What the SPARK – Art vs. Design
Your hosts debate the distinctions between art and design.
What the SPARK
What the SPARK is brought to you by Spark, Northeastern’s student-run contemporary art collective. Through the eyes of students, take a wild ride through the world of contemporary art with stories, interviews, and good vibes along the way.
Episodes
What the SPARK – Art, Science and Business
Your hosts Jessica, Anna, and Sofia dive into the intersection of art, business, and science, and what avenues this opens the opportunity for.
What the SPARK – Non-Commercial Art
Hosts Alex, Marie, and Vicky explore the implications of the commercial viability of art.
What the SPARK – Money Laundering & NFTs
Join your hosts Sofia, Vicky, and Amanda as they explore money laundering in the art world and share their thoughts on NFTs in our first episode of What the Spark: Season 2.
What the SPARK – Artist Talk: Alyssa Taylor Wendt
Alyssa Taylor Wendt, an Austin and Denver-based multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker and curator, joins Spark for an intimate discussion of her work and career journey.
What the SPARK – Why do people hate contemporary art?
Alex, Emily and Rachel dive into the world of Contemporary Art, highlighting their favorite pieces and some of the controversies surrounding the art movement.
What the SPARK – Storytime, The Gardner Heist
Hosts Nisha, Marie, and Leah take a look into the mysterious Gardner Museum Heist, where 13 works of art were stolen from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990. Will they discover the culprit??
What the SPARK – Interview with Sophia Ainslie
Spark hosts Rachel and Alex sit down with artist and Northeastern professor Sophia Ainslie to discuss her life, artistic journey, and her advice for students and aspiring artists.
What the SPARK – Introduction
What the SPARK?????? In this episode, the spark exec board explores how we came to be, what we do, and the members who call spark home.