Artist of the Week
The Jack Straw Artist of the Week Podcast highlights work created through the Artist Residency Programs at Jack Straw Cultural Center.-
Marc Estabrook - Hummingbird
Jack Straw recently worked with the Make-a-Wish Foundation to record pianist Marc Estabrook’s album of solo piano music “Summer Solstice”. His music is available for purchase here.
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Nicholas Chase - Voluptuous
“Voluptuous” is one of several tracks produced through Nicholas Chase‘s Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency. Voluptuous: Works for Solo Piano is available here; more albums featuring works produced at Jack Straw will be released in the near future.
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Ben Mish - Out Under Diamonds
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle is a group of musicians who write and perform original music inspired by literature. This song, inspired by The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was produced as part of the Bushwick Book Club’s Jack Straw artist residency.
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S. Eric Scribner - (The) Nature (of) Sound
An excerpt of the audio produced for (The) Nature (of) Sound, S. Eric Scribner‘s installation in the Jack Straw New Media Gallery, opening Friday, August 22nd.
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Jack Straw New Media Gallery Interview: Brandon Aleson
Brandon Aleson and Adam Primack created the multi-media installation Thermal Dynamics for their Jack Straw New Media Gallery residency. Brandon talks about the piece and his inspiration for it in this interview podcast.
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Waverly Fitzgerald - Portraits of Plants
An excerpt from Jack Straw resident artist Waverly Fitzgerald‘s residency project, an audio version of her book My Year in Flowers.
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Jack Straw New Media Gallery Interview: Rachel Green and Seth Sexton
Jack Straw Resident Artists Rachel Green and Seth Sexton‘s sound, video, and performance installation Hypnagogic Jerk was installed in the Jack Straw New Media Gallery from March 31 to May 30, 2014. In this interview, the artists describe the installation and talk about the concepts and process behind it.
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Jennifer Jasper - Horse Girl
A selection from Jack Straw resident artist Jennifer Jasper‘s recently-released Artist Support Program residency project, a recording of her one-woman show I Can Hear You, But I’m Not Listening.
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Penka Encheva and Friends - Zaliubih Mamo Tri Momi
Jack Straw resident artists Bulgarian Voices of Seattle recently completed their album Penka Encheva and Friends, in conjunction with the documentary film project This Baba. This track features David Bilides, tambura; Penka Encheva and Jody Rush, vocals. Join them for the world premiere of the film at 3pm on Saturday, May 10th at Carco Theatre.
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Jack Straw New Media Gallery Interview : Etsuko Ichikawa
Jack Straw resident artist Etsuko Ichikawa discusses her residency project, the film and Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Echo at Satsop.
