Welcome to Flux Island Events
Book Release: History of Solar Power Art
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404ASeptember 4, 2pm-3:30 at Flux’s house on Governors Island (Colonels Row House 404A)
Alex Nathanson will be celebrating the release of his new book A History of Solar Power Art and Design. He will be joined by NYC-based artists and designers working with solar power whose work is featured in the book, including Ted Victoria and Benedetta Piantella.
Governors Island Open Studios
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404ASeptember 8-12, 11am-5pm daily at Flux’s house on Governors Island (Colonels Row House 404A)
Flux Factory will participate in an Governors Island-wide open studios program
Drink + Draw: LIVE from Governors Island Edition
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404ASeptember 12, 4pm-6pm at Flux’s house on Governors Island (Colonels Row House 404A)
This experimental Drink + Draw will feature masks, costumes and props created by multi-disciplinary artist Lexy Ho-Tai, and modeled by fellow artists
Trivial Pursuits Dinner Party: Island Edition
Governors Island, Nolan Park Grill SiteSeptember 19, 1-4pm, seating at 12:30pm at Flux’s house on Governors Island (Colonels Row House 404A)
Trivial Pursuits Dinner Party: Island Edition is a food-based performance and interactive dinner party.
September Flux Saturday on Governors Island
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404ASeptember 25 11am-5pm ET
Join Flux on the last Saturday of each month during our Fall residency for a picnic potluck, open studios, pop-up exhibitions and art happenings!
Mini Painting Workshop with Teng Teng at Flux Saturday
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404ASeptember 25, 2-4pm at Flux’s house on Governors Island (Colonels Row House 404A)
Teng Teng will give you hands-on instruction on how to paint using the tiniest paint brush you've ever seen.
Pillow Life Lounge: A Showcase/Spectacle of Softness
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404ASeptember 25, 2-4pm at Flux’s house on Governors Island (Colonels Row House 404A)
Join us in relaxing in a field of softness, resting in the face of pressure to do more. This interactive exhibition invites you to pause, take your shoes off, touch, hold tight, loosen your grip, lay down, breathe deep -- and see what shows up from there.
Amphora’s Amorpha with Sally Beauty Twin
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AAmphora’s Amorpha (Dance, Music, Puppetry, Theater, Art) will be a multi-media festival Oct 2, Oct 9 and Oct 16 featuring more than 16 artists on Governors Island at Flux Factory’s…
Solar Balloon Workshop with Anika Todd
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AThis weekend @anikatodd will be leading a workshop at flux factory on Governors Island. We will be learning to make balloons that heat up at Sun. They can be sculptures…
Whispering Archipelago Outdoor Experimental Concert
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AOctober 23, 4-5pm, at Governors Island Colonel's Row House 404A
Whispering Archipelago features performances from Anthony Janas, Amanda Gutiérrez, Jenn Grossman and Brendan Landis
October Flux Saturday & Halloween Sunday on Governors Island
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AOctober 30 11am-5pm ET
Join Flux on the last Saturday of each month during our Fall residency for a picnic potluck, open studios, pop-up exhibitions and art happenings!
Day Job Pop-up Group Exhibition
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AA group exhibition on Governors Island featuring day job related pieces by 17 artists who daylight as teachers, security guards, construction and retail workers, market researchers and more. Open to…
Sympoietica: A Grounding and Automatic Drawing Experience
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404ASympoietica, by Maureen Catbagan and Sholeh Asgary, is a participatory performance that creates a space of solace, recuperation, and creative expression through our relationship to the earth and its multi-species…
Jevi From 9 to 11 Preview Screening
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AA fictionalized short documentary about an artist who works at a museum during the pandemic. Starring Flux Factory artist Jevijoe Vitug and featuring music by Ben Seretan. The short was…
Flux Saturday: Aleatoric Audio for an Infinite Island
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AAleatoric Audio for an Infinite Island is an experimental sound art event featuring performances and sound installations by artists and musicians from the NYC area working in sound art, generative…
Parade of the Species
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AParade of the Species is an art show and parade celebrating the ecology of Governor’s Island. The parade will proceed in a loop starting and ending at Soisson’s Landing. Puppeteers,…
Solstice Pop-Up Group Exhibition
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AExhibition open hours are on Saturdays (June 18 & 25) 12pm-8pm, Sundays (June 19 & 26) 11am-5pm Learn more about Flux Factory's projects on Governors Island. Solstice is a convening…
Art During War: Fundraiser for Ukraine
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AFlux Factory together with BIRUCHIY contemporary art project and SPILKA NGO is hosting a fundraising event in support of the people of Ukraine affected by the full-scale Russian invasion. We…
July Flux Saturday: Dirty Time on Governors Island
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AJoin Dirty Time for a day full of activities celebrating dirt and dirtyness! We'll tell stories about Dirt, play Dirtball, and finish with Dirty Karaoke.
