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.
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Donna Miscolta - Excerpt from When the de la Cruz Family Danced

    For her 2012 Artist Support Program project, Jack Straw resident artist Donna Miscolta produced several audio excerpts from her novel When the de la Cruz Family Danced. This excerpt is from the prologue. More audio excerpts are available at her website.

  • Kevin Craft at JS 50

    Poet Kevin Craft, a 2008 Jack Straw Writer, reads two poems at JS 50: Jack Straw’s 25-hour marathon performance on June 15th-16th 2012 in celebration of our 50th anniversary.

  • Urtaa Gantulga at JS 50

    Jack Straw resident artist Urtaa Gantulga performs traditional music on the Mongolian horsehead fiddle at JS 50: Jack Straw’s 25-hour marathon performance on June 15th-16th 2012 in celebration of our 50th anniversary.

  • Felicia Gonzalez at JS 50

    2000 Jack Straw Writer – and 2014 Jack Straw Writers Program Curator – Felicia Gonzalez reads two poems at JS 50: Jack Straw’s 25-hour marathon performance on June 15th-16th 2012 in celebration of our 50th anniversary.

  • Ruthie Dornfeld - On the Siskiyou Trail

    Ruthie Dornfeld has just released Lay of the Waves, her album of original compositions for the vielle, produced through Jack Straw’s Artist Support Program.

  • Srivani Jade - Bahar

    Bahar is a selection from a series of five pieces Srivani Jade composed in response to the paintings of Annette Solyst. Art to Art, an installation of Solyst’s paintings and Jade’s music, is being presented in Jack Straw’s New Media Gallery through January 17th.

  • Sean Osborn - Rhapsody for Clarinet by Willson Osborne

    Sean Osborn‘s album Bits and Pieces, a collection of pieces for solo clarinet by different composers (including Osborn himself), was produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.