Disability Nightlife Dance Party
TALK BACK Convening
Saturday, June 1st, 8-11pm
Celebrate the closing of TALK BACK with a party featuring DJ WHO GIRL (Kevin Gotkin) and a performance by YO-YO LIN!
Crip Care Work
TALK BACK Convening
Sunday, June 2nd, 12 - 9:30pm
This series of panels, presentations and performances center disabled artist and organizers from around the world.
Together
June 7th - 9th
Together's CEO is Cayla Lockwood
Together helps your small business or art collective save time by holding meetings while you sleep.
25th Anniversary Banquet
Friday, June 14th
doors at 6pm Dinner served promptly at 7pm
Please join us on Friday June 14th for a five-course meal of delectable artist-designed dishes
Wicket Leeks
June 22nd - July 13th
Flux Thursday: July 11th
Using the lenses of food and sports, artists investigate the unsavory histories of colonialism.
A View From Above: The Pre-Game Meal by Nathaniel Sullivan
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYTuesday June 25th
7:30pm
NOTE: This event is free, but has a maximum capacity of 12 people, the same as a basketball team, please RSVP
Wicket Leeks আড্ডা / Adda & Collaborative Beer Making Workshop
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYThursday June 27th
6-11pm
Wicket Leeks আড্ডা/Adda with Jess Rolls and Zaid Islam
Including a beer making workshop with Gil Lopez and Jon Sims
Specially Processed American Me: SPAM, War, and Cuisine Workshop
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYSaturday June 29th, 1 - 3pm
Over a communal meal, artist and playwright Jaime Sunwoo will discuss the history of SPAM, the canned meat, in the Asia-Pacific and its connection to war, class, imperialism, and nostalgia.
Wrestling as Ancient and Contemporary Decentralized Sport History
June 29th, 2019
3 - 4:30pm
A presentation and wrestling demonstration by Dr. Joshua D. Phillips. Part of the Wicket Leeks Exhibition.
Julian Louis Phillips Performing “1518” and Post-Performance Dialogue
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYSaturday June 29th, 4:30 - 5:30pm
“1518” explores the struggle that the first of a demographic must endure when they break social barriers.
Eco-communities in Dialogue: NY responds to Europe
June 30th, 5pm - 7pm
Jan Blažek will speak on European Eco-communities followed by a panel discussion with representatives from local communes Cotyledon, Ganas, and Arc 38
Artists & Creatives Money Skills
Tuesday July 9th, 7p - 9pm
This two-hour class (with handouts + practical exercises + Q&A!) is created to give you a basic, crucial grounding in the financial aspects of being “in business” as a creative, artist, and cultural worker.
Flux Thursday: Wicket Leeks Potluck & Artist Salon
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYJuly 11
7:30 pm Potluck
8:30 - 9:30 pm Salon Style Presentations in the Flux Factory Gallery
Join us for Flux Factory's longest running public events, Flux Thursday. Please bring food or drink to share
Drinking Beer at the End of the World: A Booze Cruise in the Anthroposcene
Smith and 9th Street G Train Smith - 9th Street G Train Station 9th St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJuly 12th, 3:00pm-5:30pm
Meet at Smith & 9th street Brooklyn G stop.
Look for Death, our guide.
WORKSHOP: Cross-Stitch with María Lulú Varona
Sunday, July 14th
1pm – 4pm
Participants will learn the basics of cross-stitch and other basic embroidery techniques
Everyday Practice – Dual Solo Exhibition by Sai-lok Chan and Tzu-an Ko
Everyday Practice – Dual Solo Exhibitions by Sai-lok Chan and Tzu-an Ko
July 18 – 29, 2019
Two Asian artists meet in NYC at the height of the summer
OPEN CALL: Must They Also Be Gods
Major Exhibition Open Call: Must They Also Be Gods
Deadline: August 12th, 11:59pm
Must They Also Be Gods looks to highlight the power of black community and movement.
Jargon: Solo Exhibition by Catalina J. Alvarez
August 9th - 11th
Friday to Sunday 1-6pm
Salon (with coffee) 1-4pm Saturday August 10th
Filmmaker Catalina exhibits her word drawings.
OPEN CALL: RUB
Deadline: Friday, September 27th, 11:59pm EST
Calling for: Drawings, Collages, Paintings, Photography, Poems, Quotes, Lists, Printed materials, Stories, Performances and Video, Sounds, New Media and more
Diving Into The Surface: Solo Exhibition by Marta Masternak
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYAugust 23th - 26th
Gallery Hours: 1pm - 6pm
Opening Reception: August 23th - 7pm
On the edge where the outside ends and the interior begins.
