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Arts
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.
Edspace | Feb 06, 2012
Posted by Kristin Farr
photo by di Rosa on Flickr di Rosa holds the largest collection of Bay Area art in the world, which is exhibited on the grounds
of a beautiful nature preserve in Napa. Offering school group tours for all levels, it's … Continue
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Gallery Crawl
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. Check out our episodes page and find curricular materials on our educator page.
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Drawing from folk and historical art influences, Margaret Kilgallen gets inspiration from letter forms, typography, and DIY culture.
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 and browse through our educator guides by topic.
- Download the Educator Guide (PDF)
Learn about the history of murals and public art in the Mission District, then head out and explore the neighborhood this summer.
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
