The Spark Cast
The Spark podcast is a bi-weekly show exploring the creativity, technology, and business of CG.
The show is produced by the Spark Computer Graphics Society. Fore more about Spark, visit sparkcg.org
- Update frequency
- every 16 days
- Episodes
- 75
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
S07E02: Joan Collins: From Canvas to Code
Joan Collins' artistic journey is a tale of unexpected twists and boundless creativity. As a young artist, Joan found herself deeply rooted in traditional art forms until she saw Supertramp live and …
Thu 13 Feb 2025
S07E01: Nick Park: Crafting Icons
What inspires a creative genius to transform the mundane into the magical? Join us as we uncover the origins of a celebrated animator whose journey began in the gritty yet charming landscape of Prest…
Thu 30 Jan 2025
S06E16: Jeff Chiba Stearns: Finding Creative Bliss
Jeff Chiba Stearns’ transformative journey is one of a filmmaker whose creative roots trace back to a childhood spent on an orchard in Kelowna. Growing up in a remote setting, Jeff’s early experience…
Thu 12 Sep 2024
S06E15: Ginger Alford: Fusing Creativity and Technology
Ever wondered how a mix of structured logic and creative expression can shape a tech career? Growing up with a mathematician father and an artsy mother, Ginger Alford's unique perspective led her to …
Thu 29 Aug 2024
S06E14: Justine Emard: Art in the Data Stream
Justine Emard is a visual artist whose career is a mix of relentless innovation and defiance of the art world's conventional boundaries. Her story isn't just about creation; it's a narrative that cha…
Thu 15 Aug 2024
S06E13: Jorge R. Gutiérrez: Embracing Failure
Jorge R. Gutiérrez is a visionary Mexican filmmaker whose colorful childhood on the US-Mexico border turned into a rich tapestry of storytelling. Growing up in 1980s Tijuana, Jorge faced cultural cla…
Thu 18 Jul 2024
S06E12: Alyssa Zarate: Betting on Yourself
From the quiet beginnings in a Malaysian town to the vibrant creative landscape of Christchurch, Alyssa Zarate’s journey is one of determination. With a passion for film and a dream to create but no …
Thu 04 Jul 2024
S06E11: Wilson Tang: Outside the Box
By his own admission, Wilson Tang’s career path has been anything but linear but one constant has guided his choices: change. Beginning his career as an architect, his passion for design and the urge…
Thu 13 Jun 2024
S06E10: Amy Tang: People Whisperer
Growing up in the sprawling serenity of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Amy Tang's childhood is brimming with rural charm and the purest of pleasures but Amy's dreams and aspirations for the performing…
Thu 23 May 2024
S06E09: Rick Mischel: Empowering Creative Talent
Rick Mischel’s journey took him from the electric buzz of Broadway in New York to the sunny embrace of South Florida and now as Founder and CEO of Artists Animation Studio, to Kelowna, BC. His early …
Thu 09 May 2024
S06E08: Dawn Fidrick: Taking Creative Leaps
Dawn Fidrick's journey from the vibrant stages in Drexel Hill to the dynamic film sets of New York City is one of taking chances and seizing opportunities. Raised on the East Coast, Dawn shares how e…
Thu 25 Apr 2024
S06E07: Faruk Heplevent: No Happy Accidents
Faruk Heplevent's story begins with a passion for photography and a neighbour's friend who needed an apprentice. The mix of technical and creative appealed to the young enthusiast and the precision a…
Thu 11 Apr 2024
S06E06: Georgina Hayns: Fostering Creative Passion
Growing up in the English Midlands, Georgina Hayns defied academic norms, discovering her passion for the arts in a technical college. Her journey reflects the transformative power of parental suppor…
Thu 28 Mar 2024
S06E05: Zach Lipovsky: Ripple Effect Master
Zach Lipovsky has early memories of a childhood spent on sets surrounded by the buzz of TVs and master controls, thanks to his mother's career in television. But it was a transformative experience at…
Thu 29 Feb 2024
S06E04: Ashley Christine: STEM is Life
Ashley Christine is used to battles, from growing up off the grid in the White Mountain National Forest and contending with the harsh elements of New Hampshire winters to navigating the social media …
Thu 15 Feb 2024
S06E03: Don Perro: Animation Mentor
Growing up among the steel mills of Hamilton, Ontario, Don Perro knew he wanted something different for his life but when his first attempt at getting out failed, he knew he needed to cast his net wi…
Thu 01 Feb 2024
S06E02: Lera Nyukalova: Driven to Create
There was little doubt that Lera Nyukalova would be an artist. Her first foray into art was sketching Sailor Moon but her passion and drive to learn and challenge herself led her first to university …
Thu 18 Jan 2024
S06E01: Sam Fell: From Junk to Clay
Sam Fell was always drawn to creation and in the 1980s, he found himself in London, studying fine art and making interdisciplinary works of art, junk sculptures with speakers and cassette tapes insid…
Thu 04 Jan 2024
S05E16: Brian Leif Hansen: Cooking Up Animation
Growing up on a dairy farm in Denmark, Brian Leif Hansen assumed he’d spend his life living near where he grew up, perhaps a farmer himself, but the universe had other ideas for him. While a love for…
Thu 16 Nov 2023
S05E15: Audrea Topps Harjo: Master of Chaos
From the moment she learned to read, Audrea Topps Harjo has been a creator, first turning words into worlds in her mind, and then sharing those stories she loved so much with her family as a performe…
Thu 19 Oct 2023
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