Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter David K. Rea. Text is “You, who loved so well, loved the flutter of your freedom more.”
We've got an excerpt from a poem by #JackStrawWriter David K. Rea for you today.
When My Bluebird Made Me Blue
#JackStrawWriters #JackStrawWriters2023 #RecordingStudio #SeattleRecordingStudio #Seattle
In their residency, they created audio for their show I’m on Fire, You’re on Fire, We’re on Fire, presented through the Velocity Regionally Established Creative Incubator Program. The show opens tonight at 12th Ave. Arts and runs through Saturday, March 7th.
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Check out the newest episode of our Artist of the Week #podcast, featuring #JackStrawArtist The Bonnies. Listen at buff.ly/jFkoI6b or subscribe via Apple Podcasts.
Jenny Peterson and Kaitlin McCarthy/The Bonnies produced "Cowboy Bob" as part of their Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency.
We're looking back at this interview for #InternationalWheelchairDay.
In 2009 Jack Straw Cultural Center started Arts Inspire, a project for students with muscular dystrophy and spina bifida: buff.ly/931mzpm
#JackStrawCulturalCenter #ArtsInspire #WheelchairDay
Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt of a poem from Foster High School student, Malaak. Text is “For me and my family it is more than tea, it is a part of us, it is our culture."
Have you heard about Somali tea? Let Malaak tell you about it! Written with help from #TeachingArtist Merna Ann Hecht.
Somali Tea
#JackStrawCulturalCenter #JackStrawWriters #Poetry #AudioArts #Education #ArtsEducation #RecordingStudio #Tukwila #FosterHighSchool #BlackHistoryMonth
Artists selected for the 2026-27 New Media Gallery Program:
Aubrey Birdwell, Juliet McMains with Paul Matthew Moore and Rose Xu, ralph salazar, and jade wong
Alec Estes, Miz Floes, Nina Fry, Eleanor Legault, Laura Loge & Steven Luksan, Prince David, Clara Ritger, Melanie Sevcenko, Tai Shan, and Trío Guadalevín
Artists selected for the 2026 Artist Support Program:
BLUES.WEAVE, Boys on the Inside, Miranda Elliott, Ife Ina, Briana Marela Lizárraga, Victor Noriega, Anika Tara and Shahana Dattagupta, Timea Tihanyi,
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Black background with photos of Aubrey Birdwell, Juliet McMains with Paul Matthew Moore and Rose Xu, ralph salazar, and jade wong. Yellow text below the photos.
Jack Straw Cultural Center happily announces our resident artists for the 33rd year of the Artist Support Program and the 28th year of the New Media Gallery Program.
#JackStrawArtists
The Bonnies against the sky as a background. Red and yellow stylized text at the top is "I'm On Fire You're On Fire We're On Fire."
THE BONNIES
I’m on Fire, You’re on Fire, We’re on Fire
MAR 4 – 7 | 7:30 PM
12th Ave Arts Mainstage |1620 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Presented through the Velocity’s Regionally Established Creative Incubator Program
A white vertical strip is on the left side. Grey text on the white strip is "Soundpages." In the middle is a headshot of Jason Prokowiew against a white background. A black bar with yellow and white text is below. Text is “Jason Prokowiew, War Boys.”
Episode 11 of the 2025 season of SoundPages is up! Listen at jackstraw.org/podcasts/soundpages/ or subscribe via Apple Podcasts to hear #JackStrawWriter @jasonprokowiew.bsky.social in conversation with #curator @alqalaqat.bsky.social.
#JackStrawWriters #JackStrawWriters2025 #Podcast
“nothing changes,” she mutters
“nothing changes,” menacing lower lip
“nothing changes.”
#JackStrawWriters #JackStrawWriters2021 #RecordingStudio #SeattleRecordingStudio #Seattle #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2026
Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter C.R. Glasgow. Text is “all our mothers sing on tune overlapping twang.”
We're taking a look back at this excerpt of a poem from #JackStrawWriter C.R. Glasgow.
2 c. a complex product of abstract or reflective thinking* Remembering:
all our mothers sing on tune
overlapping twang:
This crooked Hallelujah
A street with a piece of wood, a yellow cross, and leaves on the ground. Yellow, black and white text is “Black Cinema Collective + Langston Present Rize Up For Jamaica: A Fundraiser Night For Connecting In Diaspora.”
Black Cinema Collective + LANGSTON Seattle present
RiZe Up for Jamaica
February 26th, 2026, 6:00pm
LANGSTON Seattle (LHPAI)
104 17th Avenue
South Seattle, WA, 98144
@blackcinemacltv.bsky.social
LaVon Hardison performed her song “28 Days” as part of her set with Cyd Smith at the Jack Straw Artist Showcase in April 2023. The whole showcase is archived on Jack Straw’s YouTube channel.
