Jack Straw Artist of the Week

Jack Straw artist Shin Yu Pai has launched the fourth season of her award-winning podcast Ten Thousand Things, produced in part through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. This week we’re sharing an excerpt from the first episode, which you can hear in full on Apple Podcasts or any other podcast platform. When Yowei Shaw […] The post Shin Yu Pai – Ten Thousand Things appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw artist Athr talks with Carlos Nieto about her Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation D Butterfly Efekt. The post Athr New Media Gallery Podcast appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw resident artists Star Gondola have released “Anthem,” the first single from their Artist Support Program project. You can watch the video on YouTube, and follow them on social media, Bandcamp, or streaming services to hear future releases. The post Star Gondola – Anthem appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Richard Gibbons was a fiction and non-fiction writer and storyteller based in Seattle. He produced Prairie through the 2001 Artist Support Program as the soundtrack to an epic poem and video piece representing a personal narrative of his grandfather's childhood on the Illinois frontier (1855-1868). The post Richard Gibbons – Prairie appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Anna Homler’s Reverie, created through her 2007 Artist Support Program residency and produced by Steve Peters, is available at last via Right Brain Records. The title track features Lori Goldston on cello and Bill Horist on guitar. The post Anna Homler – Reverie appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Perri Lynch Howard’s “Ocean Avenue,” produced during her Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency, is an immersive audiovisual experience that transports viewers into the tranquil heart of our oceans. Through a mesmerizing blend of underwater soundscapes and captivating visuals, this work invites audiences to witness the profound beauty and fragility of marine ecosystems. By juxtaposing […] The post Perri Lynch Howard – Ocean Avenue appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

In Shadows, produced in part through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program, is a multi-generational collaborative composition between composer Mako Kikuchi and the Omoide Project, a collective of Seattle-based writers whose work remembers and preserves the wartime experiences and legacies of Japanese America. The creation of this album began in remembrance of the 80th anniversary […] The post Mako Kikuchi – In Shadows 陰で appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw artist Romson Regarde Bustillo talks with Carlos Nieto about his Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Proximity Modifier No. 49: Dukkha, Liberation, and Tranquility. The post Romson Regarde Bustillo New Media Gallery Podcast appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Sylvia Jones recorded the audio version of her poetry book Television Fathers at Jack Straw as part of her Artist Support Program residency. This excerpt includes the following poems from the book: “Man with Shotgun and Alien” “First Black Cop Bop” “Don Draper Demonstrates in His Clogs” “In Some Underground Cavern” “Don Draper Eulogizes Norman […] The post Sylvia Jones – Poems from Television Fathers appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Thomasa Eckert and The Bird Tribe Orchestra produced their album Red Ruby Palace during their 2000 Jack Straw artist residency. The post Thomasa and the Bird Tribe Orchestra – Prelude/Dance of the Faeries appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw artist – and 2022 Jack Straw Writer – Jessica Gigot has released the second season of her podcast Her Deepest Ecologies, produced in part through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. In conversation with a wide range of artists, makers, creators, and caretakers, this podcast takes on two fundamental and interconnected questions: “How […] The post Jessica Gigot – Her Deepest Ecologies Podcast appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

KRAB FM aired this adaptation of Dickens’s classic – produced, directed, and narrated by Rita Rega – on Christmas, 1974. The cast includes Harold Street, Theda Berkeley, David Stimson, Doug Dillon, Dean Richardson, Father Cyril Kenna, Larry Smith (Albert), Brian Fox, Cheryl Rockham, Charlene King, Ken Graham, Phil Ferguson, Shirley Powell, Raleigh Fisher, and Natasha […] The post KRAB Radio – A Christmas Carol appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

