Spark: 3 For All
Free fall with the improv group 3 For All with no script, no format, no preconceptions and no safety net. Original air date: June 2003.
Feb 21, 2009
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: Rebeca Mauleon
Catch up with pianist and bandleader Rebeca Mauleon, a leading lady of Latin jazz. Original air date: June 2008.
Feb 19, 2009
Spark: Anna Maltz
Tag along on a photo shoot with Anna Maltz and her works of hand-knit whimsy. Original air date: May 2004.
Feb 14, 2009
Spark: Loren Chasse
Take a listening lesson from sound artist Loren Chasse, as he mines the aural riches that surround us. Original air date: October 2003.
Feb 12, 2009
Spark: Nikolas Weinstein
See how glass artist Nikolas Weinstein stretches the aesthetic possibilities of glass in his San Francisco studio. Original air date: April 2003.
Feb 05, 2009
Spark: Ann Weber
Tag along with artist Ann Weber as she dumpster dives for cardboard and transforms it into monumental sculptures. Original air date: April 2003.
Jan 31, 2009
Spark: Jim Denevan
Watch as Jim Denevan tranforms the beaches of Northern California into an expansive but ephemeral works of land art. Original air date: May 2005.
Jan 29, 2009
Spark: Natalie Jeremijenko
See how Natalie Jeremijenko is using genetically identical trees to reveal the patterns of culture and climate. Original air date: April 2003.
Jan 24, 2009
Spark: Ned Kahn
Find out how sculptor Ned Kahn reveals the complex beauty of wind and water in motion. Original air date: April 2003.
Jan 22, 2009
Spark: San Jose Taiko
Lend an ear to the unique rhythms of San Jose Taiko. Original air date: July 2008.
Jan 15, 2009
Spark: Don Ed Hardy
Join one of the world's best-known tattoo artists Don Ed Hardy as he reflects on his journey from art studio to tattoo parlor and back again. Original air date: May 2004.
Jan 08, 2009
Spark: Michael Arcega
Exchange puns with Filipino American artist Michael Arcega as he comments wryly on history. Original air date: April 2006.
Jan 01, 2009
Spark: Kerry Laitala
Experiment with filmmaker Kerry Laitala as she creates works of handmade cinematic art, one frame at a time. Original air date: January 2005.
Dec 25, 2008
Spark: Margaret Jenkins
Travel with choreographer Margaret Jenkins from the streets of San Francisco to the dance studios of China. Original air date: February 2005.
Dec 18, 2008
Spark: Halau 'o Keikiali'i
Catch the aloha spirit as it spreads across the mainland through the work of groups like Halau 'o Keikiali'i. Original air date: May 2003.
Dec 11, 2008
Spark: Healy Irish Dance Studio
Learn how five generations of the Healy family have taught thousands of people at the Healy Irish Dance Studio. Original air date: May 2003.
Dec 04, 2008
Spark: Julia Parker
Travel to Yosemite with Julia Parker who is helping revive the art form of Native American basket weaving. Original air date: May 2004.
Nov 27, 2008
Spark: Ali Akbar Khan
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.
Nov 13, 2008
Spark: Walter Kitundu
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.
Oct 16, 2008
Spark: Anna Halprin
This Web extra from Spark is an excerpt from choreographer and performer Anna Halprin's dance piece "Intensive Care." Original release: March 2006.
Aug 02, 2008
Spark: 'Til Dawn
Spark visits San Rafael to listen to 'Til Dawn, a co-ed teen a cappella signing group. Original air date: June 2004.
May 29, 2008
Spark: Conceicao Damasceno
Spark visits BrasArte and gets ready for Carnaval with Brazilian dancer/choreographer Conceição Damasceno. Original air date: May 2004.
Apr 24, 2008
Spark: 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.
Mar 27, 2008
Spark: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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.
Feb 28, 2008
Spark: The Ames Gallery
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.
Feb 21, 2008
Spark: Virginia Harrison
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.
Feb 14, 2008
Spark: Mark Fiore
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.
Feb 07, 2008
Spark: Surf Style at 111 Minna
Spark meets up wth surf legend Herbie Fletcher to check out the "Surf Style" exhibit at 111 Minna Gallery. Original air date: August 2003.
Jan 31, 2008
Spark: Center for Contemporary Music
Spark visits graduate students at the Center for Contemporary Music as they explore the relationship between audience and performer. Original air date: July 2003.
Jan 17, 2008
Spark: David Best
Spark tags along as David Best and his team transform a 1973 Cadillac into a 40-foot rocket car, their mode of transportation at the 2003 Burning Man Festival. Original air date: August 2003.
Jan 17, 2008