Offering established and emerging artists opportunities to explore the creative use of sound in a professional atmosphere through residencies in our recording studios and participation in our various presentation programs.
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Elizabeth Falconer, koto master from the Sawai Koto School, began her koto studies in 1979. After twelve years of studies under koto masters Sawai Tadao, Sawai Kazue, and Nagane Utayumi, she returned to the U.S. to teach and perform. Her performances feature contemporary works for the standard 13-string koto as well as the 17-string bass koto and 20-string koto. In addition to her solo performances, Falconer has collaborated with cellist Lori Goldston, percussionist Ed Pias, violinist Eyvind Kang, Butoh dancer Joan Laage, and poet Sam Hamill, among others. A member of the Seattle Creative Orchestra, she performed the American premier of Yuji Takahashi’s koto concerto, “Ito no Haguruma” last June. Falconer earned degrees in Japanese Studies from the University of Oregon and the University of Iowa, and holds a Ph.D. in International Education. Her solo CD, Isshin, is on the Music and Arts Programs of America label. |
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Erin Shie Palmer is a visual artist and registered architect who has worked in a variety of site-specific venues, including gallery installations, public art, theater design, and architecture. Her smaller scale metal and fiber work has been exhibited nationally and has received awards in a number of exhibitions. She creates physical and psychological topographies, examining how interactions affect one another and seeking to map and preserve relationships. Erin has collaborated with Ruth Marie Tomlinson on three site-specific installations. In the Seattle area, her work has been exhibited at Seafirst Gallery, the Center on Contemporary Art, the Bellevue Art Museum, Soil Gallery, and the Wing Luke Museum. She completed a public artwork for the Seattle Symphony Orchestra’s Benaroya Hall in 1998, and is currently working on a public art commission for the new Bainbridge Island City Hall. She has received grants from the King County Arts Commission, Artist Trust, and the Allied Arts Foundation. |
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Jean Sherrard is a Seattle-based writer, director, actor, musician, and educator. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Washington, and minors in drama and music, with special studies in African culture and history. In 1976, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London in a semester abroad program. He took Master classes in playwriting from Ruben Sierra and David Wagoner, and studied cello with Milton Johnson, viola da gamba with Eva Heinitz, and voice with Bonia Shur. Jean Sherrard is a professional actor with extensive credits in radio, theater, television, and film, and has worked as a performance artist/stage director throughout the Pacific Northwest. With Philip Wohlstetter, he devised and produced the alternate universe of Invisible Seattle for Bumbershoot ’80-82. In the same venue, he presented Sheherazade II, the first novel written by an entire city. In 1982, he founded the Globe Radio Repertory, dedicated to bringing classics of world literature to a wide audience through the medium of radio. Since 1986, he has served as dramaturge for Marzena, a music, theater, and dance performance collective specializing in mixed-media productions. He was commissioned by the Henry Gallery to create a theater event around Russian Constructivism during the Goodwill Games in 1990. He recently collaborated with composer Robert Priest on an adaptation of Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown as a chamber opera. |
Jack Straw is accepting applications for our Writers, Artist Support, and New Media Gallery programs.
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Here you’ll find past podcasts from our Soundpages, Artist of the Week and Writers Programs. |
The Jack Straw Writers Program, Artist Support Program, and New Media Gallery Program 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.
The Jack Straw Writers Program was created in 1997 to introduce local writers to the medium of recorded audio; to develop their presentation skills for both live and recorded readings; to encourage the creation of new literary work; to present the writers and their work in live readings, an anthology, on the web, and on the radio; and to build community among writers.
The Jack Straw New Media Gallery is a unique venue in Seattle where artists from various disciplines can present works in which sound is an integral or exclusive element. This program enables artists to experiment with audio and to develop new skills and ideas in a supportive setting. Selected artists work with our engineers to realize the sound component of their project, with training as needed.
