FLUX FACTORY is thrilled to announce TALK BACK, Flux Factory’s first open call and exhibition specifically for artists and organizers with disabilities.

DEADLINE: MONDAY MARCH 18th, 11:59pm

March 14th: Dinner at 7pm, Presentations at 8pm

How can artists work against the grain of Artwashing and ally themselves alongside neighborhood organizations fighting against displacement?

DEADLINE: MONDAY, APRIL 15TH
Exhibition: June 18th- July 16th, 2019

Using the lenses of food and sports, we invite projects that investigate the histories of nationalist, religious, and corporate colonialism.

Opening 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.

March 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.

April 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.

April 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.

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.

April 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.

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.

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.

Flux 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.

Saturday, 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.

Saturday, May 18
4pm - 6:00pm

The Resilience Journal is an analog tracking tool dedicated to visualizing the overlooked, soft data in our lives.

Sunday, 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?

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.

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
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.

Friday, 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.

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.

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!

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!

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.

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.

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

June 22nd - July 13th
Flux Thursday: July 11th

Using the lenses of food and sports, artists investigate the unsavory histories of colonialism.

Tuesday 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

Thursday 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

Saturday 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.

June 29th, 2019
3 - 4:30pm

A presentation and wrestling demonstration by Dr. Joshua D. Phillips. Part of the Wicket Leeks Exhibition.

Saturday June 29th, 4:30 - 5:30pm

“1518” explores the struggle that the first of a demographic must endure when they break social barriers.

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

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.

July 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

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.