Artist Residencies
Through our Artist Support Program, New Media Gallery Program, and Writers Program, we select over thirty artists/teams annually to create new work in our studios.
Applications for our 2025 programs are now available.
Through our Artist Support Program, New Media Gallery Program, and Writers Program, we select over thirty artists/teams annually to create new work in our studios.
Applications for our 2025 programs are now available.
Jack Straw has a commitment to art and technology education for all ages. We have implemented a wide range of classroom and in-studio learning programs for children from elementary through high school.
We provide education and training to adults through our professional audio workshops, artist residency programs, and internships.
Jack Straw and the Bushwick Book Club Seattle are once again teaming up to create new music inspired by the work of the Jack Straw Writers!
The Bushwick Book Club and Jack Straw will share a new video every couple weeks featuring a reading and song. Follow along on YouTube or social media!
Athr | D BUTTERFLY EFEKT
November 1 – December 20, 2024
Visits by appointment, M-F, 10am-5:30pm
Call 206-634-0919 or email jsp@jackstraw.org to schedule a visit
D BUTTERFLY EFEKT is an extended reality music album that allows people to experience the music via a series of futuristic AR filters and an immersive virtual reality art installation.
A detailed look at microphone types, pickup patterns, placement and use, both for live and studio applications.
Tuesday, November 12, 6:00pm
6-10pm, in-person at Jack Straw. $75.
An hour-long surround-sound presentation
Friday, November 15, 7:00pm
7pm in person - or in stereo on Facebook or YouTube. Free.
Learn techniques for high quality field recording of music, ambience, sound effects, and voice with portable equipment.
Saturday, November 16, 9:00am
Meet at Jack Straw at 9am. $125.
With Lana Hechtman Ayers, Jamaica Baldwin, Danielle Bero, Sharon Carter, Larry Crist, Jory Mickelson, and Emily Pérez
Monday, November 18, 6:00pm
Join on Zoom at 6pm PDT. Free.
Jack Straw Writer Josephine Ensign talks about the historical roots of homelessness and lessons we can learn from them.
Tuesday, November 19, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.
Selections from our resident artist podcasts. View All
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“LORA KROFT” is a sneak preview of Jack Straw New Media Gallery Artist Athr’s…
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Allison Masangkay’s project for the 2024 Jack Straw Writers Program is a zine that…
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Jack Straw artists Moonyeka and Heidi Grace Acuña of House of Kilig talk with…
Jack Straw has a commitment to art and technology education for all ages.
We implement a wide range of classroom and in-studio learning programs for children from elementary through high school. Check out some of our recent projects featuring youth poetry, song, radio theater and more!
Become a Jack Straw Artist.
The Jack Straw Artist Support Program, New Media Gallery Program, and Writers 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.
Applications for our 2025 Programs are open now.
Jack Straw offers full service studio and remote recording services.
Jack Straw Cultural Center, located in Seattle’s University District, is the Northwest’s only non-profit multidisciplinary audio arts center. A community-based resource since 1962, we provide a production facility that is unlike any other in the region for local artists who work creatively with sound. Jack Straw is available to the community as a full service recording studio and audio production facility.
Jack Straw Professional Audio Workshops
Jack Straw Audio Workshops are the perfect opportunity to learn studio and field recording techniques or to get that first hands on introduction to the world of audio recording and editing.
