Benjamin Hunter – Hold On, Live at Jack Straw

February 14, 2024

Benjamin Hunter performed “Hold On” as part of his solo set the Jack Straw artist showcase in October 2021. You can find the archived video of Ben’s whole set on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrv9IWYn6HM  

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Making a Foothold For Peace – Carla Shafer

February 7, 2024

Carla Shafer’s project for the 2023 Jack Straw Writers Program is a collection of poems exploring the themes of family, the natural world of the Pacific Northwest, and social justice. In her interview with curator Priscilla Long, she talks about the relationship between political activism and art, the founding of Chuckanut Sandstone Writers Theater Open […]

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Dave Hollinden and Andrew Spencer – Of Wind and Water

January 31, 2024

Slender Beams is a collection of recordings of Dave Hollinden‘s compositions by percussionist Andrew Spencer, representing eight years of collaboration between the two. The album was produced through the 1998 Jack Straw Artist Support Program. Read more about it on Hollinden’s website.

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Golden Threads – Sumu Tasib

January 24, 2024

Sumu Tasib’s project for the 2023 Jack Straw Writers Program is a collection of short fiction covering on themes of gender, relationships, and psychology that uses characters and narratives to create empathy and understanding. In their conversation with curator Priscilla Long, they talk about their 2023 Jack Straw Program, their earliest artistic influences, and the […]

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Reggie Garrett – So Far Away, Live at Jack Straw

January 17, 2024

Reggie Garrett performed this version of “So Far Away” with guitarist Paul Benoit at Jack Straw’s fall 2022 artist showcase. The song is included on Reggie’s album York’s Lament & Other Stories, produced in part through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. You can find the archived video of Reggie and Paul’s full set on […]

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Time Beautified Is Music – Stephen Reed Griggs

January 10, 2024

Stephen Reed Griggs‘s project for the 2023 Jack Straw Writers Program is an essay titled “How Long Should Music Last?” In this essay, Stephen muses on the legacy of recorded music in Seattle. In his conversation with curator Priscilla Long, he reflects on the first time he played music, his first time he was truly […]

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Helen Lessick – Dreams, Deception and Skepticism

January 3, 2024

Helen Lessick’s 1994 Jack Straw Artist Support Program project, Dreams, Deception and Skepticism, was a 2-channel audio sculpture comprised of a side table with a fish bowl holding live sea monkeys (daphnia), covered with translucent black and white scrims.  A wall-mounted headphone set at the end of the table connected to an audio recorder. Visitors […]

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Robert Francis Flor – A Christmas in the Cordilleras

December 20, 2023

Robert Flor produced the radio adaptation of his play A Christmas in the Cordilleras, among other works, through the Artist Support Program at Jack Straw. KVRU 105.7FM will broadcast and stream two Christmas plays by Bob, A Christmas in the Cordilleras and The Christmas Snow Globe, on December 21st at 2pm PST, December 24th at […]

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Séance – Hana Choi

December 13, 2023

Hana Choi’s project for the 2023 Jack Straw Writers Program is a piece of short fiction that takes place at an immigrant detention center. The piece focuses on a group of detainees who perform a séance to summon the spirits of their fellow inmates who committed suicide. In her conversation with curator Priscilla Long, she […]

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