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SUMMARY:Artist-in-Residence Open Call
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Monday June 3rd\n11:59pm / 23:59 Eastern Standard Time\nOpen Call Live. Apply Here!\nSpanish | Français | 日本語\n \nFlux Factory is a 24 year old non-­profit arts organization\, artist collective and international residency program located in Long Island City\, Queens\, NYC\, one subway stop away from Manhattan. We are committed to building a sustainable community for diverse cultural producers\, including visual artists\, builders\, curators\, community organizers\, chefs\, activists\, musicians\, writers\, and others. \nWe 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 or the Spring of 2020. \nFlux Factory cultivates a spirit of openness and generosity through a unique collaborative and participatory approach to realizing its residency and public programs. Fluxers benefit from an immersive environment that encourages experimentation and peer to peer resource sharing. Residents work together to shape and realize Flux’s expansive programming\, proposing and leading exhibitions and educational events. Flux Factory nurtures individual practices by offering professional development opportunities\, including one-on-one studio visits\, collaborative projects\, gallery time and monthly salons. \nCheck the Residency page for more information. \nOur labyrinthine building includes 16 studios\, a gallery\, silkscreen studio\, woodshop\, co-working office\, communal kitchen\, library\, and rooftop garden. \nEach resident is responsible for their own funding\, however Flux Factory will write letters of invitation for grants and other funding opportunities\, and share opportunities for additional resources if available. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact us at residency@fluxfactory.org \nOpen Call Live. Apply Here!\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/opencall_winter2019-spring2020/
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SUMMARY:Talk Back
DESCRIPTION:TALK BACK \ncurated by Lexy Ho-Tai and moira williams. \nMay 9 – June 2\, 2019\nFree and Open to the Public\nGallery Hours \nWednesday – Friday: 1 – 6pm\nSaturday – Sunday: 12 – 6pm \nOpening + Flux Thursday Potluck + Artist Talks\nThursday\, May 9 at 7pm – 10pm\nFREE\nPlease RSVP to let us know you’re coming \n\nTALK BACK Programming \nAlt-Text as Poetry\nSaturday\, May 11\, 3- 5pm \nSeeing in the Dark\nThursday\, May 16\, 6:30-8:30pm \nResilience Journal Workshop\nSaturday\, May 18 \nBreaking Down: A Panel Discussion on Art and Mental Illness\nSunday\, May 19 3pm – 5pm \nCharacter Strengths\, YAI Arts Pop Up Exhibition\nThursday\, May 23\, 6-8pm \nPeople for An Accessible Mars\nSaturday\, May 25\, 3-5pm \nConvening for Disabled Artists\, Organizers and Organizations\nFriday\, May 31\, 7:30 – 10pm\nSaturday\, June 1\, 12:30 – 5:30 pm\nSunday\, June 2\, 1pm – 6pm \nClosing Party\nSaturday\, June 1\, 8-11pm \n* If you are interested in attending and/or receiving more information about the convening\, please email Lexy and moira at access@fluxfactory.org* \n\nFlux Factory is pleased to announce its first 2019 Major Exhibition\, TALK BACK\nClick here for an audio version of the Talk Back Press Release\n \nTALK BACK centers the lives and leadership of disabled artists and organizers\, asserting that deep-rooted cultural changes must be made within the art world to become more inclusive and accessible. TALK BACK believes that disability must be included in conversations about diversity. One part of affecting change in the art world is by placing disabled artists and organizers in positions of influence within the arts to effect change from within. \nTALK BACK imagines a reality yet to exist\, shifts able-normative assumptions to make room for every body and illuminates non-binary futures. TALK BACK envisions and celebrates joy\, pleasure\, mindbody\, radical care and inclusion\, sovereign bodies\, crip time\, community building\, non-verbal and alternative forms of communication. TALK BACK disrupts through fluidity\, quiet protest\, overt and mass protest that includes multiple ways of showing up and being present. TALK BACK works within and against capitalism\, classism and medical ableism to redefine value\, time\, productivity and worth. TALK BACK makes room for criticism\, restoration liberation\, coming out\, ownership of one’s mind and body\, access demands\, intersectionality and utopias to offer multiple entry points to TALK BACK. \nPlease join us in celebration of TALK BACK’s workshops\, performances\, gatherings\, spoken word\, screenings\, visual arts\, video\, sound works\, DIY\, panels\, activism\, books\, installations\, zines\, artist talks\, performance lectures\, discussions and celebrations with and for local\, national\, and international disabled artists and organizers! \nParticipating Artists and Organizers to date: Ilana Abramovitch + Joel Shatzky\, Ezra Benus\, Megan Bent\, Laurie Berenhaus + Fountain House Gallery Artists\, Pelenakeke Brown\, Monica Chulewicz\, Ivan Dalia\, Wieteke Heldens\, Shannon Finnegan\, Sharona Franklin\, Dustin P. Gibson\, Anna Gichan\, Kevin Gotkin\, Jasper Harden + Adina Burke\, Cyree Jarelle Johnson\, Juliet Johnson\, Janhavi Khemka\, catlip + jess kurland\, Yo-Yo Lin\, Jimena Lucero\, Kevin Quilles Bonilla\, ET Russian\, Jaklin Romine\, Ani Schreiber\, Andy Slater\, Athena Soules\, Rosary Solimanto\, Paula Stuttman\, Sean Lee\, Kristina McMullin\, Cyn Rozeboom of Tangled Art + Disability\, Aislinn Thomas\, Jimmy Tucker\, Romily Alice Walden\, Erin Brady Worsham\, Madison Zalopany + Alex Zak and Lizzy De Vita\, Flux Factory’s inaugural Access Fellow recipient. \nAbout the Curators\nLexy Ho-Tai is a multi-disciplinary artist and teaching artist based in Queens\, whose public and participatory practice explores accessibility\, inclusion\, craft\, and play. \nmoira williams’ often co-creative practice weaves together performance\, bio-art\, food\, sculpture and movement as a lived experience\, while simultaneously connecting and creating opportunities for artists through gatherings and curatorial projects. Moira identifies as a disabled artist. \nAccessibility\nFlux Factory gallery and ground floor\, gender-neutral bathroom is ADA Accessible. No ID or fee necessary for entry. Free tap water is available as are chairs with backs. \nThe closest subway stations with street level elevators is Queens Plaza (E\, M\, R trains)\, and 21st Street Queensbridge (F Train). MTA Elevator and Escalator Status.. TALK BACK will include audio guides and large-print and braille versions of written work. There will be quiet space within the gallery with low-level lighting\, earplugs\, chairs\, cushions\, eye masks\, and reading material. Service animals are welcome. Please come fragrance free and with quiet phones. Please feel free to contact curators Lexy Ho-Tai or moira williams at access@fluxfactory.org about access needs and questions. If you require ASL interpretation or real-time captioning\, please reach out as well. \nAttendees are expected to adhere to our safer space policy\, which is posted throughout the space. \nTALK BACK is made possible through in-kind support from Materials for the Arts\, a generous donation from Joe Cardillo\, and supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/talk-back/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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SUMMARY:Convening for Disabled Artists\, Organizers and Organizations
