Jack Straw New Media Gallery

Till the Teeth | we being so

April 18 - June 27

Call 206-634-0919 or email [email protected] to schedule a visit

Jack Straw Cultural Center, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE

Opening reception: Friday, April 18, 7pm

In person at Jack Straw Cultural Center

Artist Talk: Friday, June 6, 7pm

In person at Jack Straw Cultural Center and streaming via YouTube and Facebook

An act of embodiment through sound, space, and presence, this multimedia installation considers how bodies and frequencies shape a room, its narratives, and the rituals it conveys.

Jack Straw May Reading Series

Three readings featuring the 2025 Jack Straw Writing Fellows, hosted by 2025 Writers Program Curator Kathleen Alcalá

May 2, 9, and 16 at 7pm

In person at Jack Straw Cultural Center, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, or visit Jack Straw on Facebook or YouTube to stream live.

Suggested donation: $10, includes a gift of the 2025 Jack Straw Writers Anthology

Friday, May 2, 7pm: Bill Hollands, Asha Dore, Jenny Harrington Lill, Sigrun Susan Lane

Friday, May 9, 7pm: Nhatt Nichols, Monique Ouk, Hillary Behrman, Connor Watkins-Xu

Friday, May 16, 7pm: Mateo Bracken, Mia Tong, Makayla Danielle Gay, Jason Prokowiew

Jack Straw Spring Audio Workshops

Jack Straw's audio workshops with engineer Tom Stiles are the perfect opportunity to improve your studio skills or get that first introduction to the world of audio recording and editing. 

To sign up or for more information, email [email protected].

Microphone Workshop: Tuesday, May 27, 6-10pm

Fee: $75 (In person at Jack Straw)

A detailed look at microphone types, pickup patterns, placement and use, both for live and studio applications.

Field Recording: Saturday, May 31, 9am-4pm

Fee: $125 (In person at Jack Straw)

Learn techniques for high quality field recording of music, ambience, sound effects, and voice with portable equipment. Includes an outdoor recording exercise.

Intro to Podcasting: Tuesday, June 10, 6-9pm

Fee: $50 (Zoom)

Learn the basics of creating and maintaining a podcast, from concept to planning to production to distribution.

Intro to Digital Audio Editing: Thursday, June 12, 6-9pm

Fee: $50 (Zoom)

Learn the basic skills of recording and editing sound with Audacity and GarageBand.

Jack Straw x Bushwick Book Club Seattle

Jack Straw and the Bushwick Book Club Seattle teamed up this year to create new music inspired by the work of the Jack Straw Writers!

The Bushwick Book Club and Jack Straw shared twelve videos featuring each of the Jack Straw Writers and their assigned musician. Catch them all on YouTube!

September 18: Josh Griffin and Townsend's Solitaire

October 2: Elyse Hauser and Jade Teather

October 16: Allison Masangkay and nance!

October 30: McKenna Princing and Christiana Crabbe

November 13: E.J. Batiste and Shelby Natasha

December 11: Mary Pan and Karen Miller

January 8: Becca Rose Hall and Jess Pillay

January 22: Amontaine Aurore and Alexis Thompson

February 5: Jarrett Ziemer and Shaun Crawford

February 19: Catherine DeNardo and Lauren Drake

March 5: Stacy Nathaniel Jackson and Tara Chugh

March 19: Gabriel Moseley and Mitchell Beck

Join us on Social Media!

Follow us on Bluesky, as well as Instagram and Facebook, to get regular doses of writing, art, and music from Jack Straw artists of all ages.

We recently shared this poem from Concord Elementary student Marlyn, written with help from poet and teaching artist Vicky Edmonds:

Deep inside

I am like an architect trying to build a better world and a better environment to make the world more kind

Office space available in our building!

There are currently a number of office spaces for individuals or organizations available in our beautiful University District building, just steps from the U District light rail station.

You would join folks like Sound Theatre Company, The UpNUp, KBFG FM, Floating Bridge Press, and others in working just upstairs from us, and have any number of opportunities for interaction with your pals at Jack Straw, from collaboration on programs and events to just stopping by to say hello.

Drop us a line or give us a call at (206) 634-0919 to learn more or schedule a visit.

Jack Straw Podcasts

Jack Straw Artist of the Week

The current installment of Artist of the Week is the title track from Anna Homler's album Reverie, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

Listen at jackstraw.org, or subscribe via Apple Podcasts.

SoundPages

The final episode of our 2024 season of SoundPages features Jack Straw Writer Gabriel Moseley, in conversation with curator Nisi Shawl and reading his work live in our May Reading Series.

Listen at jackstraw.org, or subscribe via Apple Podcasts.

Jack Straw New Media Gallery Podcast

Romson Regarde Bustillo talks with Jack Straw producer Carlos Nieto about his Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Proximity Modifier No. 49: Dukkha, Liberation, and Tranquility.

Listen at jackstraw.org, or subscribe via Apple Podcasts.

Jack Straw Artist and Partner Podcasts

Power of Place - Stories of the Pacific Northwest

Power of Place is an audio storybook produced at Jack Straw and hosted by Edward Krigsman, honoring places that matter and the people who steward, protect or celebrate them. The current installment is the second in a two-part series featuring craftsman Scott Dolfay.

Listen at ekreg.com, or subscribe via Apple Podcasts.

Skid Road

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. The latest episode features a conversation with community organizer Lois Thetford, PA.

Listen at josephineensign.com, or subscribe via Apple Podcasts.

The Appetite: An Eating Disorder Podcast

The Appetite is a podcast about all things food, body, movement, and mental health. It is produced at Jack Straw and brought to you by Opal: Food+Body Wisdom, an eating disorder treatment center in Seattle. This week's episode features a conversation with Katie Steele, former Division I runner at the University of Oregon and now a mental health therapist and co-author of The Price She Pays.

Listen at opalfoodandbody.com, or subscribe via Apple Podcasts.

Her Deepest Ecologies

Jack Straw artist 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 the questions, "How do we care for ourselves and each other?" and "How do we nurture the Earth?"

Listen at herdeepestecologies.substack.com, or via Apple Podcasts.

SAL/on air

SAL/on air is a literary podcast, produced at Jack Straw, featuring the best author talks from over thirty?five years of Seattle Arts & Lectures' programming. Their most recent episode features Charles Yu.

Listen at lectures.org, or subscribe via Apple Podcasts.

Gratitude to the First People of Seattle

The staff, board, and artists of Jack Straw Cultural Center acknowledge that we are living, creating, working, and playing on the traditional land of the first people of Seattle and the Salish Sea - the Duwamish, Suquamish, and Muckleshoot nations and other Coast Salish peoples, past and present. We honor them and the land itself with deep gratitude.

Support Jack Straw Cultural Center

Jack Straw Cultural Center relies on the support of individual contributors to make our programs possible. Please help us continue to support the work of artists working with sound and all our art and technology education programs. Donate any amount by clicking the button below, or sending a check directly to us at 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105.

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