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New York City-based and collectively led, Flux makes residencies, exhibitions & collaborative opportunities 🦩

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Last night was unforgettable. 🌆

I'm usually not comfortable with public speaking, but with the Queens Cultural Mapping Initiative team, it felt easy & natural, thanks to @nataliebedon_'s thoughtful planning and guidance. It was a joy to see the exhibit, meet Meghana, Naomi, and Amara, and take in the beautiful night skyline as a bonus.

Thank you to everyone who came, listened, and joined the conversation. And thank you again, Natalie, for championing art, artists, and art lovers across Queens. 🙏💕

Panelists:
Stephanie S. Lee @garageartcenter
Meghana Karnik @flux_factory
Naomi Sturm @losherederosnyc

Moderators and Queens-based artists:
@nataliebedon_ and @amaraidk

Presented by @qnsartsmap and @flushingtownhall

#QueensCulturalMappingInitiative #QueensArt #FluxIV ArtCommunity

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We're still buzzing from the incredible turnout at our latest Mapping Queens: Building Artist-Run Spaces! 🎨✨What an inspiring evening bringing together artists, creatives, and cultural leaders from across the borough!

Our panelists shared their stories on building organizations from the ground up, the challenges along the way, and the reward of seeing an idea come to life. Each saw a need in their community and took action, creating spaces and opportunities for artists to gather, create, and truly thrive.

It's inspiring to see how an idea, fueled by passion, dedication, and resilience, can grow into something that has such a meaningful impact on our communities.

A huge thank you to our panelists:
🖌️ Stephanie S. Lee — @garageartcenter
🖼️ Meghana Karnik — @flux_factory
🎭 Naomi Sturm — @losherederosnyc

Special shoutout to our moderators and Queens-based artists, @nataliebedon_ and @amaraidk, and to our wonderful hosts at @flux_factory for welcoming us into their space and giving us a special look at their current exhibition, A Thousand Answers (Don't miss the exhibition's closing event this Sunday!)

At its heart, Mapping Queens is about sparking inspiration, connection, and creativity across our borough. By bringing together the people doing this incredible work and creating opportunities to learn from their experiences, we hope to inspire new ideas, collaborations, and possibilities for our creative community.

Every conversation brings something new, and we can't wait to keep building on them together! ✨

Save the date for our next Mapping Queens event on November 19! 🗓️

📸: @guspinfocus

#queensculturalmapping #queensarts #artistrunspaces #queensculture #flushingtownhall

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Honoring artist sTo Len and Materials for the Arts Executive Director Tara Sansone, Flux Factory’s annual Art Auction & Gala takes place November 7 at 6:30pm at Flux IV, with online bids opening November 1. Featuring works by Melissa Joseph, Saya Woolfalk, Mary Mattingly, Ivan Argote, and Flux alumni, the evening includes a guest DJ, a catered open bar, and a “Halloween Hangover” dress code: one last LARP in your costume or one of ours. Celebrating 20 years of Flux auctions, the event raises critical support for Flux Factory’s Artist Residency and Exhibition programs at our newly renovated gallery, Flux IV.

1: sto len, Big City Bigger Trash, 2023, monoprint, 19 x 24 inches @stoishere
2: Mary Mattingly, King Tide, 2023, Chromogenic Dye Coupler print, 6 x 6 inches @marymattingly
3: Ivan Argote, Cute Pigeon, watercolor, @ivan_argote
4: Saya Woolfalk, Dome, Colored pencil and gouache, 11 x 8.88 inches @sayawoolfalkstudio
5: Melissa Joseph, Dollar Lamb, ink and watercolor, 4 x 6 inches @melissajoseph_art

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What becomes possible when artists create the spaces they wish existed? 🎨💡

Across Queens, artists are building more than their own creative practices. They’re founding organizations, shaping platforms for collaboration, and creating spaces where other artists can gather, experiment, and grow. Through artist-run initiatives, they’re expanding what support, connection, and creative community can look like in our borough.

