Jack Straw Foundation

Mission

Jack Straw Cultural Center is a multidisciplinary audio arts center that exists to foster the communication of arts, ideas, and information to diverse audiences through audio media - to keep art, culture, and heritage vital through sound. We provide creation and production opportunities including radio, theater, film, video, music, and literature. We serve over 2,000 individuals a year through direct services in our facility and over 25,000 individuals through radio broadcasts and podcasts of our artist, youth, and community productions.

Description

Our artist residency programs – the Jack Straw Artist Support Program, New Media Gallery Program, and Writers Program – offer established and emerging artists in diverse disciplines an opportunity to explore the creative use of sound in a professional atmosphere through residencies in our recording studios, training, and participation in our various presentation programs. These residencies are a crucial part of our mission to keep art, culture, and heritage vital through sound.

Your donations will allow us to provide support to dozens of artists through these programs over the next year. 2026 will be the 28th year of the New Media Gallery Program, the 30th year of the Writers Program, and the 33rd year of the Artist Support Program. With arts funding facing a critical moment of uncertainty, we need your support more than ever.

“As the landscape changes in the arts, it is ever more crucial to have thriving nonprofits that are supporting artistic expression for the sake of it rather than for some other agenda, be it profit, politics, followers, streams, or attention. Musicians these days fight massive amounts of noise from an industry in collapse and technology that threatens to replace us, or at the very least, deter attention away from us. The voices of artists are the forces that fight for justice and peace, and artists need institutional partners that share their values to help disseminate and amplify their voices. I can think of no organization more committed to this task than Jack Straw Cultural Center.” —Kaley Lane Eaton

“Mixing my album was quite the journey, and I had the pleasure of doing it with Daniel Guenther at Jack Straw Cultural Center. . . . I left the experience with not only a whole album but an almost passable knowledge of Pro Tools, and more importantly a deeper understanding and trust of my ears. Thank you Daniel and Jack Straw Cultural Center for getting me here.” —Greg Kramer

“Jack Straw Cultural Center has been instrumental in my exploration and growth as an artist, even from the start of my career. My first creative opportunity was awarded through the Jack Straw Writers Program, where I was introduced to the Pacific Northwest's rich literary community. In the seven years since then, my storytelling has stretched into new mediums, such as music and audio production, thus exemplifying Jack Straw's unique mission and community importance. Jack Straw makes its programs accessible to a variety of artistic expressions and projects, and my career wouldn't have been as successful without Jack Straw's multidisciplinary approach and regional leadership.” —D.A. Navoti