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.
  • Stills from Naima Lowe's Aren't They All Just Love Songs Anyway?

    Naima Lowe - Gospel

    Naima Lowe‘s installation Aren’t They All Just Love Songs Anyway? is open in the Jack Straw New Media Gallery through December 13th. “Gospel” is one of the pieces of music created with Bill Lowe and Taylor Ho Bynum for the installation’s titular video piece.

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  • Erin Elyse Burns fills a tank with water in the studio at Jack Straw

    Erin Elyse Burns New Media Gallery interview

    Alyssa Keene interviews Jack Straw New Media Gallery artist Erin Elyse Burns about her exhibition To Take the Shape of the Container.

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  • Chun Shao - Her Garden installation view

    Chun Shao New Media Gallery Interview

    Alyssa Keene interviews Jack Straw New Media Gallery artist Chun Shao about her installation Silicone Love – Her Garden.

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  • L. Koo - to drown

    L Koo New Media Gallery Interview

    Alyssa Keene interviews Jack Straw New Media Gallery artist L Koo about her installation to drown.

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  • Sangjun Yoo - blind film

    Sangjun Yoo New Media Gallery Interview

    Alyssa Keene interviews Jack Straw New Media Gallery artist Sangjun Yoo about his installation blind film.

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  • Garrett Fisher and Tori Ellison New Media Gallery interview

    Alyssa Keene interviews Jack Straw New Media Gallery artists Garrett Fisher and Tori Ellison about their installation Mikawa.

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  • Feldman and Roberts: The New Landscape

    Roger Feldman and Jeff Roberts: New Media Gallery Podcast

    Alyssa Keene interviews Jack Straw New Media Gallery artists Roger Feldman and Jeff Roberts about their installation The New Landscape: Reconstructed Ecologies.

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  • Rachel Green and Daniel Salo: New Media Gallery podcast

    Producer Kyle Norris interviews Jack Straw New Media Gallery artists Rachel Green and Daniel Salo about their installation Forgetting of Being.

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  • Jack Straw New Media Gallery interview: E.T. Russian

    Jack Straw New Media Gallery resident artist E.T. Russian talks with Steve Rowland about the video comic installation CASTING SHADOWS.

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  • Jack Straw New Media Gallery Interview : Paul Kikuchi

    Jack Straw New Media Gallery resident artist Paul Kikuchi talks with Omar Willey about his sound and video installation AUTONOMIC.

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Browse the Archives

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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