Join us TODAY for our next Mapping Queens: Building Artist-Run Spaces featuring:

🖌️ Stephanie Lee — @garageartcenter
🖼️ Meghana Karnik — @flux_factory
🎭 Naomi Sturm — @losherederosnyc

Together, they’ll share what inspired them to build spaces for fellow artists, the realities behind sustaining artist-led work, and how these creative spaces are helping shape the future of arts and culture in Queens.

🎙️ Moderated by Natalie Bedon, Project Manager of the Queens Cultural Mapping Initiative, and co-moderated by special guest Amara Thomas, Queens-based artist, project collaborator, and current Manager of Public Programs & Events at the Central Park Conservancy.

🎤 Audience Q&A + mixer to follow! ⚡️
📍 Flux IV located at 56-21 2nd St, Long Island City, NY 11101
🎟️ FREE to attend. RSVP at the link in our bio!

Presented through the Queens Cultural Mapping Initiative with support from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).

#queensculturalmapping #queensarts #artistrunspaces #queensculture #flushingtownhall

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Halloween week in LIC fills up fast. Puppets at the Park brings a free Halloween puppet show to Gantry Plaza on Thursday at 4pm and 5pm. Art Strong runs a haunted house painting night for kids Friday from 6pm to 9pm. Saturday, Culture Lab's trunk or treat runs 2pm to 5pm, free with RSVP, and Gabriel Willow leads a bird walk in Hunter's Point South Park at 4:30pm.

Full calendar: hpl.nyc/events

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@cleinstituteart's Reinberger Gallery presents 𝘽𝙮 𝙒𝙖𝙮 𝙊𝙛, a group exhibition of new work by the inaugural cohort of the Regional Artist Mobility Program (RAMP), a residency exchange between CIA and @flux_factory in New York.

𝘽𝙮 𝙒𝙖𝙮 𝙊𝙛 takes its title from the common preposition for an indirect route—a nod to the oft absurd, circuitous path taken by makers for their art. Leaning into processes of working backwards, taking the side quest, wandering off or rerouting, each of the artists in 𝘽𝙮 𝙒𝙖𝙮 𝙊𝙛 channels a practice through something that already exists: by way of a melting shoe, by way of reenactment, by way of material resistance or by way of Saturday morning cartoons.

Artists:
Itala Aguilera
Rachel Ferber
Li-Ming Hu
Mike Meier

𝘽𝙮 𝙒𝙖𝙮 𝙊𝙛 will open to the public with a reception from 6 to 8pm Friday, November 13 at CIA's Reinberger Gallery. Remarks will begin at 6pm and will be followed by a live one-night-only performance by Aguilera at 6:15pm. The exhibition will remain on view through Sunday, February 7, 2027.

The Regional Artist Mobility Program is made possible with the support of The Kettering Family Foundation.

Artwork credit: Excerpt from “Lunch Time” (2025) by Itala Aguilera; Digital video and performance, 00:01:26; Additional performer: Jorge Cervantes; Video co-directed with Joshua Bogatin; Sound by Neve Jahn.

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Returned from an AIR and went straight to @cleinstituteart Lunch on Fridays to hear a few artists reflect on their Artist In Residency experience in NYC.. So enduring to hear artists talk about their found connections, communities, and how it inspired their studio practice. #artistinresidency #artiststalk #reflections #muse #residencyexchange

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Meet the panelists of Building Artist-Run Spaces: Meghana Karnik✨

Curator and Exhibitions Director of @flux_factory, Meghana Karnik designs exhibitions and programs that blend art with social change, focusing on lived experience and artist-driven innovation. Her work creates spaces for artists to experiment, collaborate, and share their voices with the world.

Step into the world of artist space-building with Meghana and an inspiring lineup of cultural innovators where they will share personal stories of collective effort, showing how shared visions evolve into thriving artist sanctuaries. 🖼️

📍Flux IV
📆 Wednesday, October 21 | 6-9 PM
🎟️ Free to attend. RSVP at the link in our bio!

