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Jack Straw productions has a commitment to art and technology education for all ages. We have implemented a wide range of classroom, in-studio, and learning programs for children and adults. Through our radio drama, music, and creative audio production programs, students work with professional artists to learn about the arts and to develop ways to express themselves creatively. We welcome your questions and/or proposals for new and different educational programs. Please email education@jackstraw.org for more information. May 2009 was Arts Education Month in Washington. Here are some of the projects we worked on: Youth Stories Hamilton International Middle School ELL students, both beginning and intermediate, recently recorded their three-person plays in the Jack Straw studios. The stories were written in conjunction with 826 Seattle. Jack Straw vocal coaches worked with the students at their school to rehearse and prepare them to record, make sound effects, and produce their plays. Kimball third graders wrapped up our Family Celebrations audio project with a community potluck at Kimball School. Parents and students brought the special holiday food they talked about in their stories. We all listened to their recordings during the feast. Each student received a CD of all the students' work at the potluck. Foster High School ELL students will celebrate a new anthology and CD of their arrival stories at one of several celebratory events. All of the students' audio poems were broadcast on KBCS-FM during April for national poetry month. Youth with Disabilities We recently started a new project for students with muscular dystrophy. This spring, a group of elementary school students produced flash dramas and interviewed each other about things that are important to them, such as what it's like to look at the world from their wheelchairs. This project is an expansion of our work with youth with visual impairments. Click here to view a photo gallery from these sessions. Youth Arts & Music Other May projects included a follow-up music editing session with a 7-piece jazz ensemble from University Preparatory Academy (sax, clarinet, 2 guitars, bass, piano, and drums). Students performed and learned about the recording process. Fifth and six graders from Chestnut Hill Academy also came in to record songs they wrote during a four-week songwriting project. In the News West Seattle Herald highlights Audio Production Workshops We offer a variety of audio production, studio recording, and audio art classes. Examples of past courses include Introduction and Intermediate Pro Tools, Producing Radio Features, Sound Design and Soundscaping, Intro to Studio Recording, and Microphone Demonsration. Click here for class descriptions.
Highlights from past Jack Straw education projects: Radio Shorties: 2006 Seattle Center Academy
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Current and Recent Projects Blind Youth Audio Project Jack Straw Productions, Foster High School, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio present Stories of Arrival Seattle Poet and 2008 Jack Straw Writer Merna Ann Hecht worked with Foster High School students from around the world to write poems about their experiences, for a project titled Stories of Arrival, produced with support from The Voices Education Project in Seattle; The Institute for Poetic Medicine; Bread for the Journey; The Tukwila School District; the Tukwila Arts Commission; the Washington State Arts Commission; and the National Endowment for the Arts. We present these poems for April, National Poetry Month. The Stories of Arrival poems will be broadcast during the KBCS "Daily Planet" show on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 4:30pm; and during the KBCS "One World Report," 6-7 pm, on Thursdays: Monday, April 6, during Daily Planet: Nallely Hernandez Monday, April 13, during Daily Planet: Maryam Sami Monday, April 20, during Daily Planet: Bello Dondja Monday, April 27, during Daily Planet: Monia Hamam
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