Artist of the Week
The Jack Straw Artist of the Week Podcast highlights work created through the Artist Residency Programs at Jack Straw Cultural Center.-
Sharon Nyree Williams - I Miss Going to the House
This track is from Sharon Nyree Williams‘s album The Consciousness of Love, produced through Jack Straw’s Artist Support Program.
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Stephen Cohen - Human Animal
“Human Animal” is from Stephen Cohen‘s Jack Straw artist residency project, a soon-to-be-released EP called Talk to Me. Stephen will perform and talk about his project at a Jack Straw artist event on Friday, December 18th at 7pm at Jack Straw Cultural Center.
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Jack Straw New Media Gallery Interview : Gabriela Denise Frank
Gabriela Denise Frank was a resident artist in Jack Straw’s New Media Gallery. In this interview with Shawn Wong she discusses her installation UGLY ME.
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Wes Weddell - The Stance
Wes Weddell‘s new album Nobody’s Flag was produced through Jack Straw’s Artist Support Program. Wes wrote “The Stance” inspired by the work of Jack Straw Writer Nick Wong, for the Bushwick Book Club’s 2012 Jack Straw Writers show.
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Martin Koenig - Oro Od Alo Toncov/Ramnoto
This piece, performed by Alekso “Alo” Toncov, Mustafa Eminov, Trajce Nasev, and Zdrave Stafilov, is featured on the album Music of Macedonia: Playing ‘Til Your Soul Comes Out, produced by Jack Straw resident artist Martin Koenig. Join us at Jack Straw on Friday, October 23rd at 7pm, as we celebrate the album’s release with a presentation by Martin and a performance by Dragi Spasovski and his Macedonian All Stars band. Visit here for more information on this collection.
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Peter Vukmirovic Stevens: Sanctuary
Jack Straw artist Peter Vukmirovic Stevens released his solo viola CD Feral Icons in 2015, performed by Mara Gearman and produced through Jack Straw’s Artist Support Program.
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St. Helens String Quartet - Botanas 2, Relleno Negro by Bern Herbolsheimer
Jack Straw artists Saint Helens String Quartet have released “American Dreams”, the long-awaited album produced through their Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency. The quartet will perform and discuss their project, along with some of the composers whose work is featured on the album, at a free event at Jack Straw on Wednesday, September 16th at 7pm. More information on the quartet and album here.
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Danny Barksdale - Billy Barksdale: The History
Danny Barksdale produced this documentary piece about his grandfather and his place in country music history during his Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency. Visit here for more information and archival music recordings.
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Shin Yu Pai - Heirloom
2015 Jack Straw Artist Support Program artist Shin Yu Pai produced this recording as part of her project HEIRLOOM, a site-specific public art project that involves printing language on antique apples in Piper’s Orchard in Carkeek Park, Seattle. Using vinyl stencils and the light of the sun, words are burned into the peels of ripening apples. The words on the apples represent the titles of individual sections from a long poem written in the form of an abecadarian, or alphabet poem, that is a poetic visitor’s guide to the orchard. This recording mixes a studio reading with ambient field recordings captured in the orchard throughout the seasons. This project was supported, in part, by an award from 4Culture, funding from Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, and The Awesome Foundation.
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Pauline Hillaire - Mobil Pole: Horse Becomes a Friend
Totem Pole Stories Told by Pauline Hillaire, produced through Gregory Fields‘s Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency, was recently released as part of the the media companion to Hillaire and Fields’s book A Totem Pole History (University of Nebraska Press, 2013).