DESCRIPTION:Image Description: Two speech bubbles that say TALK BACK in capital letters. The top bubble is smaller than the bottom speech bubble. The TALK BACK letters are bold and filled with colorful patterns. Both speech bubbles have yellow backgrounds with red dots and a pink border.\nTALK BACK\nThree Day Convening\nPlease click here for an audio version of this page \nFriday\, May 31\, 7 – 10pm \nSaturday\, June 1\, 12-6pm + 8-11pm \nSunday\, June 2\, 12-5pm + 7-9pm \nRSVP (Not Required but Requested) \nJoin us for our 3-day TALK BACK Convening from May 31 – June 2. Disabled artists\, organizers\, activists and allies from around the country and Canada will be speaking\, performing\, leading workshops and discussions. \nWe will be doing our best to livestream the event on our Facebook Page. Please follow if you cannot attend the Convening in person!  \n\nFriday:\n7 – 10pm: Opening Reception\nInterdependent Bodies: TRANSFEMINIST COCKTAIL PARTY by moira williams\, a performance by Lizzy De Vita\, and E.T. Russian’s animation short “HELLO.” Artist Talk by Aislinn Thomas \nSaturday:\n12 – 6pm: Dreaming Disability Social Justice\nPresentation and workshop with Dustin P. Gibson\, performance by Anna Gichan\, artist talks by Andy Slater and Juliet Johnson\, and Sharona Franklin presents her work “Ashkasic Scroll”  \n8 – 11pm: Disability Nightlife Closing Dance Party with DJ  WHO GIRL (Kevin Gotkin)\nWith Yo-Yo Lin and surprise guests!  \nSunday:\n12 – 5pm: Crip Care Work\nTangled Art + Disability’s Sean Lee\, Kristina McMullin\, Cyn Rozenboom discuss the state of disability arts in Ontario and Toronto\, performance by Paula Stuttman\, and “A Day in the Life of Parkinson’s”\, a short play written by Joel Shatzky and Illana Abramovitch.\n\n7- 9:30pm: Crip Ecologies of Emergent Pain co-organized by Ezra Benus\n“Pain is Precious” a conversation about pain with Ezra Benus\, poetry readings by Jimena Lucero and Cyree Jarelle Johnson\, and music performance “GUT” by Catlip + jess kurland** \n**Note: Catlip + jess kurland’s performance will have loud music and flashing lights. We will have foam earplugs available for use.** \nFor more information about specific events\, please go to fluxfactory.org. The TALK BACK Convening is free and open to disabled and chronically ill artists + organizers\, organizations and allies. Please reserve a spot for our TALK BACK Convening through our website. If you have any questions\, email Lexy and moira at access@fluxfactory.org. With the goal of collective care\, we are running our events on Crip Time\, so please know that programming may start at a slightly later time than listed\, depending on the needs’ and good vibes of our wonderful participants and visitors. \nWe will serve light\, gluten-free refreshments\, and non-alcoholic drinks. Please feel free to bring drinks and heavier foods along. There will be a two-hour dinner break on Saturday and Sunday. You are welcome to eat throughout the event. Unfortunately\, we will not be providing meals. Please see a local listing of eateries here. \n\nAccessibility:\nFlux Factory gallery and ground floor\, gender-neutral bathroom is ADA Accessible. No ID or fee necessary for entry. Free tap water is available as are chairs with backs. \nThe closest subway stations with street level elevators is Queens Plaza (E\, M\, R trains)\, and 21st Street Queensbridge (F Train). MTA Elevator and Escalator Status. TALK BACK will include audio guides and large-print of written work. There is a quiet space within the gallery with low-level lighting\, earplugs\, chairs\, cushions\, eye masks\, and reading material. Service animals are welcome. Please arrive fragrance free and with quiet phones. Thank you! \nPlease feel free to contact curators Lexy Ho-Tai or moira williams at access@fluxfactory.org about access needs and questions. If you require ASL interpretation or real-time captioning\, please reach out by May 24\, 2019\, if possible. Thank you! \nTALK BACK is made possible through in-kind support from Materials for the Arts\, Enjoy Life\, Stimtastic\, Disability/Arts/NY\, a generous donation from Joe Cardillo\, and supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Create NYC Disability Forward Fund
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SUMMARY:Dreaming Disability Social Justice
DESCRIPTION:Image Description: Two speech bubbles that say TALK BACK in capital letters. The top bubble is smaller than the bottom speech bubble. The TALK BACK letters are bold and filled with colourful patterns. Both speech bubbles have yellow backgrounds with red dots and a pink border\nDreaming Disability \nSocial Justice\nTALK BACK Convening \nSaturday\, June 1st\, 12 – 6pm \nFlux Factory\n39-31 29th Street\nLong Island City\, NY\nEmail: access@fluxfactory.org \nRSVP (Not Required but Requested) \nTALK BACK curated by Lexy Ho-Tai and moira williams \n\nDreaming Disability Social Justice\nSaturday\, June 1st\, 12 – 6pm\n12:10- 12:20pm: Introductions\n12:30 – 2:45pm: Presentation + Workshop by Dustin P. Gibson\n3:15 – 3:25pm: Anna Gichan’s WHEEL/ QUEER performance\n3:30 – 3:40pm: Andy Slater Artist Talk\n3:50 – 4pm: Juliet Johnson Artist Talk\n5 – 5:45pm: Sharona Franklin speaks about her work Akashic Scroll. \nAbout the Presenters\nDustin P. Gibson is a community builder. His he[art]work expands the collective consciousness of marginalized communities and addresses the nexus between race\, class\, and disability. As a co-founder of Disability Advocates for Rights and Transition plus the Harriet Tubman Collective\, Dustin builds power across classrooms\, neighborhoods\, kid jails and adult prisons by engaging in work to create a world without jails and prisons. dustinpgibson.com \nAnna Gichan’s QUEER/ WHEEL is a series of words that have been mis-read during conversations. Through lip sketches the nuances of understanding lip-reading is shown and with the slightest changes in the visibility of teeth\, negative space in mouth\, roundness/width of lips\, and duration of shape a completely different word is spoken. These words emphasize how much work goes into visibly understanding spoken word. annagichan.com  \nAndy Slater is a blind sound artist\, performer\, musician\, and disability advocate. He is the founder of the Society Of Visually Impaired Sound Artists and