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.
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.
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’s audio workshops with engineer Tom Stiles are the perfect opportunity to improve your studio skills or get that first introduction to the world of audio recording and editing. We’re offering classes this summer on field recording, audio editing, studio recording, and podcasting.
KTNA | The Kelp Forest
June 26 – September 4, 2026
Appointments recommended: call 206-634-0919 or email jsp@jackstraw.org.
Step into an immersive exhibition of textiles, paintings, animation, and original sound exploring diasporic memory, oceanic lineage, and storytelling as resistance.
with Natalie Pascale Boisseau, Gabriella Garcia, BeeLyn Naihiwet, Diane Nguyen, Alejandro Pérez-Cortés, and Sayantani Roy. Hosted by Claudia Castro Luna.
Friday, July 24, 7:00pm
7pm. Free.
Jack Straw New Media Gallery artist River KTNA discusses her installation
Friday, July 31, 7:00pm
Doors open at 6:30. 7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.
Selections from our resident artist podcasts. View All
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Kora player and Jack Straw resident artist Chester Corpt recorded his arrangement of the traditional…
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If I Could, I Would Swim the Columbia - Ruth Marie Tomlinson |
Ruth Marie Tomlinson’s project for the 2026 Jack Straw Writers Program is a long…
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Jack Straw artist Tara Youngborg talks with Carlos Nieto about her Jack Straw New Media…
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.
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.
