 13, 2007
Spark: James Buckhouse
Animator artist James Buckhouse parlays digital technologies over to traditional art forms, in which users can train an animated character on handheld PDAs to tap dance. Spark visits Buckhouse in his studio. Original air date: May 2003.
Dec 06, 2007
Spark: Donald E. Lacy Jr.
Spark goes backstage with comedian Donald E. Lacy Jr. at the AfroSolo Arts Festival: An Explosion of Comedy. Original air date: May 2003.
Nov 29, 2007
Spark: Hairspray
Spark goes behind the scenes of Best of Broadway's production of "Hairspray" to meet meet Joy Marcelle, the wigmaster. Original air date: June 2004.
Nov 15, 2007
Spark: Pamela Z
Pamela Z is a composer, performer, sound artist and vocalist who creates works primarily with and about the voice, using her voice, sampling technology and electronic processing to produce performance events and recordings of layered aural compositions. Spark caught up with Pamela Z creating and performing a layered, multi-media performance called "Voci" ("Voices"). Original air date: May 2003.
Nov 08, 2007
Spark: Punk Rock Orchestra
Mohawks and pink hair are not the usual hair-dos for classical musicians, but the Punk Rock Orchestra breaks many stereotypes. Spark caught up with them at one of their rare performances. Original air date: February 2004.
Nov 01, 2007
Spark: Jason Mecier
Jason Mecier's art is certainly one of a kind. It takes somebody with an unusual amount of imagination and humor, not to mention patience, to create a portrait of Martha Stewart entirely out of vegetables and Sigmund Freud from tablets and pills. Spark visits Mecier in the studio and takes a look at his quirky portraits. Original air date: February 2004.
Oct 25, 2007
Spark: Miss Tilly
Since 1970, countless generations of youngsters have donned tights and slippers for a weekly ballet class with San Francisco institution Miss Tilly. Spark visits this veteran teacher at her California Street studios, where she and her daughter Iliza Abbe offer a range of classes in dance, theater, hip-hop and yoga, for preschool-aged students. Original air date: May 2005.
Oct 18, 2007
Spark: Sixth Street Photography Workshop
Spark follows along with the Sixth Street Photography Workshop in San Francisco's Tenderloin District as they use art to express themselves. Original air date: July 2004.
Oct 11, 2007
Spark: African-American Shakespeare Company
Have you ever wondered how theater companies take an idea and make it into a performance? Spark visits the African-American Shakespeare Company as they update the classic story of "Beauty and the Beast" for a contemporary audience. Original air date: August 2003.
Oct 04, 2007
Spark: Scott Kildall
Living in an age of information overload, Scott Kildall sees a cultural shift moving towards a media information economy. Spark accompanies Kildall as he works on his ongoing video project called "Something to Remind Me." Original air date: July 2007.
Aug 30, 2007
Spark: Julio Cesar Morales
Cultures collide in the work of Julio Cesar Morales, an artist offering hisinterpretation of a post-apocalyptic city based on his experiences growingup on the border of California and Mexico. Spark catches up with Morales to chat about his installation "There's Gonna Be Sorrow"" at Galeria de la Raza. Original air date: July 2007.
Aug 02, 2007
Spark: Marcus Gardley
Although playwright Marcus Gardley lives in New York, he continues to work on projects about the Bay Area community. Spark catches up with him as he works on "Love Song for the Night in Gail." Original air date: July 2007.
Jul 26, 2007
Spark: Sally Streets
After 25 years of running Berkeley Ballet Theater, there is no sign of Sally Streets slowing down. Spark catches up with Streets while she prepares the Berkeley Ballet Theater for their annual spring performance. Original air date: July 2007.
Jul 19, 2007
Spark: Tippy Canoe and the Paddlemen
Tippy Canoe is the ukulele playing frontswoman for the Paddlemen. Spark catches one of their gigs at Alameda's Speisekammer. Original air date: June 2007.