is the director of the “Sound As Sight” accessible field recording project. In 2018\, he received a 3 Arts/University of Illinois at Chicago residency fellowship. Andy has exhibited and performed extensively. \nJuilet Johnson is a multidisciplinary artist\, writer\, and small body of water from Los Angeles\, CA. She is a multi-disciplinarian\, with writing as a central structure\, sprouting other forms: video\, performance\, drawing\, installation\, object-making\, sound/music. Common ruminations include the body and self as both inescapable and diffuse\, the edges of language\, goops of all kinds. @loftmoth \nSharona Franklin’s work disseminates a personal mythology of gender\, class\, bio-citizenship\, and botany. Her practice encapsulates a range of forms. Each successive project is reflexive to propaganda\, transhumanism and bioethics\, working to expand contemporary interpretations of genetic engineering. Her work offers a more expansive\, inclusive idea of what it means to be a human negotiating the everyday realities of pharmalogical dependency\, social inter-dependency and (Self)advocacy. Sharona Franklin speaks about her work Akashic Scroll. Which in turn talks back to Biopharma\, Class C Drugs in pre-pubescent disease before the new millennium and Reproductive Agency within disabilities. \nFor more information about specific events\, please go to fluxfactory.org. The TALK BACK Convening is free and open to disabled and chronically ill artists + organizers\, organizations and allies. Please reserve a spot for our TALK BACK Convening through our website. If you have any questions\, email Lexy and moira at access@fluxfactory.org. With the goal of collective care\, we are running our events on Crip Time\, so please know that programming may start at a slightly later time than listed\, depending on the needs’ and good vibes of our wonderful participants and visitors. \nWe will serve light\, gluten-free refreshments\, and non-alcoholic drinks. Please feel free to bring drinks and heavier foods along. There will be a two-hour dinner break on Saturday and Sunday. You are welcome to eat throughout the event. Unfortunately\, we will not be providing meals. Please see a local listing of eateries here. \n\nAccessibility:\nFlux Factory gallery and ground floor\, gender-neutral bathroom is ADA Accessible. No ID or fee necessary for entry. Free tap water is available as are chairs with backs. \nThe closest subway stations with street level elevators is Queens Plaza (E\, M\, R trains)\, and 21st Street Queensbridge (F Train). MTA Elevator and Escalator Status. TALK BACK will include audio guides and large-print of written work. There is a quiet space within the gallery with low-level lighting\, earplugs\, chairs\, cushions\, eye masks\, and reading material. Service animals are welcome. Please arrive fragrance free and with quiet phones. Thank you! \nPlease feel free to contact curators Lexy Ho-Tai or moira williams at access@fluxfactory.org about access needs and questions. If you require ASL interpretation or real-time captioning\, please reach out by May 24\, 2019\, if possible. Thank you! \nTALK BACK is made possible through in-kind support from Materials for the Arts\, Enjoy Life\, Stimtastic\, Disability/Arts/NY\, a generous donation from Joe Cardillo\, and supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Create NYC Disability Forward Fund
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/dreaming-disability-social-justice/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190601T200000
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SUMMARY:Talk Back Closing Party
DESCRIPTION:TALK BACK \nClosing Party\nSaturday\, June 1\, 8-11pm\n \nRSVP (Not Required but Requested) \nCelebrate the closing of TALK BACK with a party featuring DJ WHO GIRL (Kevin Gotkin) and a performance by YO-YO LIN! \n\nVIBE FLOW: 8-9pm: Low-level music\n9pm: “the walls of my room are curved” by Yo-Yo Lin Audiovisual performance involving live-mixing projections of recorded movement and a musical score comprised of the sounds of the artist’s bones and joints.\nAccess note: The audience will encounter some abrupt changes in light and color.\n9:15-10pm: Higher volume dance set featuring DJ Who Girl\n10-11pm: Low-level music \nABOUT THE PRESENTERS: \nWHO GIRL (Kevin Gotkin) is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Media\, Culture\, & Communication at New York University and Project Lead for the Disability Nightlife Project\, a project in development that will launch a monthly disability-centric nightlife party. kevingotkin.com  \nYO-YO LIN is a media artist who creates audiovisual installation experiences and explores the possibilities of human connection and storytelling in the context of emerging technologies. She uses intelligent projection/ lighting\, digital and hand-drawn animation\, interactive objects\, and lush sound design to create meditative ‘memoryscapes’. Her work often examines human perception as a vehicle for self-knowledge and community growth. She has shown new media works at international multimedia art galleries (Human Resources\, Lincoln Center\, La Corte Contemporanea)\, music festivals (Coachella\, Panorama)\, film festivals (New York Film Festival\, SXSW)\, and public art venues. Her work has been featured in the Huffington Post\, Indiewire\, and Surface Magazine. yoyolin.com \nThe convening is free and open to disabled and chronically ill artists + organizers\, organizations\, and allies. Please reserve a spot for our TALK BACK Convening through our website. If you have any questions\, email Lexy and moira at access@fluxfactory.org. With the goal of collective care\, we are running our events on Crip Time\, so please know that programming may start at a slightly later time than listed\, depending on the needs’ and good vibes of our wonderful participants and visitors. \nACCESSIBILITY:\nFlux Factory gallery and ground floor\, gender-neutral bathroom is ADA Accessible. No ID or fee necessary for entry. Free tap water is available as are chairs with backs.\nThe closest subway stations with street level elevators is Queens Plaza (E\, M\, R trains)\, and 21st Street Queensbridge (F Train). MTA Elevator and Escalator Status. TALK BACK will include audio guides and large-print of written work. There is a quiet space within the gallery with low-level lighting\, earplugs\, chairs\, cushions\, eye masks\, and reading material. Service animals are welcome. Please arrive fragrance free and with quiet phones. Thank you! \nPlease feel free to contact curators Lexy Ho-Tai or moira williams at access@fluxfactory.org about access needs and questions. Thank you! \nTALK BACK is made possible through in-kind support from Materials for the Arts\, Enjoy Life\, Stimtastic\, Disability/Arts/NYC\, a generous donation from Joe Cardillo\, and supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Create NYC Disability Forward Fund.
