New Media Gallery

The Jack Straw New Media Gallery podcast features interviews with resident artists in the Jack Straw New Media Gallery about their installations and their development, as well as sounds from each installation.
  • People in a dark gallery space with projections on the walls and hanging fabric and sculptures.

    Moonyeka and House of Kilig New Media Gallery Podcast

    Jack Straw artists Moonyeka and Heidi Grace Acuña of House of Kilig talk with Jack Straw producer Carlos Nieto about their Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation flourish like an ocean’s grief.

    Applications are open now for Jack Straw’s 2025 artist residency programs. Visit us on Submittable for more information: https://jackstraw.submittable.com/submit

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  • Susie Kozawa in a dark space with two projection screens showing the interior of a wooden house. Susie appears on the lefthand screen, in the foreground.

    Tokio Florist Project New Media Gallery Podcast

    Jack Straw artists Susie Kozawa and Brigid Kelly talk with Shin Yu Pai, Seattle’s Civic Poet and host of the podcast Ten Thousand Things, about their Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Tokio Florist Project.

    Applications are open now for Jack Straw’s 2025 artist residency programs. Visit us on Submittable for more information: https://jackstraw.submittable.com/submit

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  • Jeff Rice New Media Gallery Podcast

    Jack Straw artist Jeff Rice talks with Carlos Nieto about his Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Pando Suite.

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    Wei Yang and Murphy Janssen New Media Gallery Podcast

    Jack Straw artists Wei Yang and Murphy Janssen talk with Carlos Nieto about their Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation now you are there when this happened.

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  • People in a darkened space with painted furniture and telephones, and a colorful projection on the wall.

    Erin Slomski-Pritz and Jenny Lesser Holman New Media Gallery Podcast

    Jack Straw artists Erin Slomski-Pritz and Jenny Lesser Holman talk with Carlos Nieto about their Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Dream Motif.

    Music in this episode by Afterlife Giftshop, from the Dream Motif installation audio.

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  • Three people dressed as mascots, one standing and dumping confetti on another on the left, while a third sits watching on the right.

    Zack Bent New Media Gallery Podcast

    Jack Straw artist Zack Bent talks with Carlos Nieto about his Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation The Charity Stripe.

    Applications for our 2024-25 New Media Gallery and Artist Support Programs are due Monday, November 27. Apply now!

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    Whitney Lynn and Till the Teeth New Media Gallery Podcast

    Jack Straw artists Whitney Lynn and Jonathan Rodriguez of Till the Teeth talk with Carlos Nieto about their Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation TIME KILLS.

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  • Sasha Petrenko New Media Gallery Interview

    Jack Straw artist Sasha Petrenko talks with Carlos Nieto about her Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation FOREST TIME WATER.

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  • Ching-In Chen and Cassie Mira New Media Gallery Interview

    Jack Straw artists Ching-In Chen and Cassie Mira talk with Carlos Nieto about their Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Breathing in a Time of Disaster.

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  • Tiffany Danielle Elliott New Media Gallery Interview

    Jack Straw artist Tiffany Danielle Elliott talks with Carlos Nieto about her Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation I promise I won’t scream.

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Here you’ll find past podcasts from our Soundpages, Artist of the Week and Writers Programs.

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Upcoming Events

New Media Gallery Opening: D BUTTERFLY EFEKT

Opening reception with Jack Straw New Media Gallery Artist Athr

Friday, November 1, 7:00pm

7pm in person at Jack Straw. Free.

Jack Straw Cultural Center

Jack Straw Writers at the Downtown Seattle Public Library

Curator Nisi Shawl hosts a group reading of the 2024 Jack Straw Writers.

Saturday, November 2, 2:00pm

2pm. Free.

Seattle Public Library, Central Branch

Microphone Workshop, Fall 2024

A detailed look at microphone types, pickup patterns, placement and use, both for live and studio applications.

Tuesday, November 12, 6:00pm

6-10pm, in-person at Jack Straw. $75.

Jack Straw Cultural Center

Basic Field Recording Workshop, Fall 2024

Learn techniques for high quality field recording of music, ambience, sound effects, and voice with portable equipment.

Saturday, November 16, 9:00am

Meet at Jack Straw at 9am. $125.

Jack Straw Cultural Center

Jack Straw Alumni Poetry Series - virtual reading

With Lana Hechtman Ayers, Jamaica Baldwin, Danielle Bero, Sharon Carter, Larry Crist, Jory Mickelson, and Emily Pérez

Monday, November 18, 6:00pm

Join on Zoom at 6pm PDT. Free.

Jack Straw on Zoom

Josephine Ensign: Homelessness and the Meaning of Home

Jack Straw Writer Josephine Ensign talks about the historical roots of homelessness and lessons we can learn from them.

Tuesday, November 19, 7:00pm

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

Jack Straw Cultural Center

Intro to Digital Audio Editing, Fall 2024

Learn the basic skills of recording and editing sound with Audacity and GarageBand.

Wednesday, November 20, 6:30pm

Join on Zoom at 6:30pm. $50.

Jack Straw on Zoom

Intro to Podcasting, Fall 2024

Learn the basics of creating and maintaining a podcast, from concept to planning to production to distribution.

Thursday, November 21, 6:30pm

Join on Zoom at 6:30pm. $50.

Jack Straw on Zoom

Shin Yu Pai: Ten Thousand Things: Artifacts of Asian American Life

In this talk enriched by audio clips, Pai shares intimate stories from Asian American communities drawn from two seasons of her chart-topping podcast.

Tuesday, December 3, 7:00pm

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

Jack Straw Cultural Center

New Media Gallery Artist Talk: D BUTTERFLY EFEKT

with Jack Straw New Media Gallery artist Athr

Friday, December 6, 7:00pm

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

Jack Straw Cultural Center

Intro to Pro Tools, Fall 2024

Hands-on instruction in the industry’s most popular digital audio production system.

Tuesday, December 10, 6:00pm

6-9pm, Tue-Thu. $150.

Jack Straw Cultural Center

Putsata Reang: Resisting Erasure through Storytelling

Putsata Reang discusses the dangers of dwelling on differences and encourages audiences to share their personal stories as an antidote to erasure. 

Tuesday, December 17, 7:00pm

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

Jack Straw Cultural Center

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