Jack Straw Artist of the Week

Jack Straw artist C. R. Grimmer recently released O-(ezekiel’s wife) as a physical and audio book (produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program), through GASHER Journal. More information on the project and how to purchase the book and/or audio book at gasherjournal.com and chelseagrimmer.com. The post C. R. Grimmer – Boylesque 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. Jack Straw artist Marcos Carmona, of Carmona Flamenco, talks about flamenco music and why it’s so important to him. The post Artscape – Marcos Carmona appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Alyssa Keene interviews Jack Straw New Media Gallery artist Naima Lowe about her installation Aren’t They All Just Love Songs Anyway? The post Naima Lowe New Media Gallery Interview appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Poet Judith Roche reads at JS 50: Jack Straw’s 25-hour marathon performance on June 15th-16th 2012 in celebration of our 50th anniversary. Judith passed away in November 2019, a sad loss for Seattle’s literary community. Judith was a 2001 Jack Straw Writer and curated the 2008 Writers Program, and collaborated with Jack Straw on many […] The post Judith Roche at JS 50 appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

This recording of Kwabena Nketia’s “Volta Fantasy” is from William Chapman Nyaho‘s forthcoming album of music from Africa and the African Diaspora, produced through the Artist Support Program. The CD will be released in 2020 by MSR Classics. The post William Chapman Nyaho – Volta Fantasy appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw Artist Amanda Winterhalter produced the compilation Fatality Records Vol. 1 – featuring songs about death in the Pacific Northwest – through the Artist Support Program. Amanda and some of her Fatality Records cohort will perform at Jack Straw on December 21st as part of our winter artist showcase. The post Amanda Winterhalter – This Is It appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Nuclear facility. World’s fastest pianist. 9-foot Steinway grand. Continuous Music. Such was the setting for recording Nuclear Recitals, Vol. 1. Hear an audio excerpt from this ambitious project, produced by Typonexus founder O, a Ukrainian, US-based, multimedia artist, and performed by Ukrainian pianist/composer Lubomyr Melnyk. The post Nuclear Recitals Vol. 1 appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Alyssa Keene interviews Jack Straw New Media Gallery artist Martin Jarmick about his installation The Final Image. The post Martin Jarmick New Media Gallery Interview appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Naima Lowe‘s installation Aren’t They All Just Love Songs Anyway? is open in the Jack Straw New Media Gallery through December 13th. “Gospel” is one of the pieces of music created with Bill Lowe and Taylor Ho Bynum for the installation’s titular video piece. The post Naima Lowe – Gospel appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Elizabeth Schiffler produced this track through the Artist Support Program as part of the soundscape she created for her live performance/puppetry project Hungry Shell Seeks Champagne. Elizabeth is currently raising funds to finish the film Champagne, which is connected to this project: https://igg.me/at/champagnecampaign The post Elizabeth Schiffler – Green 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 Jack Straw’s resident artists. Jack Straw artist Ela Lamblin of Lelavision talks about the unique music he creates with his handmade steel instruments. The post Artscape – Ela Lamblin appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Amber Flame‘s multimedia exhibition ::intrigue:: 8 opens this Friday, July 12th, in the Jack Straw Atrium Gallery. Text and sound pieces were created with words drawn from poems by eight different poets. This piece was based on JeanAnn Verlee’s For the Woman Who Loved the Predator More Than His Prey. The post Amber Flame – Pray appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

This Artscapes radio piece was produced at Jack Straw in 1994 as part of a series highlighting the work of Jack Straw’s resident artists. Composer and multi-instrumentalist Craig Flory talks about how he started playing music and what he loves about it. The post Artscape – Craig Flory appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Alyssa Keene interviews Jack Straw New Media Gallery artist Erin Elyse Burns about her exhibition To Take the Shape of the Container. The post Erin Elyse Burns New Media Gallery interview appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw artist Phoebe Tsang‘s solo violin/voice album Button Music, produced through the Artist Support Program, was recently released by Off Records. Read and hear more at phoebetsang.com. The post Phoebe Tsang – Unbutton No. 6 appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw artist Kathya Alexander produced the audio version of Angel in the Outhouse, her book of short stories, through the Artist Support Program. The book is available now at audible.com. The post Kathya Alexander – Angel in the Outhouse appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Pianist/composer Lynette Westendorf’s album Surrounded by Green was produced in 1999 through a Jack Straw Artist Support Program Residency, with Jim Knodle (Trumpet), Kenny Mandell (saxes/flute), Hans Teuber (alto sax/piccolo), Elizabeth Falconer (koto), Dennis Staskowski (bass), and Bill Moyer (percussion). Learn more at lwmusic.com The post Lynette Westendorf and Animal Dreams – Bar Talk appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Jack Straw artists Srivani Jade and Thione Diop performed this piece, from Rajasthan, at the Jack Straw Artist Showcase on January 21, 2018. The post Srivani Jade with Thione Diop – The Parrot Song appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

This piece (performed by Jeff Huston, Mike Shannon, David Stanford, Mark Wheeler, Dave Knott, and Sheri Cohen) is part of the installation Piano Drop, commemorating the 1968 dropping of a piano from a helicopter in Duvall, WA. Knott and many other composers will perform their original music for dropped piano at Jack Straw on February […] The post Dave Knott – What Remains: The Great Old Time Piano Drop Soundboard appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Alyssa Keene interviews Jack Straw New Media Gallery artist Chun Shao about her installation Silicone Love – Her Garden. The post Chun Shao New Media Gallery Interview appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.