Keeping art, culture, and heritage vital through sound

Bushwick Book Club Seattle x Jack Straw
Colorful text on a pink background: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents Bushwick Book Club Seattle x Jack Straw.

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!

New Media Gallery
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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.

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Current Events
Clare Johnson Author Talk/Q&A

Listen to excerpts and learn about the process behind the immersive story "There's a Lot I Don't Know."

Friday, October 4, 7:00pm

7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.

Jack Straw Writers at the Black Dog Arts Cafe

With Jarrett Ziemer, McKenna Princing, Gabriel Moseley, Elyse Hauser, Becca Rose Hall, and Josh Griffin

Friday, October 4, 7:00pm

Doors open at 6:30. Free.

Jack Straw Artist Soundscapes

With Jack Straw Artists So'le Celestial, Gregg Dietzman, and Perri Lynch Howard.

Friday, October 11, 7:00pm

7pm in person at Jack Straw. Free.

2025 Artist Residency Application Workshop

Learn more about applying for our Artist Support, New Media Gallery, and Writers Programs.

Friday, October 18, 6:00pm

6pm, in person. Free.

2025 Artist Residency Application Workshop on Zoom

Learn more about applying for our Artist Support, New Media Gallery, and Writers Programs.

Tuesday, October 22, 6:00pm

6pm Pacfic on Zoom

Featured Podcasts

Selections from our resident artist podcasts. View All

So’le Celestial - Numa’lo

During their artist residency with Jack Straw, So’le Celestial composed and produced a 5…

A Healing Journey - Josh Griffin

Josh Griffin’s project for the 2024 Jack Straw Writers Program is a book of…

Tokio Florist Project New Media Gallery Podcast

Jack Straw artists Susie Kozawa and Brigid Kelly talk with Shin Yu Pai, Seattle’s…

Jack Straw teaching artist in the studio with Lowell ELementary 2nd graders

Jack Straw Youth Education

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!

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Jack Straw Artist Residencies

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.

Apply now!

Create at Jack Straw

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.

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Learn at Jack Straw

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.

Discounts for the visually impaired are offered on selected classes. Co-sponsored by Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences and Jack Straw Cultural Center.

Sign up today!