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Flux Gallery will inaugurate its guest artist program with a special exhibition by Tucson artist Ava Young on Friday and Saturday, November 19 and 20, 2010. There will be a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, November 19, and the gallery will be open its normal hours on both Friday and Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Also featured will be work by Flux artists Carol Ann, Lee Roy Beach, Peter Eisner, Maurice Sevigny, Shirley Wagner, and Lynne Yamaguchi. For further information, call (520) 907-3164 or 299-5983.

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!

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 spring Tucson Artists’ Open Studio Tour is coming up again next weekend, March 13 and 14, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Among the 89 artists participating are Flux artists Steven Derks, Peter Eisner, Maurice Sevigny, and Lynne Yamaguchi.

You can find all the details about the tour, including a complete list of participating artists and maps of the studio locations, online at the tour’s website or in the current issue of Zócalo magazine. (This “Tucson Urban Scene Magazine” is worth hunting down; read it online or find it at various locations around town.)

Phoenix Home and Garden magazine has selected Lynne Yamaguchi as one of four Emerging Artists for 2010. See the spread in the March issue or click here.

This weekend is the Tucson Open Studio Tour. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday, 167 artists all over Tucson will open their studios to the public—including five of the Flux Gallery artists: Bryan Crow, Steven Derks, Peter Eisner (all three at the same studio), Maurice Sevigny, and Lynne Yamaguchi. You can download a combination calendar and map guide showing the locations of all the studios at the Tucson Pima Arts Council site or pick one up at various locations around town, such as libraries and galleries. We will have a short stack at Flux Gallery later today.

If you want more info, the Arizona Daily Star had an article about the tour in its Sunday paper. If you’re willing to register and login, you can read it online at azstarnet.com.

The studio tour gives you a chance to see how (or at least, where) your favorite artists work. You can see the tools and materials they use and learn about their process while also seeing (and being able to talk with them about) the artwork.

Flux Gallery has been benefiting from some good press about the gallery itself and about some its artists. Here are links to some recent articles and blog posts:

• Arizona Daily Star piece on Flux Gallery
• Tucson Citizen piece on Karen A Dombrowski-Sobel
• Tucson Citizen piece on Lynne Yamaguchi

Back in June, before Flux opened, Arizona Public Media did a segment on “Going High Tech”—namely, using social media—in the arts, focusing on Steven Derks and Gallery 801.

• Arizona Public Media video featuring Steven Derks