Artist of the Week Podcast

This week we’re sharing the first chapter of Kathya Alexander‘s audiobook of Keep A’Livin’, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. This speculative fiction novel “explores the reality of activism as more than just a handful of speeches given at protests, the costs to those who dedicate themselves to activist work, and the passion […] The post Ka...

This week’s selection is “Keep It to Your Soul,” from the soundtrack to KTNA’s Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation The Kelp Forest. The Kelp Forest opens this Friday, June 26th at 7pm! The post KTNA – Keep It to Your Soul appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center .

Jack Straw resident artists Black Ends just released “All I’m Bone,” the first single produced through their Artist Support Program residency. Make sure to follow the band for more music and live performances. The post Black Ends – All I’m Bone appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center .

Jack Straw artist Tara Youngborg talks with Carlos Nieto about her Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation not a town but a landing page. The post Tara Youngborg New Media Gallery Podcast appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center .

“Four Women” is from the forthcoming album Don’t Explain, the product of an award-winning, deeply expressive performance project led by celebrated vocalist Jacqueline Tabor and pianist-composer Marina Albero. Inspired by the enduring influence of Billie Holiday and Nina Simone, the project blends original compositions with reimagined repertoire to create a powerful, contemporary...

“I didn’t really decide to do music, I kind of just kept doing it.” This Artscape radio piece was produced during Eyvind Kang‘s Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency in 1994, the first year of the program. He talks about his approach to creating music, his inspirations, and his collaborative process with musicians such as […] The post Artscape – Eyvind Kan...

Jim Knodle, Pamela Moore Dionne, and Lynette Westendorf performed selections from their 2001 Jack Straw artist residency project Keeping the Devil Out: Poems and Music for Sabina Spielrein, at Jack Straw’s artist showcase in October 2022, celebrating 60 years of Jack Straw. The entire showcase is available to stream on our YouTube channel. The post Jim Knodle and Pamela Moore Dionne with Lyn...

Jack Straw artist Tara Tamaribuchi talks with Carlos Nieto about her Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Groove Bardos. The post Tara Tamaribuchi New Media Gallery Podcast appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center .

This week we share an excerpt from the audiobook of Jack Straw New Media Gallery artist River Coello‘s HAMPI, produced at Jack Straw. River’s Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation HAMPI, which incorporates sound from the audiobook, opens April 3rd, with a reception and performance from the artist. The post River Coello – HAMPI (Excerpt) appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural C...

Jenny Peterson and Kaitlin McCarthy/The Bonnies produced “Cowboy Bob” as part of their Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency. In their residency, they created audio for their show I’m on Fire, You’re on Fire, We’re on Fire, presented through the Velocity Regionally Established Creative Incubator Program. The show opens tonight at 12th Ave. Arts and […] The post The Bonnies...

LaVon Hardison performed her song “28 Days” as part of her set with Cyd Smith at the Jack Straw Artist Showcase in April 2023. The whole showcase is archived on Jack Straw’s YouTube channel. The post LaVon Hardison – 28 Days (Live at Jack Straw) appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center .

This recording of Florence Price’s “Silk Hat and Walking Cane” is included on William Chapman Nyaho’s album Kete: Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program and released in 2020 on MSR Classics. The post William Chapman Nyaho – Silk Hat and Walking Cane (Price) appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center .

Performer Christian Swenson produced Off-Road Vocals, an album of vocal improvisations, as part of his 1999 Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency. The post Christian Swenson – Good Walking appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center .

Alex Keller recorded his electro-acoustic work The Four Hundred Boys, based on the Mayan Book of Creation, as part of his 1998 Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency. The post Alex Keller – The Four Hundred Boys appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center .

Robert Flor produced radio adaptations of a number of his plays through his Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency. In The Christmas Snow Globe, a young, wheelchair-bound Filipino girl accidentally drops the family’s snow globe, which held her favorite ice skater and inspiration, breaking it. Her mother seeks to repair the family heirloom. Link: Robert’s […] The post Robert Franci...

Jack Straw artist Maya Nguyen talks with Carlos Nieto about her Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation huh ugh uh hm mhm. The post Maya Nguyen New Media Gallery Podcast appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center .

Randal Bays‘s new album Trad and True, produced in part through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program, is a collection of Irish traditional music and original tunes, recorded in Ireland and the US over the last few years with contributions from Susan Waters, fiddle; Willie Bays, flute; Owen Bays, concertina; Geraldine Cotter, piano; Mick Kinsella, […] The post Randal Bays – The T...

“The Want of You” is from a new song cycle based on the poetry of Harlem Renaissance writer Angelina Weld Grimké by composer/pianist Sheila Bristow and soprano Ellaina Lewis, recorded through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. On November 21st at Jack Straw, Sheila and Ellaina will perform the songs and discuss the joys and […] The post Sheila Bristow and Ellaina Lewis &#8211...

Suchitra Iyer’s album Sunaad, produced through her artist residency at Jack Straw, is a collection of Hindustani classical compositions by Indian-American composers from the Pacific Northwest. The album reflects the nurturing community of classical music practitioners who have created a space for shared learning and growth. The songs showcase different aspects of North Indian music, from […]...

Bun-Ching Lam produced the album Mountain Clear Water Remote through her 1995 Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency. The album was performed with the New Performance Group: John Weller, violin; Ella Marie Gray, violin; Melissa Hamilton, viola; Walter Gray, cello; Paul Taub, alto flute, piccolo; Matthew Kocmieroski, percussion; Thomasa Eckert, piano; and Bun-Ching Lam, piano The post Bun-Chin...

Trío Guadalevín’s project El Noroeste – produced in part through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program – is a musical exploration of the historic presence of Latinos in what is now Washington State. Serving all who want to learn more about the Pacific Northwest, it is a necessary project to acknowledge a legacy of more […] The post Trío Guadalevín – Presente Estoy app...

This week we feature one of the poems Gabriela Denise Frank recorded at Jack Straw as part of her 2025 Artist Support Program project, producing recordings of poems that will appear in installations and public-facing venues. “How to Live on a Damaged Planet” is a cento. Gabriela writes, “I chose this form, which involves stitching […] The post Gabriela Denise Frank –...

In its original form, Jack Straw Artist Scott Morgan (aka loscil)’s project Adrift is a collection of 4 pieces of endless music presented as a mobile application. The application uses structured random selection to continuously play the discrete musical components with no beginning or end. The pieces were conceived as aural backdrops, seascapes of sound […] The post loscil – Ryou...

Jack Straw artists Jonathan Rodriguez and Sandesh Nagaraj of Till the Teeth talk with Carlos Nieto about their Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation we being so. The post Till the Teeth New Media Gallery Podcast appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center .

“Secret Festival: September Moon” is from singer/pianist/composer Carolyn Graye‘s album Poems by Denise Levertov, a collection of the poet’s works set to improvised music. The album was produced in part through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. The post Carolyn Graye – Secret Festival: September Moon appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center .