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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.

Free

Talk Back

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

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.

Convening for Disabled Artists, Organizers and Organizations

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

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.

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.

Specially Processed American Me: SPAM, War, and Cuisine Workshop

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

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.

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.

$20 – $40

Flux Thursday: Wicket Leeks Potluck & Artist Salon

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

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

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.

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, NY

August 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, NY

September 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.

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.

Free

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 States

Saturday, October 19th, noon - 4pm
At SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK

Flux Factory, takes over the Park for an adventurous afternoon of performance, engagement, and installation

Free

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 States

Thursday, 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!

$65 – $500

RUB – Now Wave and Graphic Activism

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

November 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.

Free

Artist Talk by Anna Sorokovaya

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY

Tuesday, 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, NY

December 12
6pm - midnight

RUB Catalog launch, DIY Publishing panel and Karaoke Night!!
Please bring something to eat or drink to share. 

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