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The newest episode of our Artist of the Week #podcast is up now, featuring #JackStrawArtist LaVon Hardison. Listen at jackstraw.org/podcasts/artist-of-the-week/ or subscribe via Apple Podcasts.
#BlackHistoryMonth
A child wearing a mask and standing in front of a microphone and music stand. A whiteboard is in the background. White text in the bottom center is "Lunar New Year by Jory." Black text on two bars, one yellow and one white, is "Jack Straw Youth Education, Daniel Bagley Elementary."
Jory has so much to tell us about #LunarNewYear!
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#ArtsEducation #DanielBagleyElementarySchool #LunarNewYear2026
Happy Valentine's Day! Let's find out how Guadalupe celebrates.
#JackStrawCulturalCenter #KimballElementarySchool #ValentinesDay
Happy World Radio Day! Check out this collection of KRAB radio guides, and so many other delights over on @archive.org! archive.org/details/KRAB...
Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt of a poem from Foster High School student, Nemo. Text is “I remember the milk of my motherland Fresh from goats, cows, and camels; it was warm like nourishing soup."
Nemo's sharing beautiful memories of Somalia with us. Written with help from #TeachingArtist Merna Ann Hecht.
Remembering My Motherland
#JackStrawCulturalCenter #JackStrawWriters #Poetry #AudioArts #Education #ArtsEducation #RecordingStudio #Tukwila #FosterHighSchool #BlackHistoryMonth
Field Recording: Saturday, February 21, 9am-4pm
Fee: $125 (In person at Jack Straw)
Learn techniques for high quality field recording of music, ambience, sound effects, and voice with portable equipment.
Intro to Digital Audio Editing: Thursday, February 26, 6-9pm
Fee: $50 (On Zoom)
Learn the basic skills of recording and editing sound with Audacity and GarageBand.
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Jack Straw Winter Audio Workshops
Jack Straw's audio workshops with engineer Tom Stiles are the perfect opportunity to improve your studio skills or get that first introduction to the world of audio recording and editing.
To sign up or for more information, email workshops@jackstraw.org.
A white vertical strip is on the left side. Grey text on the white strip is "Soundpages." In the middle is Makayla Danielle Gay smiling and standing in front of a microphone. A black bar with yellow and white text is below. Text is “Makayla Danielle Gay, I Go Back to Both Sides of the Dream.”
Episode 10 of the 2025 season of SoundPages is up! Listen at buff.ly/3aq0SIZ or subscribe via Apple Podcasts to hear #JackStrawWriter Makayla Danielle Gay in conversation with #curator @alqalaqat.bsky.social.
#JackStrawWriters #JackStrawWriters2025 #Podcast
Technologist, writer, poet, and Jack Straw Writers Program alum Shankar Narayan continues our 2026 series of events featuring Jack Straw Writers in partnership with Humanities Washington’s Speakers Bureau.
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Jack Straw Speakers Bureau Series
Shankar Narayan: AI, Civil Rights, and the Fight for a Just Future
Thursday, February 12, 7pm
Jack Straw Cultural Center, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE
In person or streaming via YouTube or Facebook
FREE
Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Josh Griffin. Text is “yes, I am what flying feels like – for I am free with nature.”
Here's a powerful excerpt of a poem from #JackStrawWriter Josh Griffin.
Middle Fork (Excerpt)
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Microphones and Studio Recording: Thursday, February 19, 6-10pm
Fee: $75 (In person at Jack Straw)
Learn about microphone types, placement, and applications for both spoken word and music recording.
Intro to Podcasting: Tuesday, February 17, 6-9pm
Fee: $50 (On Zoom)
Learn the basics of creating and maintaining a podcast, from concept to planning to production to distribution.
Gold microphone with a black circular screen behind it, against a beige wall. A black border is around the edge. Yellow text in the center and at the bottom of the image is “Jack Straw Summer Audio Workshops, To sign up or for more information, email workshops@jackstraw.org”. Yellow text at the bottom of the black border is “Intro to Podcasting: Tuesday, February 17, 6-9pm, Microphones and Studio Recording: Thursday, February 19, 6-10pm.”
Jack Straw's audio workshops with engineer Tom Stiles are the perfect opportunity to improve your studio skills or get that first introduction to the world of audio recording and editing.
To sign up or for more information, email workshops@jackstraw.org.
#AudioWorkshop #RecordingStudio
