Keeping art, culture, and heritage vital through sound

Jack Straw Alumni Poetry Series
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A series of readings celebrating new work from poet alumni of the Jack Straw Writers Program. Hosted by Kathleen Flenniken, Jack Straw fellow (2002), curator (2019), and board member.

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New Media Gallery
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Romson Regarde Bustillo | Proximity Modifier No. 49: Dukkha, Liberation, and Tranquility
August 4-September 13, 2024

Visits by appointment, M-F, 10am-5:30pm
Call 206-634-0919 or email jsp@jackstraw.org to schedule a visit

Proximity Modifier No. 49: Dukkha, Liberation, and Tranquility investigates our presumed capacity to hold multiple ideas, including contradictory concepts, while considering our proximity to intended meanings.

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Current Events
Youth and Family Gallery Workshop with Romson Regarde Bustillo

A hands-on sound art workshop in conjunction with Proximity Modifier No. 49: Dukkha, Liberation, and Tranquility.

Saturday, September 14, 2:00pm

2-4pm. Free. E-mail education@jackstraw.org to sign up.

Jack Straw Writers at Orcas Island Lit Fest

With Becca Rose Hall, Mary Pan, and Jarrett Ziemer

Saturday, September 14, 6:00pm

6pm, details at oilf.org

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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.

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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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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.

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