Jul 12, 2007
Spark: M dot Strange
Despite his sudden rise to international fame M dot Strange, advocates that life is simply better with ice cream. Spark visits the San Jose filmmaker and his cast of characters. Original air date: May 2007.
Jun 28, 2007
Spark: Josephine Taylor
San Francisco artist Josephine Taylor makes large-scale drawings in pencil and ink. Her work is narrative and is related to being in the dream state and recalling childhood memories. Spark visits Taylor in her studio to see the process behind her imagery. Original air date: May 2007.
Jun 21, 2007
Spark: Jess Curtis/Gravity
Spark visits with Jess Curtis/Gravity as they premiere a work called "Under the Radar" at San Francisco's counterPULSE. "Under the Radar" is a cabaret piece focusing on the issues of visibility, ability and disability and features an international cast of disabled and non-disabled performers. Original air date: May 2007.
May 31, 2007
Spark: Susannah Bettag
British-born, San Francisco artist Susannah Bettag often adapts symbols from other cultures and time periods to create her own vernacular. Spark visits Bettag as she prepares for her debut solo show, "Vanitas Baby," at the Frey Norris Gallery. Original air date: April 2007.
May 24, 2007
Spark: Shift Physical Theater
Spark visits with dancer Manuelito Biag, who is the artistic director of SHIFT>>> Physical Theater, as they work on "The Shape of Poison," which was inspired by the Tibetan Buddhist teachings of Klesha, the emotional obstacles to enlightenment. Original air date: April 2007.
May 17, 2007
Spark: Stanlee Gatti
Event designer Stanlee Gatti is known to throw some of the biggest parties in San Francisco featuring some of his amazing floral arrangements. Spark visited with Gatti as he explained his intent behind "ONE: An Earth Installation at the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco. Original air date: March 2007.
May 10, 2007
Spark: Rene Garcia Jr.
Rene Garcia Jr. has been re-imagining popular art in many different ways, but it's his large format sculptural glitter paintings that have gotten the most attention recently. Spark visits him in his dazzling studio that any grade school class would envy. Original air date: March 2007.
May 03, 2007
Spark: Ruth Zaporah
Ruth Zaporah's improvisational acting technique is known as "Action Theater," and it encourages freedom of movement, language and mind in improvisation. Spark drops in on one of her classes to see Zaporah and her students at work. Original air date: June 2003.
Apr 19, 2007
Spark: Mariachi Youth Program
The Mexican Heritage Plaza's Mariachi Youth Program has been passing along mariachi music and rich history to South Bay students since 1992. Spark listens in on one of their classes. Original air date: May 2003.
Apr 12, 2007
Spark: SFJAZZ Jazz in the Middle
In 2001 SFJAZZ started the Jazz in the Middle program, which brings music into the language arts classroom exposing students to the teachings of professional jazz artists and the San Francisco poet laureate. Spark goes into the classrooms to meet students participating in the program. Original air date: September 2003.
Apr 05, 2007
Spark: David Kuraoka
Master ceramicist David Kuraoka throws enormous pots weighing 100 pounds and more, a process that requires an extraordinary level of skill, patience and strength. Spark watches him at work in his studio at San Francisco State University, where he is a professor of art and head of the ceramics department. Original air date: April 2003.
Mar 29, 2007
Spark: Lauren Shera
Growing up in Monterey, the singer/songwriter/guitarist/poet Lauren Shera took an interest in poetry at a young age and soon began winning awards for her work. Spark catches up with this young prodigy as she records her first album at Rancho Armadillo studios in Santa Cruz. Original air date: June 2005.
Mar 22, 2007
Spark: Tommy Guerrero
Native San Franciscan Tommy Guerrero is a legend in the skateboarding world. Though he still skates and designs skateboards, lately Guerrero has been following his musical passions. Spark checks in on one of San Francisco's most versatile performers. Original air date: July 2004.
Mar 15, 2007