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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

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. 

RUB – Screening, “Two Women”

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

December 13
7 – 9pm

"Two Women" by Juanita Imran and Pharah Diaz, preceded by a series of short films.

Free

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.

Free

Know The Ways: Solo Exhibition by Marjan Verstappen

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

Thursday January 16 - Sunday January 19
Opening reception: January 16, 7 - 11pm
Open Hours: Saturday&Sunday, 1 - 6pm

A solo exhibition by Flux resident Marjan Verstappen.

Good Morning, India!

Saturday, January 25, 11am – 6pm
Workshop and Artist talk by Sindhu Thirumalaisamy

The spirit of resistance is alive in India. Join us for a workshop and talk where we will listen, view, read, and participate.

Flux Thursday: Valentine Card Making

February 13
7 – 10pm

Join us for an evening of Valentine Card making, sappy movies, sweet treats and some karaoke ballads.

Flux Thursday: Monthly

February 13, 7 – 10pm

Presentations, conversation and community, join us for Flux Factory's longest running public event. Please bring food or drink to share

Heartflux Hotel

February 14th, 9pm

Flux Factory invites you to check in for a one night get away where together we’ll dance out all the things that have been building up in your bleedin’ heart.

After You: Carlos David TC + Cameron A Granger

February 19 - 23
Special event: Heartflux Hotel: Feb 14, 9pm - 1am 

"After You is dedicated to the wonderful gift of being loved by the ones we love, and the life that gift can bring" CAG&CDTC

An Evening of Quadraphonic Sounds

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

February 28, 7pm

A experimental sound performance in four channel speakers that will envelope the audience with evolving and sonorous motion, curated by Anthony Janas, visuals by Jonathan Sims.

Free

Flux Thursday in Hell

March 12
7pm - midnight

Join us for the opening night of HOLY HELL: Flux Thursday in Hell hosted by Springboard Collective.

Springboard Collective presents: HOLY HELL

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

This event has been cancelled in response to heightened concerns relating to the spread of COVID-19

Our hell on earth features 3 stages of sinful performances, gluttony, and divine comedy that even Dante would be proud of.

Free

Call for Artists: Pink Flamingo – Clubs in Flux

In order to respond to the unfolding COVID19 crisis, this exhibition has been postponed until mid 2021. Exact dates are yet to be determined. If you are currently submitting or have already submitted, we are still accepting applications through April 27th.

A Song For Sickness by Jonathan Sims

May 8 - June 14, 2020
Flux Factory Gallery Windows

A light installation by Jonathan Sims for the Center of Holographic Arts Light Windows festival

Karaoke Quotes by Jevijoe Vitug

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

June 18- July 9, 8pm to 11 pm
Viewable from the sidewalk

Jevijoe Vitug has compiled screenshots of karaoke songs online that are mostly revolutionary and popularized by Black artists.

Nobody’s Fashion Week Virtual Town Hall

Via Zoom

Nobody's Fashion Week Virtual Town Hall
Wednesday, July 8, 5-7pm, Via Zoom

Join us for a Virtual Town Hall to kick off Nobody’s Fashion Week!

Nobody’s Fashion Week Films and Performances Open Call

OPEN CALL: Fashion Films and Live Performances
Deadline, August 25, 11:59PM EST

Nobody's Fashion Week is seeking experimental and alternative short Fashion Films and Live Performances!

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