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SUMMARY:Disability Nightlife Dance Party
DESCRIPTION:Image Description: Two speech bubbles that say TALK BACK in capital letters. The top bubble is smaller than the bottom speech bubble. The TALK BACK letters are bold and filled with colourful patterns. Both speech bubbles have yellow backgrounds with red dots and a pink border.\nDisability Nightlife Dance Party\nwith DJ Kevin Gotkin \nTALK BACK Convening \nSaturday\, June 1st\, 8-11pm \nFlux Factory\n39-31 29th Street\nLong Island City\, NY\nEmail: access@fluxfactory.org  \nRSVP HERE (Not Required but Requested) \nTALK BACK curated by Lexy Ho-Tai and moira williams \n  \n\nCelebrate the closing of TALK BACK with a party featuring DJ WHO GIRL (Kevin Gotkin) and a performance by YO-YO LIN! \nVIBE FLOW:\n8-9pm: Low-level music\n9pm: “the walls of my room are curved” by Yo-Yo Lin\nAudiovisual performance involving live-mixing projections of recorded movement and a musical score comprised of the sounds of the artist’s bones and joints.\nAccess note: The audience will encounter some abrupt changes in light and color.\n9:15-10pm: Higher volume dance set featuring DJ Who Girl\n10-11pm: Low-level music \nABOUT THE PRESENTERS: \nWHO GIRL (Kevin Gotkin) is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Media\, Culture\, & Communication at New York University and Project Lead for the Disability Nightlife Project\, a project in development that will launch a monthly disability-centric nightlife party. kevingotkin.com \nYO-YO LIN is a media artist who creates audiovisual installation experiences and explores the possibilities of human connection and storytelling in the context of emerging technologies. She uses intelligent projection/ lighting\, digital and hand-drawn animation\, interactive objects\, and lush sound design to create meditative ‘memoryscapes’. Her work often examines human perception as a vehicle for self-knowledge and community growth. She has shown new media works at international multimedia art galleries (Human Resources\, Lincoln Center\, La Corte Contemporanea)\, music festivals (Coachella\, Panorama)\, film festivals (New York Film Festival\, SXSW)\, and public art venues. Her work has been featured in the Huffington Post\, Indiewire\, and Surface Magazine. yoyolin.com  \nFor more information about specific events\, please go to fluxfactory.org. The convening is free and open to disabled and chronically ill artists + organizers\, organizations\, and allies. Please reserve a spot for our TALK BACK Convening through our website. If you have any questions\, email Lexy and moira at access@fluxfactory.org. With the goal of collective care\, we are running our events on Crip Time\, so please know that programming may start at a slightly later time than listed\, depending on the needs’ and good vibes of our wonderful participants and visitors. \nACCESSIBILITY:\nFlux Factory gallery and ground floor\, gender-neutral bathroom is ADA Accessible. No ID or fee necessary for entry. Free tap water is available as are chairs with backs.\nThe closest subway stations with street level elevators is Queens Plaza (E\, M\, R trains)\, and 21st Street Queensbridge (F Train). MTA Elevator and Escalator Status. TALK BACK will include audio guides and large-print of written work. There is a quiet space within the gallery with low-level lighting\, earplugs\, chairs\, cushions\, eye masks\, and reading material. Service animals are welcome. Please arrive fragrance free and with quiet phones. Thank you! \nPlease feel free to contact curators Lexy Ho-Tai or moira williams at access@fluxfactory.org about access needs and questions. Thank you! \nPlease feel free to contact curators Lexy Ho-Tai or moira williams at access@fluxfactory.org about access needs and questions. If you require ASL interpretation or real-time captioning\, please reach out by May 24\, 2019\, if possible. Thank you! \nTALK BACK is made possible through in-kind support from Materials for the Arts\, Enjoy Life\, Stimtastic\, Disability/Arts/NY\, a generous donation from Joe Cardillo\, and supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Create NYC Disability Forward Fund
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/disability-nightlife-dance-party/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190602T120000
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SUMMARY:Crip Care Work
DESCRIPTION:Image Description: Two speech bubbles that say TALK BACK in capital letters. The top bubble is smaller than the bottom speech bubble. The TALK BACK letters are bold and filled with colourful patterns. Both speech bubbles have yellow backgrounds with red dots and a pink border. \nCrip Care Work\nTALK BACK Convening\nSunday\, June 2nd\, 12 – 6pm \n7 – 9:30pm\nFlux Factory\n 39-31 29th\nStreet Long Island City\, NY\nEmail: access@fluxfactory.org  \nRSVP HERE (Not Required but Requested) \nTALK BACK curated by Lexy Ho-Tai and moira williams \n\nCrip Care Work\nSunday\, June 2nd\, 12 – 5pm\n12:30pm – 12:40pm: Introductions\n1-2:30pm: Tangled Arts + Disability: Panel Discussion on The State of Disability Arts in Toronto/ Ontario/ Canada\n2:45-3pm: Paula Stuttman’s Disappearance Performance\n3:30 – 5pm: A Day in the Life of Parkinson’s\n5 – 7pm Break  \nCrip Ecologies of Emergent Pain\nCo-Organized with Ezra Benus\n7 – 7:10pm: Introductions\n7:10 – 7:25pm: Poetry Reading by Jimena Lucero\n7:30 – 8pm: “Pain is Precious\,” a conversation with Ezra Benus\n8:15 – 8:30pm: Poetry Reading by Cyree Jarelle Johnson\n8:50 – 9:20pm: **Music performance by CATLIP + jess kurland ** \n**CATLIP + jess kurland’s performance is not a relaxed performance and will be loud with flashing lights. Foam ear plugs available.