Traveling Fountains & Performances
Flux Factory on Governors Island presents Traveling Fountains + Performances, a site-specific installation by Graciela Cassel, and performances by Julia Santoli and Carolina Rivera. This show is curated by Emireth Herrera Valdés.
August Flux Saturday
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AFlux Factory hosts Flux Saturdays, a monthly public program, on the last Saturday each month through October. The exhibition opening of Julio José Austria, open studios with Amelia Marzec and Itala Aguilera, and outdoor performances by Jemila MacEwan, Jack Helfrich, Erica Mancini, Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir, Jevijoe Vitug, and Maureen Catbagan.
September Flux Saturday: Help Wanted!
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AFlux Factory on Governors Island is pleased to present for Flux Thursday: Help Wanted! taking place on September 24, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Help Wanted! Features the screening of performances by Brendan Fernandes, and Jevijoe Vitug & Maureen Catbagan as the Abang-guard Duo, poetry by Alyssa Andrews and in situ performance by Kahori Kamiya.
Conflict / Resolution
Governors Island, Nolan Park, Building 10aAn event at Harvestworks on Governor's Island, focusing on sound art and new media works-in-progress from the Flux Factory community. We will consider how being part of a group of socially engaged artists working as a collective contributes to the development of creative technology practices.
Flux Treasure Island
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AHours:10am-5pm Friday & Weekends Flux Treasure Island is an island-wide scavenger hunt, taking place over Friday October 21 through Sunday October 23. Artworks will be hidden all across Governors Island…
UltraViolet Archive (Censorship is Spooky)
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AA nomadic collection of endangered creative works including films, graphic novels, music, literature, visual and performing arts that were banned, challenged, or partially censored. The Flux Island installation will feature a Halloween-themed collection of frequently censored works.
Double Foreign New Zealand Chinese Kitchen
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AAn installation by Li-Ming Hu is a part of the Mama’s Augmented Reality exhibition series, where artists are asked to create/interpret their mother’s kitchens as they exist in memory with whatever materials they have at their disposal. Curated by Eleni Zaharopolous.
Spooky Sound Effect Community Orchestra
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AJoin us in playing a spooky sound composition live! We will have various instruments, objects, and microphones set up to create our own live haunted house soundtrack for Colonels Row on Governors Island! Everyone of all ages are welcome to participate in creating sound effects.
Feralpy OPEN CALL
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AFeralpy is a radical and untamed exploration of experimental forms of therapy by artists curated by Jemila MacEwan and Amelia Heintzelmann for Flux Factories summer programming. Taking place on Governors Island over consecutive weekends over the summer this wild and free-range exhibition is open to performances, meditations, classes, installations, video work, and one-on-one experiences offered by artists.
May Flux Saturday
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AJoin us for our first Flux Saturday and celebrate a new season as an Organization-in-Residence on Governors Island! Welcome to Flux Island picnic 12pm-3pm & Karaoke 3pm-9pm
June Flux Saturday: Tangled Vines
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AFor June Flux Saturday @governorsisland Abby Cheney and Hanna Washburn invite you to join them in creating Tangled Vines, a temporary installation made of reused and recycled materials happening at 404A Colonels Row. We invite anyone to bring any materials they wish to add to the installation to the island on Saturday, June 24. We will also have materials on hand for anyone to use. The work will be constructed on Saturday and will be on view through 5pm on Sunday, June 25.
Feralpy Workshops and Performances
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AJoin Flux for an afternoon of workshops and performances in conjunction with the Feralpy Group Exhibition.
Feralpy Workshops and Performances
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AJoin Flux for an afternoon of workshops and performances in conjunction with the Feralpy Group Exhibition.
Feralpy Workshops and Performances
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AJoin Flux for an afternoon of workshops and performances in conjunction with the Feralpy Group Exhibition.
Feralpy Workshops and Performances
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AJoin Flux for an afternoon of workshops and performances in conjunction with the Feralpy Group Exhibition.
Feralpy Workshops and Performances
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AJoin Flux for an afternoon of workshops and performances in conjunction with the Feralpy Group Exhibition.
All That Is Seen And Unseen Artist Talk
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AJoin Flux for an Artist Talk with Amelia Marzec in conjunction with their exhibition, "All That Is Seen And Unseen"
Artists Formerly Known as Prints Opening
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AJoin Flux for the opening of the Artists Formerly Known as Prints exhibition.
August Flux Saturday
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AWanna explore the sounds and textures of Governor's Island? Join Flux Factory at Colonel Row House 404A for Flux Saturday!
Flaming Creature Crawl Parade
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AJoin Flux for the Flaming Creature Crawl Parade in conjunction with the Island Luminaria group show.
The Epileptic Eye Artist Talk
Governors Island Colonels Row House 404AJoin Flux for an artist talk in conjunction with The Epileptic Eye group show.