Playing with Technology: Joe Mangrum
SPARK catches up with Joe Mangrum as he installs his new piece entitled "Birth/Death" at Red Ink Studios in San Francisco. This Educator Guide is about land and environmental art, and the cultural significance of mandalas.
Playing with Technology: Walter Kitundu
SPARK explores the musical inventions of Walter Kitundu and gets a sneak peek of his show at The Luggage Store Gallery in downtown San Francisco. This Educator Guide is about experimental music, turntablism, and the creation of new instruments inspired by those that are traditional.
The Influence of Memory: Christopher Brown
Spark visits painter Christopher Brown in his studio as he explains his artistic process using memory and photographic images. This Educator Guide is about figurative painting and the evocation of memory in art making.
Think Globally: San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival
SPARK goes behind-the-scenes for a look at two dance companies that perform cultural dances, as they prepare to audition for the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. This Educator Guide introduces students to ethnic dance and dance education.
West Oakland: Bruce Beasley
SPARK catches up with world-renowned sculptor Bruce Beasley in his West Oakland studio complex. This Educator Guide is about the work of Bruce Beasley and the history of modernist sculpture.
What Experience Teaches: Anna Halprin
SPARK follows dance legend Anna Halprin, who at 85 years old continues to perform and create dances within the Bay Area and beyond. This Educator Guide introduces students to modern, postmodern, and contemporary dance, as well as to different applications for dance outside the field.
Work in Progress: Andy Goldsworthy
SPARK visits with international artist Andy Goldsworthy as he installs his commissioned work "Drawn Stone" in the entrance courtyard of the de Young Museum in San Francisco. This Educator Guide is about Goldsworthy and the history of artists working with the landscape and environment.
KQED Education Network, Art in Public Places: Jo Kreiter, Discipline: Dance
SPARK follows choreographer/dancer Jo Kreiter and the Flyaway Productions company members as they mix art and politics in a site-specific work about the history of protest on San Francisco's Market Street. This Educator Guide addresses the history of public performance art.
Wireless communication towers
The unit provides a general guide for establishment of communication towers and masts. It is practically oriented and presents each step of the process in chronological order.
Aorto-bifemoral Bypass (Spanish)
This patient education program reviews the anatomy, symptoms, and treatments for arterial occlusive diseases, including the benefits and risks of aorto-bifemoral bypass surgery. This is a MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, designed and developed by the Patient ...
Cytoscopy
This patient education program explains the benefits and risks of cystoscopy. It also reviews the anatomy of the urinary tract and what the procedure involves. This is a MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, designed and developed by the Patient Education Institute.
Hearing Loss
This patient education program promotes better understanding of hearing loss by reviewing the causes of hearing loss, the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options, as well as tips for coping with hearing impairment. It also describes the anatomy of the outer, middle, and inner ear. This is a MedlinePlus ...
Hearing Loss (Spanish)
This patient education program promotes better understanding of hearing loss by reviewing the causes of hearing loss, the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options, as well as tips for coping with hearing impairment. It also describes the anatomy of the outer, middle, and inner ear. This is a MedlinePlus ...
Hysterectomy
This patient education program reviews female reproductive anatomy, symptoms, and treatments, including the benefits and risks of a hysterectomy, the surgical removal of the uterus, for treating certain gynecological diseases. This is a MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, designed and developed by the Patient Education Institute.
Vasculitis
This patient education program explains vasculitis. It discusses the anatomy of blood vessels, symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and options for the treatment of vasculitis. This resource is a MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, designed and developed by the Patient ...
Vasculitis (Spanish)
This patient education program explains vasculitis. It discusses the anatomy of blood vessels, symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and options for the treatment of vasculitis. This resource is a MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, designed and developed by the Patient ...
Kidney Stones (Spanish)
This patient education program discusses kidney stones including how they are formed, their symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options, and prevention. It also reviews the anatomy and function of the kidneys. This resource is a MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, ...
Back Pain
This patient education program reviews the anatomy of the back, the most common causes of back pain, and measures to prevent back pain. This resource is a MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, designed and developed by the Patient Education Institute.
Macular Degeneration (Spanish)
This patient education program discusses age-related macular degeneration including the causes, risks, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options, and management of the disease. It also reviews the anatomy of the eye and vision. This resource is a MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, designed and developed by the Patient Education Institute.
Myelogram
This patient education program reviews the anatomy of the spine, the use of myelograms to diagnose problems with the spinal nerves or spinal cord, and the benefits and risks of this procedure. This is a MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, designed and developed ...
