New Media Gallery

The Jack Straw New Media Gallery podcast features interviews with resident artists in the Jack Straw New Media Gallery about their installations and their development, as well as sounds from each installation.
  • Illustration of four women with blue skin and red hair like kelp

    KTNA: Keep It to Your Soul

    This week’s selection is “Keep It to Your Soul,” from the soundtrack to KTNA’s Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation The Kelp Forest. The Kelp Forest opens this Friday, June 26th at 7pm!

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  • A darkened room with a tall mesh enclosure with images projected on it and shapes like thorny vines in the space around it. Silhouettes of people in the foreground.

    Tara Youngborg New Media Gallery Podcast

    Jack Straw artist Tara Youngborg talks with Carlos Nieto about her Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation not a town but a landing page.

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  • A human shape made of mirrors lies on a clear platform in a darkened room. A projector on the left points toward it. Brightly colored, fragmented shapes are projected on the wall.

    Tara Tamaribuchi New Media Gallery Podcast

    Jack Straw artist Tara Tamaribuchi talks with Carlos Nieto about her Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Groove Bardos.

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  • Muted black and white image of a landscape with ancient buildings and mountains. Green three-leaf icon in the middle. Text reads HAMPI. river coello.

    River Coello - HAMPI (Excerpt)

    This week we share an excerpt from the audiobook of Jack Straw New Media Gallery artist River Coello‘s HAMPI, produced at Jack Straw. River’s Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation HAMPI, which incorporates sound from the audiobook, opens April 3rd, with a reception and performance from the artist.

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  • Maya Nguyen stands in the Jack Straw New Media Gallery. In front of her is a group of small figures on a pedestal. A light casts their shadows on the wall.

    Maya Nguyen New Media Gallery Podcast

    Jack Straw artist Maya Nguyen talks with Carlos Nieto about her Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation huh ugh uh hm mhm.

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  • Glass jars on a shelf in a darkened room, with words projected on the wall behind them.

    Till the Teeth New Media Gallery Podcast

    Jack Straw artists Jonathan Rodriguez and Sandesh Nagaraj of Till the Teeth talk with Carlos Nieto about their Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation we being so.

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  • Three people, including a small child, in a darkened gallery space with projections on the wall. Two people hold tablet devices.

    Laura Luna Castillo New Media Gallery Podcast

    Jack Straw artist Laura Luna Castillo talks with Carlos Nieto about her Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Onix y Marmol.

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  • A gallery space with two projections: An image of a person in a bright, fantastical landscape, and a butterfly on a dark background.

    Athr New Media Gallery Podcast

    Jack Straw artist Athr talks with Carlos Nieto about her Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation D Butterfly Efekt.

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  • A person wearing red and black robes and a golden mask stands in a darkened street.

    Romson Regarde Bustillo New Media Gallery Podcast

    Jack Straw artist Romson Regarde Bustillo talks with Carlos Nieto about his Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Proximity Modifier No. 49: Dukkha, Liberation, and Tranquility.

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  • Athr, LORA KROFT cover art

    Athr - LORA KROFT

    “LORA KROFT” is a sneak preview of Jack Straw New Media Gallery Artist Athr’s exhibit D BUTTERFLY EFEKT. The installation, opening Friday, November 1, is an extended reality music album – an immersive experience where sound and visuals blend together to create virtual worlds.

    Applications are open now for Jack Straw’s 2025 artist residency programs. Visit us on Submittable for more information: https://jackstraw.submittable.com/submit

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Upcoming Events

2026 Jack Straw Writers at RASP Reading Series

Featuring Gabriella Garcia, Alejandro Pérez-Cortés, and Sayantani Roy

Friday, June 26, 6:00pm

Free, starts at 6pm

Centro Cultural Mexicano

New Media Gallery opening reception: The Kelp Forest

An immersive installation by KTNA

Friday, June 26, 7:00pm

7pm in person at Jack Straw. Free.

Jack Straw Cultural Center

Youth and Family Workshop with KTNA

Audio art workshop in conjunction with The Kelp Forest

Saturday, July 18, 2:00pm

2-4pm. Free.

Jack Straw Cultural Center

Jack Straw Writers at Elliott Bay Book Co.

with Gabriella Garcia, Maiah A Merino, BeeLyn Naihiwet, Diane Nguyen, Alejandro Pérez-Cortés, and Sayantani Roy. Hosted by Claudia Castro Luna.

Friday, July 24, 7:00pm

7pm. Free.

Elliott Bay Book Co.

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