Jack Straw Artist of the Week

“Gradient,” by Nat Evans with Will Hayes, guitar, and additional improvisations by the artist, was played using the sonic sculptural systems Andrew Fallat created for his installation Timbre, on view in the Jack Straw New Media Gallery through November 5th. The post Nat Evans – Gradient appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Lori Goldston’s “Miasms: For three instrumentalists, one audio technician, and piano that’s been dropped (min. 20’) and left to sit (min. 20 years),” performed by Lori Goldston, Alan Jones, Greg Kelley, and Austin Larkin, was created for the 2019 Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Piano Drop, which commemorated the 1968 dropping of a piano […] The post Lori Goldston – Miasms appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Chenoa Egawa’s Enduring Rhythms: Seven Songs from the Skagit Valley is the second installment in Sonolocations, our three-part series of commissioned works with The Henry Art Gallery. Hear the whole series and learn more at soundcloud.com/sonolocations and henryart.org. The post Chenoa Egawa – Enduring Rhythms: Seven Songs from the Skagit Valley appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

The audiobook of Betsy Hanson‘s novel Always Gardenia, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program, is now available on Audible, Libro.fm, and other platforms. Betsy will present a Zoom workshop on September 16th for writers to help prepare for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Visit bit.ly/3lWMXRA to register. The post Betsy Hanson – Always Gardenia (excerpt) appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

“Come on Jane” is the first single from Tekla Waterfield‘s forthcoming album New Skies, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. For more about Tekla and the album, visit www.teklawaterfield.com. The post Tekla Waterfield – Come on Jane appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Our recent exhibit Submergence: Going Below the Surface with Orca and Salmon, presented with the Endangered Species Coalition, included a soundscape of orca sounds, original poetry, and music. This excerpt features Jack Straw Writers Ching-In Chen and Rena Priest reading their work, and music by Eduardo del Signore, with Hydrophone recordings by Orcasound. The post Submergence: Poetry and Sound Excerpt appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Alyssa Keene interviews Jack Straw New Media Gallery artist Rachel Lodge about her installation Transfigurations: Carbon Flow. The post Rachel Lodge New Media Gallery interview appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Byron Au Yong’s Pomelo is the first installment in Sonolocations, our three-part series of commissioned works with The Henry Art Gallery. Hear and learn more at soundcloud.com/sonolocations and henryart.org. The post Byron Au Yong – Pomelo appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

As part of her interdisciplinary Skid Road project, Jack Straw Artist Josephine Ensign conducted interviews with people who work and live at the intersection of health and homelessness in King County. This excerpt comes from an interview with Public Health-Seattle and King County nurse Heather Barr. Josephine’s book Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health […] The post Josephine Ensign – Skid Road Oral Histories appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

KO SOLO (aka Kate Olson)’s “Standby Mode” is inspired by the work of 2020 Jack Straw Writer Arianne True, and was careated as part of our recent collaboration with the Bushwick Book Club Seattle. Check out Kate’s Spring into Weirdness livestream Friday 4/2/21 at 7pm on Loudswell. The post KO SOLO – Standby Mode appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

This song is from the soundtrack to the film A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff, written and created by Jack Straw Artist Alicia Jo Rabins, who completed the soundtrack album through her Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency. The post Alicia Jo Rabins – My Grandfather Deserted the Czar’s Army (Therapist) appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Alyssa Keene interviews Jack Straw New Media Gallery artist Cameron Perry Fraser about his installation Large String Array. The post Cameron Perry Fraser New Media Gallery interview appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

In 1999, Jack Straw brought together Ghanaian percussionist Obo Addy and jazz trombonist Julian Priester for a composer residency, commissioning them to create new work together. The project, titled Confluence, culminated in a concert at On the Boards on October 18, 1999 as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival. “For Your Information” is one of […] The post Obo Addy and Julian Priester – For Your Information appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw Artist Natasha Marin‘s multimedia online exhibit, Black Imagination: Sites of Power is now available at black-imagination.com. In this excerpt from the audio portion of the project, Salma Siddick responds to the prompt, “What is your relationship to Africa, real or imagined?” The post Black Imagination: Sites of Power appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Dennis Rea‘s album Giant Steppes, produced in part through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program, is now available from MoonJune Records. This track features Jack Straw artists Juliana and PAVA. The post Dennis Rea – Altai By and By appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

LaVon Hardison wrote “Center of My Gravity” in response to the work of Jack Straw Writer Helen K. Thomas, as part of the Bushwick Book Club Seattle‘s 2020 collaboration with the Jack Straw Writers Program. Hear more collaborations on Jack Straw and Bushwick’s websites and social media. The post LaVon Hardison – Center of My Gravity appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

“La Veuve Dans Sa Cabane” is the first track from Jack Straw Artist James Falzone‘s project Fallow, a year-long series of digital releases. This track and more of James’s music is available for purchase at allosdocuments.bandcamp.com. The post James Falzone – La Veuve Dans Sa Cabane appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

This is an excerpt of a piece created by Russell Duke through his 2017 Artist Support Program residency, working with Jack Straw engineer Doug Haire. The full piece, dedicated to Stephen Kennedy, consists of sounds recorded from 78 rpm records and run through tape loop iterations to degrade the quality of the sound. This project […] The post Russell Duke – Discrete Flows and Continuous Objects appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw and Bushwick Book Club artist Nic Masangkay created this song in response to the work of 2020 Jack Straw Writer Maisha Banks Manson, as part of the 2020 Jack Straw x Bushwick Book Club project. Hear more music from this project by visiting Jack Straw or Bushwick Book Club Seattle on Facebook, or […] The post Nic Masangkay – No More Childhood appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Sculptor, composer, and performer Ela Lamblin – known for his work as half of the duo Lelavision – produced Sculptaural, his first album of original music, as part of the 1996 Jack Straw Artist Support Program. The post Ela Lamblin: Kelphorn Beach appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.