We are closed for the summer, while Plaza Palomino continues its extensive renovations. Come September, we will be moving back into our original space, Suite 136, across from Dark Star Leather. In the meantime, please feel free to contact any one of us to see our work individually.
See you in the fall!
Flux Gallery has moved from its original space to another suite in Plaza Palomino. We are now located at the southwest corner of the plaza, in Suite 114, on Swan Road, down from Luna Bella (now the new Red Sky and Luna Bar). Our official address is 2920 North Swan Road, Suite 114. The new space used to be a coffee shop, so we have some adjustments to make before we reopen for visitors, but please feel free in the meantime to contact any of us individually for a private showing of his or her work.
Flux Gallery is once again in flux. Painter C. J. Shane and fiber artist Mary Vaneecke are leaving the gallery collective to focus on other prospects. Lee Roy Beach will be stepping back from the gallery as well, although we will continue to exhibit some of his work, along with work by original Flux member Steven Derks.
In addition, we are cutting back our hours. Effective immediately, we will be open only Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. To see the gallery by appointment at another time, please feel free to contact any one of us, via email or at the phone numbers below.
The gallery will be in a little disarray for the next few weeks because of the turnover, so please bear with us during the transition. We deeply appreciate the continuing support of all of you as we persist in our collective venture and adventure at Flux Gallery.
Join us at the gallery for an evening of art to benefit Arizona’s Children Association, Friday, January 27, from 5:30-8:00 p.m. Thirty percent of all sales will be donated to this great organization.
We have adopted new hours of operation at Flux. We will now be open Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Each Saturday, Plaza Palomino hosts a farmers’ market.) We will be closed on Sundays and Mondays. Come by and see us!
Flux will be hopping this fall with a variety of fun events. Watch for your invitation to our Second Anniversary Celebration on Friday, October 14, from 5 to 8 p.m. And mark your calendars for the following events—artist lectures, the Open Studio Tour, and our small works show—now through December. Hope to see you soon at Flux Gallery.
Mari Herreras of the Tucson Weekly interviewed our own Mary Vaneecke for the TQ&A column. To read more about Mary’s mixed-media textile work, click here. You can hear her artist talk, “Confessions of a Subversive Stitcher,” at Flux on December 3rd at 2:00 p.m. You can meet Mary and see her work at the gallery this Saturday. Stop by and say hello.
We have just finished repainting Flux, and rehanging it with work from our new and old artists. There are six of us now—Lee Roy Beach, Peter Eisner, and Lynne Yamaguchi, plus Sheryl Holland, C J Shane, and Mary Vaneecke. (A seventh artist will join us in October.) Please come by and check out the new work and our fresh face. Over the summer, we are open Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Flux Gallery is living up to its name this summer. Three more members are moving on—two to larger markets, one to another country. Carol Ann and Shirley Wagner will be refocusing their efforts on larger art markets outside of Tucson. Katherine Minott will be heading south to Mexico for a few months.
Although we will miss our sister artists, Flux’s future looks fine. We have three new artists to fill our space and your homes. Sheryl Holland, who was a guest artist at Flux in February, joined us as of June 1. Her colorful acrylic abstracts are already gracing the gallery.
"Wings of Desire" by Sheryl Holland
On July 1, CJ Shane and Mary Vaneecke will officially join us. Shane, as she likes to be known, paints abstract landscapes and makes prints and artists’ books. Mary is a fiber artist who uses surface design techniques such as paint and pencil on fabric, discharge dyeing, decorative stitching, and machine quilting to create fabric wall pieces.
"Kayenta" by CJ Shane
Each has her own web site, so click on their names in the previous paragraphs to link to their individual web sites and learn more about each of them.
"Wilderness Trails I" by Mary Vaneecke
This month, we say farewell to Maurice Sevigny as a member of Flux. He will be spending more time traveling and is turning his attention to jewelry making. We wish him well in his new endeavors.