This excerpt from the 7th episode of Derek G. Larson‘s animated series Très Mall, with music produced through Derek’s Artist Support Program residency, features a clip from an interview with art historian David Joselit. You can watch the full episode, which also includes music by Jim O’Rourke and conversations with art critic Boris Groys, philosopher […] The post Derek G. Larson – Très Mall, Episode 7 (excerpt) appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Rasheena Fountain’s Jack Straw Artist Support Program project Dropped Down Blues is on view in the “How to Carry Water” exhibit at The Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts (PRAx). Dropped Down Blues is a speculative blues fiction and poetry audio-visual project set in Pipers Creek, a 1.4-mile stream located in Carkeek Park […] The post Rasheena Fountain – The Blues Woman Touches Down in the Pacific Northwest appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw artists Transonic recently released “Hook Jab,” the first single produced with help from their Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency. Follow them at @transonicmusic to hear what comes next. Applications are due November 25th for Jack Straw's 2025 Artist Support and New Media gallery programs. Visit us on Submittable for more information: https://jackstraw.submittable.com/submit The post Transonic – Hook Jab appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

“LORA KROFT” is a sneak preview of Jack Straw New Media Gallery Artist Athr’s exhibit D BUTTERFLY EFEKT. The installation, opening Friday, November 1, is an extended reality music album – an immersive experience where sound and visuals blend together to create virtual worlds. Applications are open now for Jack Straw's 2025 artist residency programs. […] The post Athr – LORA KROFT appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw artists Moonyeka and Heidi Grace Acuña of House of Kilig talk with Jack Straw producer Carlos Nieto about their Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation flourish like an ocean’s grief. Applications are open now for Jack Straw's 2025 artist residency programs. Visit us on Submittable for more information: https://jackstraw.submittable.com/submit The post Moonyeka and House of Kilig New Media Gallery Podcast appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

During their artist residency with Jack Straw, So'le Celestial composed and produced a 5 track soundtrack titled Numa'lo – meaning, “revive, do again, return” in Fina' CHamoru (the CHamoru language). This soundtrack explores So'le journey as a Trans & Queer, CHamoru, chronically ill, and disabled person. Numa'lo audibly illustrates So'le's inner soul's movements through life, […] The post So'le Celestial – Numa'lo appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Leanna Keith’s album body of breath, available September 27th and produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program, is a concept album exploring the bass flute as a living, breathing, organism. “Al-Wahdat al-Wujud” was composed by Nebal Maysaud. Other composers featured on the album include Josh Hou, Heather Bentley, Kaley Lane Eaton, and Kevin Baldwin. […] The post Leanna Keith – Al-Wahdat al-Wujud appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Tom Baker’s album Deeply Lodged includes music from multiple Jack Straw Artist Support Program projects. “Deeply Lodged,” a work for solo piano in three movements, is performed by Cristina Valdés. The post Tom Baker – Deeply Lodged I: Gather appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw artists Susie Kozawa and Brigid Kelly talk with Shin Yu Pai, Seattle’s Civic Poet and host of the podcast Ten Thousand Things, about their Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Tokio Florist Project. Applications are open now for Jack Straw’s 2025 artist residency programs. Visit us on Submittable for more information: https://jackstraw.submittable.com/submit The post Tokio Florist Project New Media Gallery Podcast appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Gregg Dietzman‘s 2023 Jack Straw Artist Support Program project resulted in the soundscape album Sound and Light Signals. The sounds here were recorded at various locations along the Inside Passage of the Pacific Northwest, including “the Haida Náay I´waans (Whale House) in Kasaan, the cupola of Five Finger Lighthouse in Frederick Strait, a boathouse on […] The post Bridge of Eights – The Sleeping Tune appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw resident artists Foleada released their new album of Brazilian Forró music, Eu Vou Pra Lua, this summer. Forró, a cultural mainstay of Northeast Brazil, describes not just a musical genre but a way of life, a celebration of dance, love, and community. On Eu Vou Pra Lua – Portuguese for “I’m Going to […] The post Foleada – Creoxote appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw resident artist Vibhuti Kavishwar‘s album Shraddhanjali is now available to listen to on YouTube. The album is a tribute to the  compositions of Vibhuti’s father, Pandit Lakshman Chausalkar. The post Vibhuti Kavishwar – Prabhu More Avagun Chit Na Dharo appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw artist Jeff Rice talks with Carlos Nieto about his Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Pando Suite. The post Jeff Rice New Media Gallery Podcast appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