** \nAbout the Presenters \nTangled Arts + Disability: is a fully disability-identified staff operating Canada’s first Disability Art gallery. They will discuss the emergence and swell of Deaf and Disability Arts\, ‘Cripping’ arts and culture\, a natural extension to the disability rights movement\, that has disrupted mainstream narratives surrounding experiences of Deafness\, Madness and Disability in Canada. Tangled Arts will also discuss the history of Disability Arts in Canada\, accessible curation\, funding structures and leadership\, as well as accessible cultural marketing. tangledarts.org  \nPaula Stuttman offers an oral and visual presentation of “The Disappearance_20 thoughts.” This brief talk stems from a project addressing shelf life (nothing lasts forever). paulastuttman.com \nA Day in the Life of Parkinson’s a short play by Joel Shatzsky centered on two couples: Hal & Paula and Josh & Pat. Each character copes with the limitations of Parkinson’s disease; Hal resumes his career as a standup comic\, Josh clings to his job in a tech company. While Paula and Pat are their husband’s caregivers and form a support group which is tested by Marcia\, a recent widow. A note from Joel\, “I can attest to the frustrations of coping with Parkinson’s. Especially when it comes to experiences like when the simple act of pulling on a sweater becomes a perilous undertaking.” \nEzra Benus is a practicing artist\, educator\, and activist. Ezra is an artist in residence in the 2018-2019 Art and Disability Residency through Art Beyond Sight\, and works across media including pedagogy\, painting\, sculpture\, photography\, and performance. Ezra currently serves as Access Programs\, Adult Learning and School Programs Fellow at the Brooklyn Museum. ezrabenus.com  \nJimena Lucero is a poet\, artist\, and trans woman from Queens\, NY. She graduated with a B.A. in English from Hunter College. She is a Pink Door fellow and you can find her writing and more in EOAGH: Efniks.com  \nCyree Jarelle Johnson is a writer and librarian living in New York City. His first book of poetry “SLINGSHOT” will be published by Nightboat Books in September 2019. He is currently an Undergraduate Creative Writing Teaching Fellow and MFA candidate at Columbia University. @cyreejarelle\, www.cyreejarellejohnson.com. \nCATLIP is an industrial psychic-punk duo formed in 2016 by best friends Bryan and Caleb. Their recently released single on soundcloud will be released this summer on their upcoming EP. Currently\, they play shows at DIY venues in Brooklyn every few weeks. @catlip_nyc\, https://soundcloud.com/catlipnyc/gut \njess kurland is a Brooklyn-based queer\, non-binary\, disabled\, and white multimedia artist. their pronouns are they/them. they are half of hollowmess with caleb andriella\, and ovum is their ongoing work which is entering its fourth year of existence. jess is currently focused on making their work accessible and wearable through clothes and jewelry. @hollowmess_ \nFor more information about specific events\, please go to fluxfactory.org. The TALK BACK Convening is free and open to disabled and chronically ill artists + organizers\, organizations and allies. Please reserve a spot for our TALK BACK Convening through our website. If you have any questions\, email Lexy and moira at access@fluxfactory.org. With the goal of collective care\, we are running our events on Crip Time\, so please know that programming may start at a slightly later time than listed\, depending on the needs’ and good vibes of our wonderful participants and visitors. \nWe will serve light\, gluten-free refreshments\, and non-alcoholic drinks. Please feel free to bring drinks and heavier foods along. There will be a two-hour dinner break on Saturday and Sunday. You are welcome to eat throughout the event. Unfortunately\, we will not be providing meals. Please see a local listing of eateries here. \n\nAccessibility:\nFlux Factory gallery and ground floor\, gender-neutral bathroom is ADA Accessible. No ID or fee necessary for entry. Free tap water is available as are chairs with backs. \nThe closest subway stations with street level elevators is Queens Plaza (E\, M\, R trains)\, and 21st Street Queensbridge (F Train). MTA Elevator and Escalator Status. TALK BACK will include audio guides and large-print of written work. There is a quiet space within the gallery with low-level lighting\, earplugs\, chairs\, cushions\, eye masks\, and reading material. Service animals are welcome. Please arrive fragrance free and with quiet phones. Thank you! \nPlease feel free to contact curators Lexy Ho-Tai or moira williams at access@fluxfactory.org about access needs and questions. If you require ASL interpretation or real-time captioning\, please reach out by May 24\, 2019\, if possible. Thank you! \nTALK BACK is made possible through in-kind support from Materials for the Arts\, Enjoy Life\, Stimtastic\, Disability/Arts/NY\, a generous donation from Joe Cardillo\, and supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Create NYC Disability Forward Fund
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/crip-care-work/
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SUMMARY:Together
DESCRIPTION:Together \nJune 7th – 9th \nTogether is a forward-thinking meetings technology service providing cutting-edge technology to boost your team’s connectivity\, productivity and access to psychic resources. Together helps your small business or art collective save time by holding meetings while you sleep. Using lucid dreaming strategies your team will meet on an astral plane\, connecting without the barriers of language or gravity. The 2019 company launch will take place June 7-9th at Flux Factory in Long Island City\, NY featuring a preliminary sleep study\, beta test pajama party\, and dream journal bookbinding workshop. \n\nPreliminary Sleep Study\nJune 7th – 9pm – 9am\nThis event is not open to the public.\nIf you are interested in participating in the preliminary sleep study\, please fill out this form to see if you qualify. Participants will receive a $10 gift certificate at the end of the study. \nBeta Test Pajama Party\nJune 8th – 7pm – 12am\nFree and open to the public.\nSnacks\, games\, audio/visual entertainment\, astral powerpoint projections and more! \nRSVP (Not Required but Requested) \nBookbinding Workshop: Dream Journals\nJune 9th – 3-6pm\nFree and open to the public.\nThis three-hour workshop will introduce students to the basic skills involved in creating a multi signature book. The course is beginner-friendly and students will use a range of materials to sew\, trim and glue their own bindings for their very own dream journal. \nRSVP (Not Required but Requested) \nTogether CEO—Cayla Lockwood— is an artist\, curator and graphic designer based in NYC. Her artistic practice consists of creating fake companies\, drawing in magazines with gel pens and constructing elaborate blanket forts. She is currently an artist in residence at Flux Factory and a curatorial member of Little Berlin (Gallery) in Philadelphia. Cayla has an M.F.A. from Syracuse University and teaches workshops internationally in printmaking and bookbinding. She is also co-editor of the neo-cosmic/now-wave newsletter\, RUB and has participated in the Yale University Art Book Fair\, Boston Art Book Fair\, Miami Zine Fair and Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/together/
