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Flux Gallery will be celebrating its one-year anniversary on Friday, October 8, with new art, live music, and refreshments, so mark your calendars now! Details to follow.

Plaza Palomino is hosting a new concert series for the fall, with an exciting and diverse lineup. The artists include Rosie Flores, the Rhythm Room All Stars, John Coinman, the Nighthawks, Christine Lavin, It’s a Beautiful Day, the Texas Tornados, Strunz & Farah, the QTango Orchestra, the Boulder Acoustic Society, and New Riders of the Purple Sage. In addition, the Pete Swan Trio will be playing jazz on Fridays, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., at Luna Bella, without a cover charge. Find the full schedule and ticket information at the Rhythm and Roots website.

Friday and Saturday, July 9 and 10, Flux Gallery will present small works (less than 12 inches square) by Carol Ann, Karen Dombrowski-Sobel, Lee Roy Beach, Lynne Yamaguchi, Maurice Sevigny, and Shirley Wagner. We will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.

This show will coincide with the annual summer Zuni fetish show at Grey Dog Trading Company, just a few doors west of us in Plaza Palomino. As a special promotion, we will offer 10% off of our small works when you present a receipt from Grey Dog from the same day; in turn, Grey Dog will take 10% off of their fetishes with a same-day receipt from Flux.

So think small next weekend—it’s cooler!

The Saguaro show, put together by Terry Etherton, is now showing through May at the Temple of Music and Art. A few selected pieces will then be shown at the Tucson Botanical Gardens, and finally, the entire show will move to the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport through to the end of 2010. You can view the show here:

http://www.ethertongallery.com/html/temple/show.htm

Flux Gallery has joined with Luna Bella to present “wine tasting with tasteful art,” Tuesday evenings at Luna Bella Restaurant. Each Tuesday (until further notice), a Flux artist will feature his or her work at the restaurant. Up tomorrow night is Karen Dombrowski-Sobel. Lynne Yamaguchi will show her work (including some new work—and bottle stoppers for your wine!) May 25, and Lee Roy Beach will present his on June 1. Come sample some new wines and art while you chat with the artist!

The artists of Flux are planning a small-works show this summer, to coincide with Grey Dog Trading Company’s annual fetish sale, July 9–10. Stay tuned for the details!

Plaza Palomino is presenting a series of concerts from now until June 18. See the Plaza Palomino web site for the schedule of acts. Flux will be open from 7 to 8 p.m. before each concert.

We have new hours for the summer. We will be open only Wednesday–Friday, 11 a.m.–2 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. (Each Saturday, Plaza Palomino has a farmer’s and art market.) You can also see the gallery by appointment; just contact any artist directly.

Flux Gallery artist Carol Ann will be one of three featured artists at Blue Raven Gallery’s upcoming exhibit “Faces, Places, and Spaces.” The public is invited to the show’s opening reception on May 22 from 5 to 8 p.m. The exhibit will be open until July 17th. Carol will be featuring new work from her current series “My Own Sweet Life—Reflections.” Blue Raven Gallery is located in the Many Hands Courtyard, located at 3054 N. 1st Avenue #4, Tucson.

"You Too Can Become a Star" by Carol Ann

For more information call Blue Raven Gallery at 520-623-1003.

"Starry Starry Night" by Carol Ann

Many who attended the April 2nd Tucson Symphony Orchestra/Flux Gallery benefit said it was one of the best Tucson gallery events they had seen. The performance by Sasha Lipay, principal flutist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, was met with rave reviews. TSO Musical Director George Hanson said some profound and inspiring words about Tucson’s art scene. A lot of beautiful art was sold, including seven pieces by feature artist Carol Ann. Flux Gallery artists contributed 30% of art sold to the TSO, and more than $2,500 was raised to benefit the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. “Let’s do it again next season!” was a common refrain.