“Juanita” is a new song from Jack Straw resident artist Nacha Mendez‘s forthcoming full-length album, produced with support from the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. Nacha writes, “This is my Pride month offering, the breakup song Juanita. . . . 
I recorded this in Nov. 2023 at Jack Straw . . . I sat with […] The post Nacha Mendez – Juanita appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

The Skid Road podcast, produced by Josephine Ensign through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program, amplifies a diversity of voices about homelessness in the Seattle area. This is the latest episode, featuring a conversation with Sparrow Etter Carlson, who works for the King County Regional Homelessness Authority in sub-regional planning for Seattle. You can hear […] The post Josephine Ensign – Skid Road appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw artists Wei Yang and Murphy Janssen talk with Carlos Nieto about their Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation now you are there when this happened. The post Wei Yang and Murphy Janssen New Media Gallery Podcast appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw Resident Artists Sheila Fox and The Kosher Red Hots produced their album Our Songs in 2006 as part of their Artist Support Program residency.  The album is a compilation of Yiddish and Ladino favorite songs from Seattle’s Jewish community, including live recordings with residents at The Kline Galland Home, Seattle’s Jewish nursing care […] The post Kosher Red Hots – Morenika appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Choreographer/dancer Maureen Whiting created this soundscape at Jack Straw as part of her 2001 Artist Support Program project, a collaborative installation with video artist Robert Campbell, which appeared in the Jack Straw New Media Gallery in 2002. Other collaborators for the installation included costume designers KD Schill and Sarah Harlett, lighting designer Dave Proscia, and […] The post Maureen Whiting – and there was concrete skin for your face appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

The Post Office is a comic, surreal play, produced in 1995 through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program, about a wildly narcissistic postal clerk, a weak, sniveling customer, and matters of the human heart. Stylistically, it pays homage to playwrights such as Ionesco and Beckett. Stacey Levine will read from her new book Mice 1961 […] The post Stacey Levine and Lori Goldston – The Post Office appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Katharine Threat produced the audio version of her book anatomy of my mixed body through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. The full book will be available for listening soon. Visit Blue Cactus Press for updates: https://bluecactuspress.com/ The post Katharine Threat – anatomy of my mixed body pt. 3 appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Singer-songwriter, composer, and performer Kaley Lane Eaton releases her new album Lookout, produced in part through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program, this Friday, March 15th. She celebrates the release that evening with a concert at the Chapel Performance Space: https://www.waywardmusic.org/?p=8047 Album photo by Michelle Smith-Lewis; styling by Gina Bettelli; cover design by Alex Allen. The post Kaley Lane Eaton – Lookout appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

