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• SPARK Season 7: Episode 707: Kitka, Victoria May, Art & Economy
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• SPARK Season 7: Episode 706: Daniel McCormick, Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra, Jaime Guerrero
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• SPARK Season 7: Episode 705: Kerry James Marshall, Dan Hoyle, Ben Levy
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• SPARK Season 7: Episode 704: Bhangra Dance, Contemporary Jewish Museum
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• SPARK Season 7: Episode 703: Katherine Westerhout, W. Kamau Bell, Wil Blades
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• SPARK Season 7: Episode 702: Mary Sano, Ron Nagle, Sandow Birk
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• SPARK Season 7 - Painter Wayne Thiebaud
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• SPARK Season 6 - Political Cartoonist Mark Fiore
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• photos - season one
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• interview with series producer
• impact on arts community
• 2004 Northern CA Emmy Award: website
• 2005 Northern CA Emmy Award
• Spark marathon & pledge
• SPARKed: Spark Arts Education Partnership Program
• 2007 Northern CA Emmy Award
• SPARK Features Comedienne Margaret Cho
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• SPARK Goes Behind the Scenes of the SF Opera's "The Bonesetter's Daughter"
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| Spark: Announcement Release |
KQED Public Television and Bay Area Video Coalition Ignite a "SPARK" As Production Commences On New Weekly Arts Program
Series Ramps Up as Bay Area Arts Scene Receives Regular Showcase
Extensive Educational Outreach, Web Site Planned
Hand-Held Digital Video Is Format of Choice for Spark
San Francisco, California, October 29, 2002 -- Dance. Music. Theater. Multimedia. Painting. Sculpture. Fanning the flames of an already fiery Bay Area arts scene, KQED Public Television and the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) announced a new arts initiative that is about to go into production -- the multimedia enterprise to be known as Spark. The partnership, announced today by KQED executive vice president and chief content officer John Boland and BAVC executive director Tamara Gould, combines the creative and production resources of both organizations to tap into the talent pool of the Bay Area -- both in-front and behind the cameras.
Spark, so named because the series will tell the behind-the-scenes, backstage pass stories of creativity and the artistic process, will be comprised of three elements -- the television series, the interactive online component and the extensive educational services built around California's new arts education standards. The partnership between KQED and BAVC furthers KQED's mission to provide high-quality programming that serves Northern California, while building new relationships with artists, arts organizations and independent producers. Spark will also support BAVC's mandate to connect independent producers/artists with a broader audience and provide producers/artists with state-of-the-art video resources.
Veteran producer Pam Rorke Levy, supervising producer for KQED's second season of Independent View, is series producer and begins pilot production on November 4, 2002. The executive producer of Spark for KQED is Louise Lo; Tamara Gould serves as the executive-in-charge for BAVC.
"In creating a new arts series for the Bay Area, we felt it was important to get beyond the typical 'calendar of events' format and take our audiences behind the scenes to learn how the art is made and what 'sparks' creativity," noted Boland. "We also believe it is essential that the series really address the full range of arts activity. Spark will tell the stories of large and small arts organizations, visual and performing artists, professional and community-based organizations, from all corners of the Bay Area."
"BAVC is a place where making media with true cultural value becomes possible for independent producers -- it is where people in the media community can connect with nonprofits and each other," added Gould. "Collaborating with KQED on Spark will allow us to provide local media makers with that opportunity in a significant way."
The television series is a half-hour series that will begin airing Wednesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. in late March 2003. The series is a true collaboration between the two organizations. The series' editorial staff will be based at KQED, with production equipment and off-line editing housed at BAVC. The series will be shot on small-format digital video, now favored by many independent filmmakers, with half of the stories shot by KQED crews and half by independent producers, videographers and artists. On-line editing, packaging and distribution will be spearheaded by KQED.
"One of KQED's most important goals is to enrich the lives of the people who come to our media. Participation in and appreciation of the arts can make us think, feel and explore new ideas, but many people are unfamiliar with the artistic process and even find the arts intimidating. The interactive, multimedia series will replace mystery with fascination and bring new, broader audiences to the Bay Area arts scene," added Boland.
"Spark offers the entire community many tantalizing possibilities to showcase established talent as well as educate the general public. Bravo on both accounts!," commented John Killacky, executive director of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
The Web site will be designed and produced by KQED Interactive. The Spark
initiative also involves the development of video-based K-12 curriculum
materials designed to support the new statewide California standards in
the arts. These materials will be disseminated over the Web via kqed.org/spark.
The KQED Education Network will offer seminars designed to help teachers
use Spark materials in the classroom throughout the Bay
Area, and in selected school districts statewide.
Funding for Spark is provided by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; William and Gretchen Kimball Fund; the Koret Foundation; the Walter & Elise Haas Fund; The David and Lucile Packard Foundation; TomKat; and the KQED Campaign for the Future Program Venture Fund.
KQED operates KQED Public Television 9, the nation's most-watched public television station, and Digital Television 9, Northern California's only public television digital signal; KQED Public Radio 88.5 FM, the most-listened-to public radio station in the nation; the KQED Education Network, which brings the impact of KQED to thousands of teachers, students, parents and media professionals through workshops, seminars and resources; and kqed.org, which harnesses the power of the Internet to bring KQED to communities across the Web.
The Bay Area Video Coalition is the nation's largest noncommercial media arts center dedicated to providing access to media, education and technology. BAVC is a production facility, an affordable training center, a pioneer in technology-based workforce development and a critical resource for independent mediamakers.
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