Artist Residencies
Through our Artist Support Program, New Media Gallery Program, and Writers Program, we select over thirty artists/teams annually to create new work in our studios.
Applications for our 2025 programs are now available.
Jack Straw and the Bushwick Book Club Seattle are once again teaming up to create new music inspired by the work of the Jack Straw Writers!
The Bushwick Book Club and Jack Straw will share a new video every couple weeks featuring a reading and song. Follow along on YouTube or social media!
Athr | D BUTTERFLY EFEKT
November 1 – December 20, 2024
Visits by appointment, M-F, 10am-5:30pm
Call 206-634-0919 or email jsp@jackstraw.org to schedule a visit
D BUTTERFLY EFEKT is an extended reality music album that allows people to experience the music via a series of futuristic AR filters and an immersive virtual reality art installation.
Putsata Reang discusses the dangers of dwelling on differences and encourages audiences to share their personal stories as an antidote to erasure.
Tuesday, December 3, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.
Hands-on instruction in the industry’s most popular digital audio production system.
Tuesday, December 10, 6:00pm
6-9pm, Tue-Thu. $150.
Hands-on instruction in the industry’s most popular digital audio production system.
Wednesday, December 11, 6:00pm
6-9pm, Tue-Thu. $150.
with Jack Straw New Media Gallery artist Athr
Friday, December 13, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.
In this talk enriched by audio clips, Pai shares intimate stories from Asian American communities drawn from two seasons of her chart-topping podcast.
Tuesday, December 17, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.
Selections from our resident artist podcasts. View All
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Jack Straw artists Moonyeka and Heidi Grace Acuña of House of Kilig talk with…
Jack Straw has a commitment to art and technology education for all ages.
We implement a wide range of classroom and in-studio learning programs for children from elementary through high school. Check out some of our recent projects featuring youth poetry, song, radio theater and more!
Become a Jack Straw Artist.
The Jack Straw Artist Support Program, New Media Gallery Program, and Writers Program offer established and emerging artists in diverse disciplines an opportunity to explore the creative use of sound in a professional atmosphere through residencies in our recording studios and participation in our various presentation programs.
Applications for our 2025 Programs are open now.
Jack Straw offers full service studio and remote recording services.
Jack Straw Cultural Center, located in Seattle’s University District, is the Northwest’s only non-profit multidisciplinary audio arts center. A community-based resource since 1962, we provide a production facility that is unlike any other in the region for local artists who work creatively with sound. Jack Straw is available to the community as a full service recording studio and audio production facility.
Jack Straw Professional Audio Workshops
Jack Straw Audio Workshops are the perfect opportunity to learn studio and field recording techniques or to get that first hands on introduction to the world of audio recording and editing.