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SUMMARY:25th Anniversary Banquet
DESCRIPTION:Friday June 14 Doors at 6pm  Dinner served promptly at 7pm  Dancing at 9:30pm \n  \nBUY TICKETS  \nAt the Flux Factory Gallery\n39-31 29th street\, LIC 11101\nThis location is wheelchair accessible \nA multi-course meal designed by Flux Artists Sarah Dahlinger\, Will Owen and Jevijoe Vitug // Dance party to Follow with Music programmed by Jess “PlayPlay” Dilday //  Light Installation by Jonathan Sims // Table designed by Amir Badawi and Danny Crump // Flyer by Cayla Lockwood \nWhen 7 artists began hosting potlucks\, performances and art events in a former spice factory in 1993\, they were fulfilling the immediate needs of their creative community with the resources at their disposal. 25 years later\, these needs persist among a new generation of emerging artists\, and Flux Factory continues to offer support through residencies\, exhibitions\, and collaborative opportunities\, building an international network of cultural producers along the way.  \nNone of this would be possible without YOU – our ever-widening community of thinkers\, creators\, and art appreciators. Your attendance at Flux’s 25th Anniversary Banquet will help ensure the continuation of our one-of-a-kind artist residency program into the next quarter-century and beyond!  \nThank you to the 25th Anniversary Benefit Committee including Haiba Hamilton (Chair)\, Tristan Nadal and Gotham Construction Corporation\, Jake Pratt\, Sallie Sanders\, Aliya Bonar and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation\, Morgan Meis\, Stefany Anne Golberg\, Jean Barberis\, Rodrigo Sanchez\, Rhonda Lowry\, Will Owen\, Sarah Dahlinger\, Jevijoe Vitug\, Jon Sims\, Cayla Lockwood\, Amir Badawi\, Danny Crump\, Maya Suess\, Nat Roe\, Sarah Weitlauf\, Oriana Leckert\, Scott Hirst\, and Helen Ho. \nBUY TICKETS MENU\n \nQuick-Pickled Veggies\, Nuts & Cypriot Olive Pie \n“Purple Rain” Soup & Russian Salad with Southern Biscuit \nJerk-Cauliflower and Tofu with Coconut Rice \nSilver Anniversary Cake a la Liberace\n \nWith palate cleansing fruit gels between courses \n \nBeverages throughout the meal thanks to Mascot Brewery and Grand Liquors \nDishes courtesy of Flux Community Residents Will Owen\, Jevijoe Vitug\,  Sarah Dahlinger\, Cayla Lockwood and Moira Williams\, and Tina Stipanovic of LIC’s own RaR Bar and AlterWork Studios.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/25th-anniversary-banquet/
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SUMMARY:Wicket Leeks
DESCRIPTION:Wicket Leeks \nCurated by Abdul Dube\, Illesha Khandelwal and Will Owen\nAssistant Curator Fiona Mccormac \nJune 22 – July 13 \nExhibition Hours:\nThursday – Sunday 1 – 6 pm\n \nUsing the lenses of food and sports\, Wicket Leeks showcases cooks\, athletes\, researchers\, artists\, coaches\, and makers to help investigate the unsavory histories of nationalist\, religious\, and corporate colonialism in a palatable way\, while not sugar-coating its effects\, in order to help us better digest our present and cook up a healthier future. \nThe title Wicket Leeks refers to the wicket– a part of the equipment for the sport of Cricket spread by the British Empire\, and Leeks– one of the most common and ancient edible plants in the onion family. It is also in reference to WikiLeaks– the international investigative journalism non-profit. \n\nEVENTS\n\nOpening Reception\nJune 22nd\, 6 – 10pm \nA View From Above: The Pre-Game Meal by Nathaniel Sullivan\nTuesday June 25th\, 7:30pm\nEvent is free\, but requires RSVP! \nWicket Leeks / আড্ডা Adda Featuring A Collaborative Beer Brewing Workshop\nThursday June 27th\, 6-11pm \nA conversation and food-based hang out with artists Jess Rolls and Zaid Islam around their 2+ year collaboration around shared histories. \nSpecially Processed American Me: SPAM\, War\, and Cuisine Workshop\nSaturday June 29th\, 1 – 3pm \nOver 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. \nWrestling as Ancient and Contemporary Decentralized Sport History\nSaturday June 29th\, 3-4:30pm\nA participatory\, body positive lecture and demonstration.\nParticipation is optional and requires no former knowledge of wrestling. \n– CLOSED July 4th weekend –\n \nFlux Thursday\nJuly 11th\, 7:30 – 10 pm\nPotluck + Wicket Leeks Artist Talks \nDrinking Beer at the End of the World: A Booze Cruise in the Anthroposcene Shane Farrell\nJuly 12th\, 3:00pm-5:30pm \nMeet at the Smith – 9th Street G Station. Look for Death. \n\nFeatured Artists \nEpicurean Endocrinology (Liz Flyntz & Byron Rich)\nFay Sanders\nHande Sever\nJanine Georgette (Hamilton)\nJaime Sunwoo\nJevijoe Vitug\nJordany Geao\nDr. Joshua D. Phillips\nJess Rolls\nJulian Louis Phillips\nKacie Lyn Martinez\nLexy Ho-Tai \nMiss Expanding Universe (Ashley Yang-Thompson)  & Zehra Khan\nNathaniel Sullivan\nNick Whittock\nShane Farrell\nSneha Mehta & Mallika Chandra\nZaid Islam
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/wicket-leeks/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190625T193000
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SUMMARY:A View From Above: The Pre-Game Meal by Nathaniel Sullivan