Mapping Queens is a series that brings together cultural leaders, artists and community voices for a closer look into the Queens arts and culture sector. Be part of the conversation and come celebrate alongside the leaders transforming our community.

#queensculturalmapping #queensarts #artistrunspaces #queensculture #flushingtownhall

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Next stop on our Mapping Queens series: Building Artist-Run Spaces! 🎨💡 We’re getting into the stories behind the spaces built by artists, for artists.

Join us at @flux_factory ‘s newest gallery space, FLUX IV, along the LIC waterfront, for a conversation with Queens artists who have built creative spaces and organizations from the ground up!

Featuring:
🎨 Stephanie S. Lee — @garageartcenter
🎙️Naomi Sturm — @losherederos
✍🏽 Meghana Karnik — @flux_factory

Moderated by @flushing_town_hall’s Project Manager @nataliebedon_, alongside special co-host @amara.idk , Queens-based artist and project collaborator.

🖼️ Come early at 6 PM for a special tour of the exhibition currently on view and stick around after for a community mixer to connect with fellow Queens creatives.

📍 FLUX IV, 56-21 2nd St, Long Island City, NY 11101
📅 Wednesday, October 21 | 6-9 PM
🎟️ Free RSVP at the link in bio.

Presented through the Queens Cultural Mapping Initiative with support from @nyscouncilonthearts.

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What becomes possible when artists create the spaces they wish existed? 🎨💡

Across Queens, artists are building more than their own creative practices. They’re founding organizations, shaping platforms for collaboration, and creating spaces where other artists can gather, experiment, and grow. Through artist-run initiatives, they’re expanding what support, connection, and creative community can look like in our borough.

Join us for our next Mapping Queens: Building Artist-Run Spaces featuring:

🖌️ Stephanie S. Lee — @garageartcenter
🖼️ Meghana Karnik — @flux_factory
🎭 Naomi Sturm — @losherederosnyc

Together, they’ll share what inspired them to build spaces for fellow artists, the realities behind sustaining artist-led work, and how these creative spaces are helping shape the future of arts and culture in Queens.

🎙️ Moderated by @nataliebedon_ , Project Manager of the Queens Cultural Mapping Initiative, and co-moderated by special guest @amara.idk, Queens-based artist, project collaborator, and current Manager of Public Programs & Events at the Central Park Conservancy.

🎤 Audience Q&A + mixer to follow! ⚡️
📍 Flux IV | 56-21 2nd St, Long Island City, NY 11101
🎟️ FREE to attend. RSVP at the link in our bio!

Presented through the Queens Cultural Mapping Initiative with support from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).

#queensculturalmapping #queensarts #artistrunspaces #queensculture #flushingtownhall

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This Friday, October 16

Spend your lunch hour with artists and Cleveland Institute of Art faculty members Rachel Ferber and Mike Meier in “By Way Of: Cleveland.” Moderated by CIA’s 2026 Roulet-Hernandez Family Curator, Meghana Karnik, Ferber and Meier will discuss their experiences in-residence for six weeks at Flux Factory in New York City over the summer. Their residencies were part of the Regional Artist Mobility Program (RAMP)—a joint initiative, by the CIA and Flux Factory, to strengthen inter-regional exchange between U.S. artists by supporting professional development, facilitating creative dialogue and building cooperation among artists from different regions.

“By Way Of: Cleveland” will take place during Lunch on Fridays from 12:15 to 1:30pm Friday, October 16 in CIA's Peter B. Lewis Theater.

Lunch on Fridays is supported by the Kacalieff Visiting Artist Fund, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, and Ohio Arts Council.

Parking: Lunch on Fridays attendees may park in any of CIA’s Lot 73 and Annex Lot, both of which surround our campus. To accommodate our valued Lunch on Fridays attendees, the parking policies posted in the lots will not be enforced during the program.

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