SPARK
The South Fulton Institute is a regional catalyst for the advancement of the arts, education, and environment that enriches lives and communities.
Episodes
It’s National Poetry Month in April, but we’ve decided to extend the celebration! We’re less a month away from our next Exchange event on May 14th, and we can’t wait to see you there! Today we sit down with Spoken Word artist Theresa Davis about her artistry and her upcoming performance opposite Trey Carlisle or Emcee P.O.E.T.R.E.Y.
Theresa Davis is an educator, poet, storyteller, author, and poetry slam champion. Host of the award...
We're rewinding to one of our favorite episodes, just in time for National Poetry Month!
This week we take a look back at Soul Food Cypher, and its Founding Executive Director Alex Acosta. Listen with us as he shares how SFC continues to make a mark with Atlanta children and with the community.
*Disclaimer: Due to the name of the project, this episode contains slight profanity.
We are delving into our CREATE class for 2025, and first up is theatre griot Dalyla McGee!! She talks with us about her new project Pepsi Cola Bi***, embracing play in everyday life, and directing our playreading of 2Across!
Atlanta born and raised, Dalyla has been a vested multidisciplinary theatre maker with a deep love for the arts & cul...
For our last episode on Filmer, who better to cap the series than an Atlanta icon?
Alice Lovelace is a cultural worker, performance artist, teacher, poet, organizer, author, and playwright. In 1978, she discovered the Neighborhood Arts Center and met Ebon Dooley (Leo Hale) and Toni Cade Bambara. Together, they organized poetry readings and classes while conducting meetings for the Southern Collective of African American Writers (SC...
This year Academy Theatre, one of the two venues hosting this event, is also a subject! We could think of no better way to close out this series than to talk with Artistic Director Robert Drake, and the filmmaker of Beyond The Script, Dr. Arshely Emile.
The Academy Theatre is the longest running professional theatre in Georgia. Founded in 1956 by Frank Wittow, Academy has premiered over 400 new plays and continues its outreach work...
We’re less than three weeks away from our screenings for Filmer 7 and we can’t wait to see you there! For this episode, we talk with Will Feagins and Kiara Gilbert as they analyze their film Kiara, Portrait of a Printmaker.
Kiara Gilbert is a Jacksonville Florida native and a graduate of Florida State University. Their art explores how their emotional landscape is informed by growing up black and queer in the south. Through the use...
We continue our series on Filmer with our next film KARLA, directed by Elisee Junior St Preux and starring jazz artist Karla Harris!!
Karla Harris has made a career within the art form she loves for more than three decades, captivating audiences from Portland to Provence. Her performance credits include events such as the Sarasota Jazz Festival, Portland Jazz Festival, Atlanta Jazz Festival, Oregon Coast Jazz Party, Nantucket Art...
We continue our series on Filmer with our next film KARLA, directed by Elisee Junior St Preux and starring jazz artist Karla Harris!!
Elisee is a Haitian-American Filmmaker born in Miami, FL. A self-taught artist and pure cinephile, Elisee is the owner of the nostalgic multimedia company, "À La MODE Films" for Black artists that use the power of storytelling to uplift the Black experience on and off the screen. In addition to his cr...
We’re starting Season 3 talking about Filmer! We speak with Ethan Payne and Nzzy this week regarding their film, Nzzy’s Ark!
Ninel Nekay (preferably known as Nzzy) is a poet, filmmaker, teaching artist, theorist, and practitioner of the philosophies she depicts within her portfolio. She seeks to entice fellow worldbuilders to reimagine their pursue agency and their own utopias. She recently screened her visual poem “Bless Your He...
For our last episode of 2024 we sit down with Robert Drake, Artistic Director of Academy Theatre! He talks about artists cultivating relationships and shares what resources they need in order to thrive in 2025.
Founded in 1956 by Frank Wittow, Academy Theatre is the longest running professional theatre in Georgia. Academy has pioneered a number of developments in Atlanta’s professional theatre community including the first professi...
Ninel Nekay (preferably known as Nzzy) is a second-generation Jamaican-American Southerner and interdisciplinary cultural worker whose art demonstrates the stifled desires and salvation of Black non-men in the American South. As a poet, filmmaker, teaching artist, theorist, and practitioner of the philosophies she depicts within her portfolio, she seeks to entice fellow worldbuilders to reimagine their pursue agency and their own u...
We sit down with Sheri Winkelmann, who plays talented baker and conflicted mother figure Della in The Cake!
Sheri Winkelmann is from Chicago and is a graduate of the Theater School at DePaul University. She has worked in theater off-Broadway, regionally, and internationally for over 25 years. Prominent film and television roles include NBC's, Chicago PD/Fire/Med, comedy series, 'Play by Play' on Roku, and many independe...
It’s opening night for our play reading series of The Cake, and we decided to invite members of our cast to offer their insights!!
First up is Alexandra Ficken, who plays bride-to-be Jen. Alexandra Ficken was born and raised in Atlanta, and is also a graduate of the University of Alabama with a BA in both musical theatre and dance. Atlanta credits include: Small Mouth Sounds, Goodnight Tyler, Hand to God, The Lion, The Witch, and ...
For this episode Jessy Diaz returns to Spark! Join us as she catches us up on her career since her last episode as well as her upcoming Latin Jazz concert on Sept 14th!
Jessy Díaz is a highly motivated and energetic musician (singer, percussionist, musicologist, and teacher) with international exposure. Originally from Cuba, as a performer she focuses on the Latin jazz, cha-cha-cha, danzón, son, mambo, and bolero genres. Not only ...
This week we sit down with Pamela D Stegall, founder and Executive Director of the Pamela D Franklin Cultural Center.
Today, we’re speaking with Christopher Mosley, the owner and director of MPA Productions, a musical production company focused on increasing the visibility of minority string players in and around metro Atlanta communities
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Today, we’re speaking with Stephanie Owens, Executive Director of NBAF!
As the Executive Director since 2019, Stephanie has led the organization in cultivating vibrant community-oriented programming. Before her role at NBAF, Stephanie served as the Executive Director of the P&J Foundation in Vallejo, CA, where she focused on empowering middle and high school students...
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Today, we’re speaking with Dr. Sylvia Carter, Founder and CEO of the Crossfire Movement and one of our 2024 Partners!
After 30 years of being an educator, Dr. Sylvia Carter knew that a global non-profit organization that brings people together to positively impact the lives of impoverished women and children through education, mentorship and inspiring them to achieve...
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We have an extra special episode for you all, as we flip the roles and invite our own South Fulton Arts Executive Director Jennifer Bauer-Lyons to speak about directing our upcoming play reading, Tiny Beautiful Things!
With a diverse background in the arts and administration, Jennifer has directed over 80 plays and musicals nationwide, led organizations like GA Shakesp...
Welcome back to Spark, a podcast from South Fulton Arts! -- Today, we’re welcoming back to SPARK SFA friend and collaborator Clifton Guterman!
Originally from Iron City, Georgia, Clifton Guterman is an Atlanta casting director, acting coach, and director. Founder of Thrive Acting Hive and Clifton Guterman Casting, he formerly served as the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre's Artistic Assistant, as Casting Director and National N...
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