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.-
Anaelsin - Ending the Isolation
This piece was produced as part of Marilyn Montúfar‘s Jack Straw Artist Support Program project, a photography series focused on mentoring and photographing Chicana and female migrant youth with heritage in Mexico. The participating youth have been mentored in art by Marilyn and in self-expression through writing by Matt Malyon, Executive Director of Underground Writing. Through the Artist Support Program, participating youth have the opportunity to record their writing and work in Jack Straw’s studios with additional training from Jack Straw vocal coach Brenda Arellano. The audio will be included in future art installations.
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Artscape - Candelario Zamudio
This Artscapes radio piece was produced at Jack Straw in 1996 as part of a series highlighting the work of resident artists in Jack Straw’s Traditional Artist Support Program. Candelario Zamudio discusses his evolution as a musician, from his childhood and young adulthood in Guadalajara to adulthood in the Pacific Northwest.
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Chanee Choi New Media Gallery Interview
Jack Straw artist Chanee Choi talks with Whitney Lynn about her Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Remembrance: Magma.
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Artscape - Jovino Santos Neto
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 Jovino Santos Neto talks about the music of his mentor Hermeto Pascoal and its impact and influence on his career and his own compositions.
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Tomo Nakayama - The Feelings Song
Jack Straw Artist Tomo Nakayama wrote “The Feelings Song,” inspired by the poetry of 2nd graders at Concord International Elementary School, as part of our 2022 Concord Poetry and Song project.
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Mary Coss - Ghost Timbre
Jack Straw Artist Mary Coss introduces her public sculpture Ghost Log, and its companion audio piece Ghost Timbre, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.
Hear more about this project in Mary’s podcast series, Timber Lines: marycoss.com/series/timberlines
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Amy D. Rubin - Blood Sisters (excerpt)
An excerpt from Amy D. Rubin’s essay in the audiobook version of the book Unmuted, produced by GenPride in the studios at Jack Straw Cultural Center. In this anthology, fourteen LGBTQIA midlife and older adults share the struggles and triumphs that shaped their lives. Visit genprideseattle.org/unmuted for more information, excerpts, and purchase options.
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Storme Webber - All My Daddies Were Butches
A selection from Storme Webber‘s project Blues Divine, “an ancestral mixtape and tribute,” produced at Jack Straw through the Artist Support Program. The book and audiobook CD can be purchased through Goldenrod Music.
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Hye-Jin Chang & Maria Seo - Sanjo
This piece, performed by Hye-Jin Chang and Maria Seo on kayagum and janggu, was recorded at Jack Straw as part of their 1996 Traditional Artist Support Program residency.
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Eyvind Kang - Theme from 1st NADE
Eyvind Kang recorded “Theme from 1st NADE” as part of his Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency in 1994 – the first year of the program. This piece and others recorded during his residency are included on his album 7 NADEs, available from Tzadik Records.
