What's New
We mourn the passing of Indian music master Ali Akbar Khan, who passed away on June 18, 2009.
Spark won a Northern California Regional EMMY for the San Francisco Opera's "The Bonesetter's Daughter" story.
We've created a Flickr Set of the new SFMOMA Rooftop Garden.
Read the KQED Guide Web Exclusive, In Conversation with Wayne Thiebaud.
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Program TiVo to record Spark from your computer at tivo.com.
Get the Spark channel with Miro at Miro.com.
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The New American Landscape
Spark meets artists who have made landscape their subject but with a contemporary twist. Encounter the small-scale, yet familiar, buildings of Tracey Snelling's process-driven sculptures. Paul Madonna hits the streets looking for cityscape inspiration of which to draw for his weekly San Francisco Chronicle comic, "All Over Coffee." Camp out with photographer Trevor Paglen as he surveys the desert's hidden elements. See San Francisco as you've never seen it before: as a jiggling kaleidoscope of Jell-O in sculptures molded by Liz Hickok.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
Wed, Jul 8, 2009 -- 7:30pm
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Thu, Jul 9, 2009 -- 1:30am
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Fri, Jul 10, 2009 -- 11:30pm
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Featured Profiles:
Spark Video Player
Please note that not all of the Spark video segments are included on this playlist. We are adding more weekly, but many more are available individually on corresponding artist profile pages. To find more videos, search the Artist Profiles directory.
Acknowledgments
Major funding for Spark is provided by:- The James Irvine Foundation -- expanding opportunity for the people of California
- Diane B. Wilsey
- KQED Campaign for the Future Program Venture Fund
- George Frederick Jewett Foundation
- Helen Sarah Steyer
- Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation
Spark is a production of KQED.
Spark airs on KQED TV 9 and HD on Wednesdays at 7:30pm and Fridays at 11:30pm and on KTEH-TV 54 on Saturdays. Repeat broadcasts can be seen on KQED's digital channels and KQET-TV 25.