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.
  • Ed Petry - Improvisation 4

    Guitarist Ed Petry recorded several improvisational pieces as part of his 2002 Jack Straw artist residency. Applications for 2012 residencies are due October 31. Go to jackstraw.org for details.

  • Elizabeth Austen at JS 50

    Elizabeth Austen reads some of her poems, including a new one, at JS 50: Jack Straw’s 25-hour marathon performance on June 15th-16th 2012 in celebration of our 50th anniversary.

  • Tom Varner and Eric Barber at JS 50

    This recording of Tom Varner and Eric Barber was made during their performance at JS 50: Jack Straw’s 25-hour marathon performance on June 15th-16th 2012 in celebration of our 50th anniversary.

  • Nicholas Chase - Bone Totem Dog

    This piano piece – recorded at Jack Straw Productions – is a preview of Nicholas Chase‘s recent Jack Straw Artist Support Program project.

  • Jack Straw New Media Gallery Interview : Ellen Sollod and Johanna Melamed

    Outside In/Inside Out: The inner life of Jack is a camera obscura piece currently on exhibit in the Jack Straw New Media Gallery. This week’s podcast is an interview with Ellen Sollod and Johanna Melamed about the installation and their process in creating it.

  • Ellen Sollod and Johanna Melamed - New Media Gallery Installation Soundscape

    Outside In/Inside Out: The inner life of Jack is a camera obscura piece currently on exhibit in the Jack Straw New Media Gallery. This week’s podcast is the soundscape for the piece, designed by Johanna Melamed with Ellen Sollod.

  • Jack Straw New Media Gallery Interview : Perri Lynch, Lara Swimmer, and Robert Zimmer

    Perri Lynch, Lara Swimmer, and Robert Zimmer recently presented the collaborative sound and video installation CARTASONIC in the Jack Straw New Media Gallery. In this interview, they discuss the piece and their collaborative process.

  • Jack Straw New Media Gallery Interview : Stelios Manousakis

    Stelios Manousakis recently presented his installation The Network Is a Blind Space in the Jack Straw New Media Gallery. In this interview, he discusses the piece and the concepts behind it.

  • Jack Straw New Media Gallery Interview : Yann Novak

    Yann Novak recently presented his piece Blue.Hour in the Jack Straw New Media Gallery. In this interview, he discusses the piece and its development and presentation.

  • Motherland Ensemble - Ana el Owerka

    Motherland Ensemble recorded several songs at Jack Straw as part of their 1998 artist residency.