- This Week in Northern California: November 13, 2009
The San Francisco Mime Troupe segment was produced by Spark for This Week in Northern California .
- This Week in Northern California: October 30, 2009
The Amalia Mesa-Bains segment was produced by Spark for This Week in Northern California.
- This Week in Northern California: October 23, 2009
The Sebastião Salgado segment was produced by Spark for This Week in Northern California.
- Kitka, May, Arts and the Economy
Learn more about Eastern European musical traditions, unique sewing techniques, and the climate of arts in the current economy.
- FYCO, McCormick, and Guerrero
Meet young musicians collaborating with monks, an environmental artist, and an innovative glass artist.
- Marshall, Hoyle, and LEVYdance
Meet a renowned painter, a monologist who's a chip off the old block, and choreographer exploring family history.
- Bhangra, CJM, and Crooked Jades
Check out a heated dance competition, an invitational exhibition, and a band with a mission.
- Westerhout, Bell, and Blades
Meet a photographer documenting abandoned buildings, a comedian, and a B3 organ player.
- Nagle, Sano, and Birk
Meet an avid fan of Isadora Duncan, a well-known ceramicist, and an artist dealing with heaven and hell.
- Thiebaud, Teng, and Garrett
Meet a legendary painter, a software engineer turned singer-songwriter, and a modern choreographer.
- Lindo, Klezmer, and Kaleid
Meet and actor making his directorial debut, some klezmer musicians and San Jose artists.
- Hamilton, Chagoya, and Kildall
Meet an artist with perseverance, a quirky media artist, and a political printmaker.
- Rodriguez, Levy, and Antonioli
Meet political artists, an emerging choreographer, and a traveling vocalist.
- Ballet Afsaneh, Wessel, and Fabian
Meet a unique dance company, a landscape photographer, and sculptor working with mundane materials.
- Running Crew, Amiot, and Arai
Meet youth learning theater skills, a fun-loving sculptor, and an innovative stitcher.
- Cai, Henderson and Schwarcz
Meet a dancer fusing traditions, a musician who paints, and a legend working with enamel.
- Klezmer, Kaleid, and Oliveros
Meet an experimental muscian, some klezmer musicians and San Jose artists.
- Alavi, King, and Tippy Canoe
Meet a conceptual artist asking important questions, a jet-setting choreographer, and a ukelele player.
- Shuch, Aguilar, and Aoki
Meet a choreographer addressing social issues, a conceptual video artist, and a feminist printmaker.
- Chitresh Das, Jackson, and Midori
Meet a master of an ancient dance form, a playwright that is invigorating the Bay Area theater, and a world-renowned violinist.
- Baron, Parker, and Taylor
Meet a playwright who knew Pablo Neruda, a Native American basket weaver, and an artist whose drawings are psycho-dramatic.
- Gotanda, Garrett and Gravity
Meet a well known playwright, a choreographer putting down roots and a dance company exploring disability.
- Wiley, Akers, and Bamuthi Joseph
Meet a saxophonist exploring spiritual music, a weaver with an intense attention to detail, and a modern day griot.
- Adam5100, Ledoh and Duarte
Meet a graffiti artist that uses stencils, butoh dancers, and an installation artist preparing for a solo show.
- Del Sol String Quartet, Hevel and La Familia Peña-Govea
Meet a quartet working with living composers, a quirky sculptor, and musical family.
- Crown Point Press, Santos and Gomez
Meet printmakers, a Latin jazz group, and one funny lady.
- Neuburg, Ikeda and Gatti
Meet an avant-garde songstress, a patient ceramicist, and a designer taking floral to a new level.
- Ferlinghetti, Patel and Guidi
Meet a painting poet, a performance artist from Kenya, and dancer who won't quit.
- Work in Progress
See how the process of creating art is as important as the finished product.
- Kids on Stage
Visit the talented young performers of the Bay Area.
- Masterworks
Experience the art of the masters in the Bay Area.
- Looking East
Travel east with artists and art forms that have taken root in the Bay Area.
- A Matter of Access
Watch artists prove that they can keep doing what they love despite their disabilities.
- All Natural
Explore the great outdoors with artists who have made it part of their life's work.
- History, Retold
Experience history in the first person with these retold and reinterpreted stories from the past.
- The Family Business
Experience art that runs in the family.
- Forbidden Territory
See how art explores subjects that we might not always feel comfortable talking about.
- Street Art
Hit the streets and enjoy some of the most vibrant street art anywhere.
- American Music
Lend an ear to original American jazz and blues as it is created in the Bay Area.
- Percussion
Get into the rhythm and follow the beat of a different drum.
- Artist as Inventor
Hit the hardware store and machine shop to visit with artists who double as inventors.
