Tara Youngborg: not a town but a landing page
In March 2026, Jack Straw and Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences (AVIA) presented an accessible youth and family art workshop with resident artist Tara Youngborg, in conjunction with her New Media Gallery installation not a town but a landing page.
After an audio described tour of the installation, participants explored the history of Jack Straw Cultural Center and recorded unique sounds from the Jack Straw archive and throughout the studios with Jack Straw engineers Daniel Guenther and Ayesha Ubayatilaka and teaching artist Laura Ferri. The students then worked with Tara, Daniel, and Ayesha to compile the various audio samples into a sound collage.
Listen: not a town but a landing page workshop soundscape
This program was made possible with support from the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, 4Culture, Washington State Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington State Department of Services for the Blind, and individual contributors.
Artists
Tara Youngborg
Tara Youngborg is a Maryland-based artist, educator, curator, and arts administrator. She has a B.A. in Art and Art History from St Mary’s College of Maryland and…
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Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences (AVIA)
Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences (AVIA) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation formed in 1991 by Jesse Minkert to create, operate, and promote projects that make the arts in the…
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Laura Ferri
Laura Ferri is a freelance performing artist whose work as an actor, playwright, and director has been seen in theaters across the country. She has worked extensively with the blind…
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