DESCRIPTION:A View From Above: The Pre-Game Meal by Nathaniel Sullivan\nTuesday June 25th\n7:30pm \nThis event is free\, but has a maximum capacity of 12 people\, the same as a basketball team\, please RSVP here \nThis event is part of the Exhibition Wicket Leeks\, in the Flux Gallery from June 22nd to July 13th \n\nA View From Above: The Pre-Game Meal is a multimedia lecture performance about the statistical and sexual mythology of basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain. On March 2\, 1962\, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single game\, a record that still stands. In a 1992 autobiography\, he claimed that he had slept with 20\,000 women. I read this book when I was 12 years old\, a skinny kid growing up in Canada with hoop dreams. I have wondered about those two numbers since then. \nIn the performance\, Chamberlain the myth\, and the beautiful game he played are a frame for exploring the enculturation of young men\, the formation of identity and the near certainty that childhood heroes will disappoint. The performance unfolds over the course of a pre-game meal\, scientifically sound nutrition to bring the everyone to peak athletic performance within a few hours. \nNathaniel Sullivan is a creative non-fiction artist. He makes documentary videos\, multimedia lecture performances and site-specific guided tours. He uses these forms of truth-telling to combine facts with speculative ideas in order to explore the roots of power and social control. Often\, he uses one character and an event from their real life as a way into the story. He has made work about Francois Mitterrand’s rumored last meal\, exploring the limits of reason\, Wilt Chamberlain’s mythological sex life\, in which he wrote a teenaged version of himself into the story to critique the enculturation of young men\, and the semi-fictional love letters JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon\, to retell the story of the current financial crisis.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/a-view-from-above-the-pre-game-meal/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190627T180000
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SUMMARY:Wicket Leeks আড্ডা / Adda & Collaborative Beer Making Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Wicket Leeks আড্ডা / Adda & Collaborative Beer Making Workshop\nThursday June 27th\n6pm – midnight\nPlease let us know you’re coming on Facebook \nThis event is part of the Exhibition Wicket Leeks\, in the Flux Gallery from June 22nd to July 13th\n \nWicket Leeks আড্ডা / Adda with Jess Rolls and Zaid Islam  \nআড্ডা / Adda is a Bangla word. Its closest translation would be to hangout\, typically with cups of teas\, and can go on for hours without end\, sitting around and talking. During this আড্ডা / Adda we will hear from Jess and Zaid about their 2+ year collaboration exploring the complexities of corporate and national empire explored through the histories of tea\, cricket\, and chilis. \nCollaborative Beer Making Workshop  with Gil Lopez and Jonathan Sims \nA homebrewing beer workshop with both theory and philosophy of collectivity and living cultures. The beermaking workshop will happen concurrently with the Wicket Leeks আড্ডা / Adda. \n  \nRun of Activities\nFLUX GALLERY \nStarting 6pm – throughout\nCollaborative beer Making workshop with Gil Lopez and Jonathan Sims \nStarting 6pm – throughout\nFood tastings: teas\, kheer\, jhal muri\, chanachur\, aloo gobi and eton mess with Leila\, Jess and Zaid \n6pm – 7:30pm\nZaid Islam\, No Appointment Necessary tea and snacks \n6pm – 7:30pm\nJess Rolls\, Open Studio clay-making \n8pm – 8:45pm\nConversation between Zaid Islam and Jess Rolls chaired by Will Owen \n\nFLUX ROOFTOP\nFlux on the Floor\n8pm – 12am\nThese events will be followed by a special edition of Flux on the Floor\, a monthly dance party DJ’d by PlayPlay\, Vinyl Richie + Wicket Leeks guest DJ(s) On the roof*. \n*The Wicket Leeks আড্ডা / Adda and Beer Making workshop will happen in the gallery\, which is wheelchair accessible and has an ADA bathroom\, however\, Flux on the Floor will happen on the roof which is up several flights of stairs. \n\nZaid Islam is a Queens based artist working with exchange economies including snacks and beverages. He is also interested in the requirements around food safety\, and what we do when asked to engage with an “unsafe” food\, investigating ideas of trust and intimacy. Zaid shares his food table\, which offers homemade food and drink\, or items prepared in Bangladesh which the artist carried to New York\, in exchange for a negotiated offer. \nJess Rolls is an independent public art curator and artist with a social practice making in ceramics\, printmaking and painting. At her clay talking-making table Open Studio\, Jess explores food and taste memories with participants to produce ceramic pinch pots and tableware. Alongside\, Jess creates a mixed-media map that moves back and forth along Jess’ family histories and geographies and her experience of moving to New York.. \nGil Lopez is a Community Cultivator\, Artist\, Eco-Educator\, Landscape Designer/Builder and Urban Farmer. Gil is one of the co-founders of Smiling Hogshead Ranch\, an urban farm collective fostering healthy culture and community\, and food and environmental justice in Long Island City. \nJonathan Sims is a New York City based visual artist who originally hails from Texas. His visual arts practice is characterized by brightly colored geometric abstractions and simple\, minimalist symbology that evokes language and universal\, ancient design.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/wicket-leeks-adda/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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SUMMARY:Specially Processed American Me: SPAM\, War\, and Cuisine Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Specially Processed American Me: SPAM\, War\, and Cuisine Workshop\nSaturday June 29th\n1 – 3pm\nPlease RSVP and spread the word on Facebook \nThis event is part of the Exhibition Wicket Leeks\, in the Flux Gallery from June 22nd to July 13th \nOver 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. You’ll also learn about her writing and design process for her performance project\, Specially Processed American Me\, and why she uses SPAM as a metaphor for the Asian American experience. Feel free to bring a SPAM dish to share! Attendees are welcome to share their own SPAM-related stories and recipes. \nTo learn more about Specially Processed American Me\, visit speciallyprocessed.com and follow @speciallyprocessed on Facebook and Instagram. \nJaime Sunwoo is a Korean American multidisciplinary artist from Brooklyn\, New York. She combines video\, audio\, sculpture\, and storytelling to create sensory performances in galleries\, theaters\, and public spaces. Her works are part playful\, part tragic\, and often examine