- The Long Run
Go backstage with performing arts groups that have been around the block.
- Artist in Search of a Medium
Meet artists who express themselves and find meaning in unexpected places.
- Elevating the Everyday
Meet artists who are creating art out of items found around the home.
- Paint x 3
Explore new forms of expression with a centuries-old medium.
- Dance Masters
Visit world-renowned dance pioneers, choreographers and teachers.
- Global Village
Experience world art forms that are brought right to our doorstep.
- Through the Lens
See how artists are using the camera to reveal hidden realities.
- Shaken and Stirred
Visit with artists who put viewers in the hot seat.
- Up from the Street
Discover artists whose work comes from the street.
- By Hand
Visit with a few extraordinary craftspeople while they work.
- Art Frees the Soul
See how art can be the force that heals in times of trouble.
- Backstage Crafts
Experience the magic behind the Bay Area's most ambitious stage productions.
- Making Their Move
Meet successful local performers trying to take their careers to the next level.
- The Young and the Restless
Meet gifted teenage artists and watch them strut their stuff.
- World Premieres
Witness the agony and the ecstasy of presenting new works.
- The Art of Interpretation
Watch contemporary artists breathe new life into classic performance works.
- Needlework
Meet artists who are putting aside their brushes for needles.
- Legacies
Admire the tenacity of individuals who are keeping their ancestral traditions alive through the arts.
- Ensembles
Delight in the sound of people making music together.
- Movers and Shakers
Hit the ground running with movers and shakers in the local arts scene.
- First-Person Narratives
See how Bay Area artists are making the first-person narrative form uniquely theirs.
- All in the Family
Visit with families that make art together.
- Making Room for Art
See a few ingenuous ways artists are finding a home and making room for art in the Bay Area.
- The Jet Set
Ride along with globe-trotting members of the world's artistic elite.
- Technophiles
Digital gurus reinventing the state of the art
- Works on Paper
Meet visual artists who work with, on and through paper.
- Fusion
Meet artists who fuse genres, cultures and modes of expression.
- From Life
Find inspiration in the human form with these artists.
- The Grey Eminences
Meet daring and prolific artists still creating art long past retirement age
- Frontiers of Dance
Explore the frontiers of the dance world with innovative choreographers and performers.
- The Fine Art of Collecting
Learn how collecting can be an art form unto itself.
- Telling Stories
Reinventing the traditional art form of storytelling
- Art in Public Places
Meet artists who bring beauty and meaning into our public spaces.
- Let's Talk Politics
Meet artists who aren't afraid to talk politics.
- Community Institutions for the Arts
Go to a few local venues that keep people coming back.
- The Bleeding Edge
... is this really art? Judge for yourself.
- Art Goes Back to School
Experience the power that art has over youth.
- Leaders
Meet the extraordinary individuals at the helm of major Bay Area arts organizations.
- Remembrance
Meet three artists who explore questions of history, time and memory with their art.
- The Business of Art
What does it really take to be successful in the art world?
- Page to Stage
Discover the challenges and the magic behind translating the written word into a theatrical performance.
- Art Meets Pop Culture
Meet artists who find inspiration in everyday life.
- Collaborations
Experience the benefits of collaboration with artists working together in all kinds of partnerships.
- Trailblazers
Break new ground with pioneering Bay Area artists.
- The Engineering of Art
Watch ambitious artworks fly to new heights with the help of engineering ingenuity.
- Transplanting a Tradition
Watch immigrant artists replant their cultural traditions in the fertile soil of the Bay Area.
- A Room of One's Own
Step inside some places where artists can live, work and play together.
- Threads
See how the tradition of fabric art weaving influences contemporary artworks.
- Preservation
Watch preservationists breathe new life into art works created decades or even centuries ago.
- The Art of Improvisation
Nothing beats the thrill of performing on stage without a script or a score.
- Technology Enabled Art
See how advances in digital technology are transforming the contemporary art scene.
- Solo Acts
It's the high-wire act of the theater world: solo performance.
- Roots
Exploring ancestral roots with artists who preserve and perpetuate traditional art forms.
- The Next Generation
Several innovative programs give youth powerful and eloquent ways to express themselves through the arts.
- Taking Craft to the Limit
See artists exploring the outer limits of their chosen materials.
- Collectors and Their Collections
Learn what iit takes to become a collector of cutting-edge contemporary artworks.
- Master Teachers
Behind every truly great performer is a great teacher.
- Collaborations with Nature
Get back to nature with artists who are using natural materials not only as subject, but medium.
- Fame
Some artists want fame so badly they can taste it. Some barely think about it.
- Opening Nights
Go behind-the-scenes at some of the season's biggest Bay Area opening nights.
