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Spark airs on Tuesdays at 7:30pm. Go to our Schedule page to see upcoming broadcasts.
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Ordering DVDs for your classroom? Use our new printable Order Form.
We've created a Flickr Set of the di Rosa Preserve: Art and Nature in Napa.
Read the KQED Guide Web Exclusive, In Conversation with Wayne Thiebaud.
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Art Goes Back to School
Funding for arts education in public schools continues to dwindle at a shockingly steady rate. Spark bears witness as artists and arts organizations throughout the Bay Area are forced to take matters into their own hands to ensure that children are exposed to arts in school.
Explore the halls, stages, classrooms and studios of School of the Arts (SOTA), one of the few public high schools in California where arts disciplines don't play second fiddle to academics.
Then travel to schools all over the Bay Area with members of Young Audiences as they reach more than a quarter of a million students each year with a variety of cultural, visual, performing and literary arts.
And listen as SFJAZZ Jazz in the Middle brings outstanding jazz musicians, the Poet Laureate of San Francisco and local middle school students together to create and perform original poetry set to jazz.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
Sat, Feb 4, 2012 -- 5:30pm
Sun, Feb 5, 2012 -- 6:30pm
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Featured Profiles:
San Francisco School of the Arts (SOTA)
Check out SOTA, which is one of the few public schools where the arts come first.
Young Audiences of Northern California
See how Young Audiences brings art and culture to the lives of thousands of students each year.
SFJAZZ Jazz in the Middle
Hear the harmony that SFJAZZ Jazz in the Middle brings to classrooms around San Francisco.
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 by Diane B. Wilsey. Additional funding is provided by the George Frederick Jewett Foundation, Helen Sarah Steyer, and Gretchen Kimball.
Spark is a production of KQED.
Spark airs on KQED 9 on Tuesdays at 7:30pm. Repeat broadcasts can be seen throughout the week on KQED.