Rebuilding Work: Open Studio and Artist Talk with Hunter Creel
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYSeptember 8th
Open Studios, noon - 8pm // Artist Talk, 6pm
Please Join Hunter Creel for an artist talk and discussion about his current project, Gate to the Multi-Verse.
At the Twelfth Hour: Confessions of a Hongkonger by Tse Fei
September 12th, 7pm - 10pm // September 13th - 15th, 10am - 6pm
"at the eleventh hour" describes something happening in the final moment; the title of Fei Tsu's solo exhibition At the Twelfth Hour means it is too late.
Flux Thursday: At the Twelfth Hour, Confessions of a Hong Konger
September 12th
7pm - 10pm
Flux Thursday is a monthly potluck and artists salon. September's Flux Thursday will be in tandem with Tse Fei's Residency Exhibition.
Party Dress Party by Dew Igworia
Friday, September 20th
Open Studios, 2 - 7pm // Party Dress Party 9pm - 12am
Dew Igworia creates a series of party dresses that honor cherished garments that were lost. Join the party and wear a party dress!
Amir Badawi and Maria Lulu Varona: Works in Thread
September 27th to October 6th, Thursday - Sunday, 1 - 6pm
Opening Reception: September 27th, 7 - 10pm
An exhibition of works by Amir Badawi and Lulu Varona, two Artists who use embroidery thread to arrive at radically different ends.
Flux Thursday: A Spell To Ward Off the Darkness
Flux Thursday, October 11
7 - 10pm
Join us for a very special screening of A Spell To Ward Off The Darkness, presented by Filmmaker, Nova Scott-James.
Must They Also Be Gods: Flux Factory Major Exhibition
October 11 – November 3
Open Hours: Thursday - Sunday, 1 - 6pm
A Major Exhibition featuring works by over 15 emerging and mid-career Black artists, each with an insistent focus on beauty and spirituality.
Flux Takeover of Socrates Sculpture Park
Socrates Sculpture Park 32-01 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, NY, United StatesSaturday, October 19th, noon - 4pm
At SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK
Flux Factory, takes over the Park for an adventurous afternoon of performance, engagement, and installation
Flux Thursday: San Francisco Supper
Flux Thursday: San Francisco Supper
November 14, 7pm – 1am
Join us this Flux Thursday for San Francisco Supper. Doors to the Golden City open at 7pm with an esoteric dinner experience at 8pm.
Flux Factory Annual Art Auction
The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts 323 W 39th St, Manhattan, United StatesThursday, November 21st, 6-9PM
At EFA Project Space
Come party at our biggest event of the year with an open bar, delicious catered food by Muse Dodd, game by Walker Tufts, and much more!
RUB – Now Wave and Graphic Activism
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYNovember 23rd - December 15th
Open Hours: Thursday – Sunday, 1 – 6pm
RUB is an independent publication, an exhibition at Flux Factory, an invitation to collaborate, learn and build community.
Artist Talk by Anna Sorokovaya
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYTuesday, November 26
7:30pm
Anna Sorokovaya will be discussing her work as an artist and curator, and Soshenko 33, a historic artists’ facility Kyiv.
RUB – Mental Health First Aid Training
Mental Health First Aid Training
December 1, 10am - 6pm
FREE 8-HOUR certification program in Mental Health First Aid, offered by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
RUB – GaraParty
December 7, 10pm - 1am
Suggested Donation $5
GARAPARTY is created by DEX FERNANDEZ with DJ Dekdestroy from Manila. Dance and be free.
RUB – Flux Thursday
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYDecember 12
6pm - midnight
RUB Catalog launch, DIY Publishing panel and Karaoke Night!!
Please bring something to eat or drink to share.
RUB – Screening, “Two Women”
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYDecember 13
7 – 9pm
"Two Women" by Juanita Imran and Pharah Diaz, preceded by a series of short films.
Artist-in-Residence Open Call
Deadline: Monday February 3rd, 11:59pm
We are currently looking for cultural producers of all kinds to join the Flux community for 3 to 9 month residencies. Residencies will begin as soon as April, through the Fall of 2020.
Solstice: An Exhibition of Works in Light
December 21 - January 1
Opening: Saturday December 21, 7pm-1am
Solstice is ten artists working in the medium of light, convening on the night of the winter solstice, the longest night of the year.
Flux Thursday: Great Lengths
January 9th
7 – 10pm
Join us for another amazing Flux Thursday! This month's edition will be about great lengths and extraordinary measures.
2020 Exhibition Season Open Call
2020 Exhibition Season Open Call - Deadline February 17
Flux Factory is seeking artists and creators to participate in our 2020 exhibition Season. Each year, Flux Factory hosts four group exhibitions in our 1300 square foot gallery in LIC, Queens.