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.
  • 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.

  • Storme Webber - Ray Charles is Forever Singing

    Storme Webber recently released the music album Blues Divine, produced at Jack Straw through the Artist Support Program.

  • Jack Straw New Media Gallery Interview : Steve Peters

    Steve Peters‘s installation Lessons from the Ancestors is installed in Jack Straw’s New Media Gallery through November 22nd, 2013. In this interview, Peters discusses the piece and its origins and inspirations.

  • Special O.P.S. - Wool Teeth

    “Wool Teeth” appears on the Special O.P.S. EP Backdoor Draft, recorded as part of the Monktail Creative Music Concern‘s Artist Support Program residency.

  • Dunava - Oi More Kavale

    The women’s vocal ensemble Dunava recently released their new album Bulgaria, produced through Jack Straw’s Artist Support Program.

  • Figeater - Ichijuku

    Beth Fleenor and Figeater recently released the Sweet Figeater Surprise box set, produced through Jack Straw’s Artist Support Program.

  • Jack Straw New Media Gallery Interview : Robert Blatt

    An interview with Jack Straw resident artist Robert Blatt about his installation Elements.