Arts Education Resources
KQED offers free video podcasts about artists, with special interviews and behind-the-scenes exclusives. Make contemporary art an integral part of learning with our free online videos and educator guides.
- Download the Educator Guide (PDF)
Introduce your students to Los Angeles-based artist Mel Kadel whose finely detailed drawings tell a heroic story
Gallery Crawl
Take your students on a virtual visit to a local art gallery! Gallery Crawl is a monthly video tour of Northern California's coolest galleries. The newest episodes are accompanied by Educator Guides offering classroom activities and resources to extend learning about featured exhibits, art forms, and artists. Browse all of the galleries and exhibitions featured on Gallery Crawl on our episodes page.
- Download the Educator Guide (PDF)
Meet renowned book artist Julie Chen and take journey through one of her multi-faceted, conceptual creations.
Spark
Spark is a weekly television series about San Francisco Bay Area artists and arts organizations. Spark's educational outreach platform offers media resources, substantive educator guides, and professional development training for K-12 and post-secondary educators. Discover hundreds more artist interviews on Spark by visiting our alphabetical artist profile page.
For your own enrichment, check out KQED’s Arts & Culture website featuring daily blogs about the local and national arts scenes and The Writer’s Block, a weekly reading series featuring fiction, poetry, and theater. For up to date art news and information, follow us on Twitter!
For questions or to find out more, contact us at: ArtsEd@KQED.org or (800) 723-3566