food as a way to discuss identity\, history\, and death. She studied art at Yale University\, and is an alum of the Laundromat Project for socially engaged art. Her site-specific projects include ‘The Creature’ at DUMBO Arts Festival\, and interactive radio drama ‘Earshot’. She has collaborated with Whoop Dee Doo\, and appeared on PBS’s Art21. Her public works were presented by STooPS Art Crawl and Art in Odd Places. She is currently working on ‘Specially Processed American Me’\, a performance and community workshop series exploring the history of SPAM\, the canned meat\, in the Asia-Pacific and its place in the Asian American experience. ‘Specially Processed American Me’ has been presented by the FailSafe Festival\, OYE! Avant Garde Festival at JACK\, Asian American Arts Alliance\, Gallery Madison Park\, Open Source Gallery\, New York University\, the Charles B Wang Center at Stony Brook University\, Brooklyn Arts Exchange Upstart Program\, and Leviathan Lab at The Tank.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/spam/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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SUMMARY:Wrestling as Ancient and Contemporary Decentralized Sport History
DESCRIPTION:Wrestling as Ancient and Contemporary Decentralized Sport History\nSaturday June 29th\n3 – 4:30pm\nPlease RSVP on Facebook \nThis event is part of the Exhibition Wicket Leeks\, in the Flux Gallery from June 22nd to July 13th \n\nIn 2013\, the International Olympic Committee dropped wrestling as a core sport from the 2020 Olympic games. In the wake of this decision\, wrestlers and their supporters from all over the world rallied to reinstitute what is commonly referred to as “the world’s oldest sport.” \n“As a wrestler and coach for over 20 years\, I had an obvious biased perspective on this issue. However\, as an academic who values world cultures\, I was interested in understanding how and why the Olympics would cancel such an inclusive and diverse sport as wrestling.” – Dr. Joshua D. Phillips \nJoshua D. Phillips (PhD\, Southern Illinois University) is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at Pennsylvania State University\, Brandywine. His main research and teaching focus is rhetoric and intercultural communication where he explores how narratives shape culture. \nHe is also a local high school wrestling coach and has been involved with the sport for over 20 years. Recently he has taken an interest in how the sport of wrestling has shaped cultures around the world and how it has encouraged positive intercultural relationships between people and countries from diverse backgrounds.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/wrestling/
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SUMMARY:Julian Louis Phillips Performing "1518" and Post-Performance Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:Julian Louis Phillips Performing “1518” and Post-performance Dialogue \nSaturday June 29th\n4:30 – 5:30pm\n \nThis event is part of the Exhibition Wicket Leeks\, in the Flux Gallery from June 22nd to July 13th \nPlease RSVP on Facebook. \n\n“1518” is a performance inspired by the struggle that the first of a demographic must endure when they break social barriers. The title is taken from Jackie Robinson’s career hits\, totaling 1\,518. Robinson\, who faced vile hatred when he was chosen to integrate baseball\, has become a symbol of racial tolerance and justice. Today as racial injustice persist\, “1518” questions the mechanisms associated with social change through sports and other capitalist structures. \nAfter this durational performance Julian will talk about his process and work. \nJulian Louis Phillips was born in Brooklyn\, NY and grew up in New Jersey and Philadelphia. After graduating from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia\, studying Art and Psychology\, he attended Social Practice Queens at Queens college where he received his MFA. He has been a More Art Engaging Artist Fellow\, JCAL Jerome Foundation Resident Artist\, and NARS Foundation Resident. He has exhibited and performed throughout New York and the Northeast. Phillips resides and makes work in Brooklyn.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/julian-louis-phillips-performing-1518-and-post-performance-dialogue/
LOCATION:Flux Factory\, 39-31 29th St\, Long Island City\, NY
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SUMMARY:Eco-communities in Dialogue: NY responds to Europe
DESCRIPTION:Cotyledon Community & Flux Factory present: Eco-communities in Dialogue: NY responds to Europe \nSunday\, June 30\n5pm – 7pm\nThis discussion will be happening in the context of the Flux Exhibition\, Wicket Leeks.\nPlease RSVP on Facebook \nThis discussion will feature Jan Blažek of the Czech Republic who will speak on European Eco-communities followed by a panel discussion with representatives from local communes Cotyledon\, Ganas\, and Arc 38. \nJan Blazek is a PhD student working on the topic of eco-communities and in general on socio-environmental transformations\, visiting from Masaryk University Brno in the Czech Republic. Jan will present the current trends in European eco-communities with examples of urban cohousings and rural ecovillages\, housing coops\, all-sharing communes\, autonomous colonies\, syndicates and regional cooperatives. He brings the voice of communities from Portugal\, Catalonia\, Austria\, Germany\, Denmark and the UK. \nCotyledon is a small but ambitious income sharing\, egalitarian commune formed in late 2017 in Western Queens. With a focus on food justice Cotyledon demonstrates a collaborative approach to life and work within NYC. \nGanas was founded in 1979 on Staten Island. This non-egalitarian community utilizes 10–12 core group members plus 60 to 70 members of varying involvement. The community runs three reuse businesses\, including a clothing\, furniture and bookstore-cafe. \nArc 38 is a 501c3 nonprofit project occupying 188 acres in upstate New York. Rooted in activism\, sustainability\, agriculture\, building networks\, spirituality\, philosophy and radical pacifism\, ARC 38 strives to embody a living experiment in community building.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/eco-communities/
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