The Americans with Disabilities act turns 30 on July 26th! In celebration of this landmark piece of civil rights legislation, we’re sharing this flash drama and song we made with our 2015 Blind Youth Audio Project students to mark the ADA’s 25th anniversary. We hope you’ll enjoy and share, in recognition of this important anniversary. […]
Categories: Youth Education Programs
Blind Youth: Telling Your Story: After 23 years working with blind and visually impaired youth in our studios every summer, this week we started our first online program for blind and visually impaired high school students. Working with a team of ten Jack Straw artists, teens are creating original radio theater and music projects. We […]
Categories: Writers Program, Youth Education Programs
Join us for a new series of workshops in vocal performance and technique, led by Jack Straw vocal coach Alyssa Keene. Call (206) 634-0919 or email workshops@jackstraw.org to sign up. Dialects and Accents Saturday, August 10, 11am-1pm Fee: $90 member, $110 non-member (limit 10) Learn how to effectively recreate any accent or dialect for theater, […]
Categories: Adult Education
The 24th annual Jack Straw Reading Series is adapting for our times, with a series of live-streamed events featuring new poetry, prose, fiction, and creative nonfiction from the 2020 Jack Straw Writers. Multi-genre writer and program curator Anastacia-Renee will host three readings with the writers from their homes, streamed live via Jack Straw’s Facebook page. […]
Categories: Writers Program
If you’re feeling anything like we are in these trying times, you could use some moments of joy and beauty in your day. Although we’re closed to the public and working from home, we will continue to share the work of artists of all ages with you, including through our artist podcasts (see below) and […]
Categories: Youth Education Programs
Submissions are still open for Write Out of This World: the Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story Contest for youth writers. The deadline is February 1st! Contest winners will participate in workshops with Jack Straw’s experienced team of arts professionals. The prize package includes a workshop on writing and editing, vocal coaching, a recording session […]
Categories: Youth Education Programs
Curator Anastacia-Renée has selected the 2020 Jack Straw Writers! Our fellows this year are Rob Arnold, Ebo Barton, Jeffrey Cheatham II, Ching-In Chen, Elaina Ellis, Michelle Goodman, Maisha Manson, Wryly McCutchen, Troy Osaki, Helen Thomas, Jose Trejo-Maya, and Arianne True. These writers will be hard at work for the next few months writing and training […]
Categories: Writers Program
Jack Straw Winter Artist Showcase Saturday, December 21, 2-6pm Jack Straw Cultural Center 4261 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle 98105 Suggested donation: $10-$20 All proceeds to benefit Jack Straw’s artist residency programs. Jack Straw Cultural Center celebrates the solstice with performances from a wide range of artists from our Artist Support Program. Clarinetist/composer James Falzone; Fatality […]
Categories: Artist Support Program
The Jack Straw Artist Residency Programs 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. Artists may apply to only one program per year. Deadline: Thursday, November 1, 2019. All […]
Categories: Artist Support Program, New Media Gallery, Writers Program
Wednesday, July 24, 7pm Jack Straw Cultural Center 4261 Roosevelt Way NE FREE Join us for a special event with Jack Straw resident artists Stuart Wheeler and Jesse Q-T, who are producing an album of music that radically reimagines the work of medieval composer Guillaume de Machaut. They will perform some selections from this project […]
Categories: Artist Support Program
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Here you’ll find past podcasts from our Soundpages, Artist of the Week and Writers Programs. |
