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PROGRAM MATERIALS
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Spark
• 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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• announcement release
• press release - season one
• press release - season two
• photos - season one
• photos - season two
• episodes - season one
• episodes - season two
• biographies - season one
• biographies - season two
• 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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PRESS CONTACTS
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| Spark: Spark Marathon & Pledge |
SPARK FANS, STAND UP AND BE COUNTED!
THE FIRST-EVER SPARK MARATHON
TO AIR ON KQED PUBLIC TELEVISION 9
Hosted by Local Arts Luminaries Live in KQED's Studio
Spark's Web Site Attracts International Audiences for Local Artists
Pledge SPARK and Get Original SPARK Artists' Artwork and Tickets to the Season's Hottest Events
San Francisco, California -- SPARK, a co-production of KQED Public Television and the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC), will air it's first-ever marathon on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 from 7:30 to 10:00pm. Hosted by Bay Area arts luminaries live in the KQED studio, the SPARK special will offer viewers a chance to support their local arts show and "Pledge SPARK."
Confirmed SPARK Marathon hosts include:
- David Dower, artistic director of The Z Space Studio
- Keith Knight, comic artist/hip hop performer
- Dmitri Matheny, head of SFJAZZ education program and acclaimed horn player
- Carey Perloff, artistic director of the American Conservatory Theater
- Vishal Ramani, Indian dance instructor and head of Shri Krupa Dance Academy
- Emily Sano, director of the Asian Art Museum
- Nikolas Weinstein, internationally known glass artist
- Pamela Z, performance artist
Items available to viewers who donate to SPARK include:
- SPARK t-shirts
- Original artwork by artists featured on SPARK including Keith Knight and Nik Weinstein
- Tickets to the season's hottest arts events, including Mark Morris opening night and private artists reception, ACT productions, Cal Performances productions, and SF JAZZ headline concert and artists reception
- Private tours of arts institutions including the di Rosa Preserve and Steve Oliver's sculpture ranch
- Artist-signed posters from Bay Area museums
Additionally, with a $10 donation, fans will be able to vote for their favorite artists featured on the program. The artist or arts organization with the most votes gets their Spark episode rebroadcast on KQED.
Major support for SPARK is provided by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The William and Gretchen Kimball Fund, and the KQED Campaign for the Future Program Venture Fund. Additional support is provided by Bank of America, the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, the George Frederick Jewett Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Deborah and Andy Rappaport, The San Francisco Foundation, the WLS Spencer Foundation and Diane B. Wilsey.
KQED Public Broadcasting operates KQED Public Television 9, one of the nation's most-watched public television stations during prime-time, and KQED's digital television channels, which include KQED HD, KQED Encore, KQED World, KQED Life and KQED Kids; KQED Public Radio, the most-listened-to public radio station in the nation with an award-winning news and public affairs program service (88.5 FM in San Francisco and 89.3 FM in Sacramento); KQED.org, one of the most visited station sites in Public Broadcasting; and KQED Education Network, which brings the impact of KQED to thousands of teachers, students, parents and media professionals through workshops, seminars and resources.
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 filmmakers.
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