Trans-Form-Nation: Residency Exhibition by Kalon Hayward
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYOpening Reception, Thursday March 21, 7pm – 1am
March 21-24
Exploring sexuality and spirituality using music, African dance, and poetry. Drum meditation, Tai Chi, and sound healing.
Flux on the Floor: Trans-Form-Nation edition
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYMarch 21, 7:30pm- 1am
This month Flux on the Floor is being held in conjunction with Kalon Howard's show Trans-Form-Nation. Flux on the Floor is a monthly dance party open to the public.
Flux Thursday
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYApril 11th 7pm-10pm
Flux Thursday is of our longest running Flux Factory program, and is an event that includes eating together. This event is in conjunction with Rory Fitzgerald Bledsoe exhibit Certifying Reality.
Certifying Reality
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYApril 11th-15th
Friday, April 12th, opening of certifying Reality 7-10pm
Certifying Reality is an exhibition of six artists contemplating the blurred line between our physical and constructed worlds.
Sunday Painter
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYApril 19-27
Opening of Sunday Painter: April 19, 7 - 10 PM
"Sunday Painter" is an exhibition that examines atypical mediums, outside the scope of an artist's conventional practice.
Flux on the Floor: Sunday Painter edition
Thursday, April 25, 8pm - 1am
Our fourth installment Flux On The Floor (FOTF) celebrates the ingenuity and collaboration of Flux Factory, in tandem with our Artist-in-Residence Group Show, Sunday Painter.
The Great Flux Bake-Off
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYApril 28th, 12pm-6pm
This event is in conjunction with Sunday Painter
Discuss/confirm details together, but the general idea is that we will have an all-day roof picnic and bake-off/TV show filming in the kitchen.
Artist-in-Residence Open Call
Deadline: Monday June 3rd, 11:59pm
We are currently looking for cultural producers of all kinds to join the Flux community for 3, 6, 9 or 12 month residencies starting in the Winter of 2019 and Spring of 2020.
Flux Presents: Edible Editions Book Launch
Thursday, May 2nd, 7pm
Flux Factory is pleased to host Canadian artists Hannah Jickling and Helen Reed for an artist talk and gum chew in celebration of the launch of their new book Multiple Elementary.
Talk Back
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYFlux Factory's first Major Exhibition of 2019
May 9th - June 2nd
TALK BACK centers the lives of disabled artists and organizers, seeking to make room for every body and illuminate non-binary futures.
Alt-Text As Poetry Workshop
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYSaturday, May 11, 3-5pm
How can we instead approach alt-text thoughtfully and creatively? In this workshop, we will reframe alt-text as a type of poetry and practice writing it together.
RESILIENCE JOURNAL WORKSHOP
Saturday, May 18
4pm - 6:00pm
The Resilience Journal is an analog tracking tool dedicated to visualizing the overlooked, soft data in our lives.
Breaking Down: A TALK BACK Panel Discussion on Art And Mental Illness
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYSunday, May 19, 3-5pm
The tale of the emotionally distraught artist lives strong through the lens of Hollywood’s biopics of Van Gogh and Sylvia Plath, but what of that is real?
Character Strengths: TALK BACK Workshop
Thursday, May 23
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Join the artists of YAI for the one-night-only event: Character Strengths! A pop-up exhibition featuring artworks that flex vigor and nerve.
People For An Accessible Mars: TALK BACK Workshop
Saturday, May 25th, 3pm-5pm
Through a series of workshops, surveys, and focus groups; we intend to advise NASA and all mars exploration initiatives on how to build an accessible future.
Talk Back Convening – Opening Reception
TALK BACK Convening
Friday, May 31, 7 - 10pm
This series of Artists Talks center disabled artists using play, parties and joy, bringing connection and community to the front of their practice.
Convening for Disabled Artists, Organizers and Organizations
Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NYFriday, May 31st, 7pm - 10pm
Saturday, June 1st, 12-6pm + 8pm-11pm
Sunday, June 2nd, 12pm-5pm + 7pm-9pm
Convene with disabled artists, organizers, activists and allies.
Dreaming Disability Social Justice
TALK BACK Convening
Saturday, June 1st, 12 - 6pm
This series of Artists Talks center disabled artists exploring gender, identity and these intersecting expressions of bodies.
Talk Back Closing Party
Saturday, June 1st, 8pm-11pm
Celebrate the closing of TALK BACK
with a party featuring:
DJ WHO GIRL (Kevin Gotkin) and a performance by YO-YO LIN!
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.