This Artscapes radio piece was produced at Jack Straw in 2000 as part of a series highlighting the work of Jack Straw's resident artists. The project Safarini: In Transit featured African immigrant artists living in Seattle. In addition to Obo Addy,  a drummer, dancer, and composer from Ghana, Safarini included Wawali Bonane, Kofi Anang, Lora […] The post Artscape – Obo Addy appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Benjamin Hunter performed “Hold On” as part of his solo set the Jack Straw artist showcase in October 2021. You can find the archived video of Ben’s whole set on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrv9IWYn6HM   The post Benjamin Hunter – Hold On, Live at Jack Straw appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Slender Beams is a collection of recordings of Dave Hollinden‘s compositions by percussionist Andrew Spencer, representing eight years of collaboration between the two. The album was produced through the 1998 Jack Straw Artist Support Program. Read more about it on Hollinden’s website. The post Dave Hollinden and Andrew Spencer – Of Wind and Water appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Reggie Garrett performed this version of “So Far Away” with guitarist Paul Benoit at Jack Straw’s fall 2022 artist showcase. The song is included on Reggie’s album York’s Lament & Other Stories, produced in part through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. You can find the archived video of Reggie and Paul’s full set on […] The post Reggie Garrett – So Far Away, Live at Jack Straw appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Helen Lessick’s 1994 Jack Straw Artist Support Program project, Dreams, Deception and Skepticism, was a 2-channel audio sculpture comprised of a side table with a fish bowl holding live sea monkeys (daphnia), covered with translucent black and white scrims.  A wall-mounted headphone set at the end of the table connected to an audio recorder. Visitors […] The post Helen Lessick – Dreams, Deception and Skepticism appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Robert Flor produced the radio adaptation of his play A Christmas in the Cordilleras, among other works, through the Artist Support Program at Jack Straw. KVRU 105.7FM will broadcast and stream two Christmas plays by Bob, A Christmas in the Cordilleras and The Christmas Snow Globe, on December 21st at 2pm PST, December 24th at […] The post Robert Francis Flor – A Christmas in the Cordilleras appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw artists Erin Slomski-Pritz and Jenny Lesser Holman talk with Carlos Nieto about their Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Dream Motif. Music in this episode by Afterlife Giftshop, from the Dream Motif installation audio. The post Erin Slomski-Pritz and Jenny Lesser Holman New Media Gallery Podcast appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Circus Contraption,  a one ring circus with a versatile band led by music director/ringmaster Armitage Shanks, recorded their CD Gallimaufry through the 2001 Jack Straw Artist Support Program. Applications for the 2024 program are available now! The post Circus Contraption – Wooly Hat appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Gabriela Denise Frank‘s “( yubəč / chinook )” are paired concrete poems in the shape of salmon, one heading downstream to the ocean, the other heading upstream to spawn. They were published in the I Sing the Salmon Home anthology (Empty Bowl Press) edited by former Washington state poet laureate Rena Priest. They were written […] The post Gabriela Denise Frank – ( yubəč / chinook ) appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

“Sea Stacking” is the newest single from Medejin‘s album The Garden, produced in part through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. The Garden will be released October 20th, and is available for pre-order now on Bandcamp: https://medejin-music.bandcamp.com/album/the-garden The post Medejin – Sea Stacking appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

This Artscapes radio piece was produced at Jack Straw in 1996 as part of a series highlighting the work of resident artists in Jack Straw’s Traditional Artist Support Program. Singer and songwriter Juan Barco talks about the stories behind his songs and his deep love for his home state of Texas. The post Artscape: Juan Barco appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Peter Colclasure‘s My Lai, a new work for piano and string quartet based on the My Lai Massacre, was produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program, and performed by Peter and Skyros Quartet. “Hugh Thompson, Jr.” is the piece’s second movement. The recording is available for purchase at https://petercolclasure.bandcamp.com/album/my-lai The post Peter Colclasure: My Lai II. Hugh Thompson, Jr. appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

In May of 2010, Jack Straw presented a performance by a rotating cast of 30 pianists, playing through Erik Satie's infamous “Vexations” theme 840 times, as suggested by the composer's vexatiously enigmatic note on the original manuscript. The performance started at 4:00pm on Saturday, May 15th, and ended the following day at 11:20am, after the […] The post Roger Nelson – Vexations appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw artists Whitney Lynn and Jonathan Rodriguez of Till the Teeth talk with Carlos Nieto about their Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation TIME KILLS. The post Whitney Lynn and Till the Teeth New Media Gallery Podcast appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

“P-Pop Blues” is the first single from Last of the RedHot Mamas’ forthcoming album Magick Black Woman, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. Last of the RedHot Mamas is a blues band built around the jazz-inspired, country-sauced songs of Amber Flame. Singing about queer Black life, Flame brings raunchy wordplay, constant hustle, and […] The post Last of the RedHot Mamas – P-Pop Blues appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Leanna Keith performed this piece at Jack Straw’s 2022 Fall Artist Showcase as part of a  freely improvised set featuring the flute family and a looper pedal. The post Leanna Keith Live at Jack Straw appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw artist Sasha Petrenko talks with Carlos Nieto about her Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation FOREST TIME WATER. The post Sasha Petrenko New Media Gallery Interview appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw artists Ching-In Chen and Cassie Mira talk with Carlos Nieto about their Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Breathing in a Time of Disaster. The post Ching-In Chen and Cassie Mira New Media Gallery Interview appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.