DJ Vinyl Richie put it together and the rest of us had fun contributing playlists and breathing into the microphone. You can hear all about what’s happening at Flux and a few great songs, too. Click here to download and play a very special kitchen edition!

Ward Shelley’s current exhibition of timeline paintings provide a people’s history of everything from the development of alternative lifestyles to the evolution of teen culture. Included in the show is Bohemian Tree V1, a version of the silkscreen on vellum piece included in Flux Factorys’ Box Set (which are still available for purchase!)

Flux Factory is thrilled to be one of the initial recipients of a grant from A Blade of Grass. This year we have been awarded a one-time grant of $20,000 for general operating costs and capacity-building initiatives. Drinks are on us!

Jaime Iglehart has been documenting the construction of the Flux embassy in Aarhus, Denmark for the project, The Infamous and Only Somewhat Ambassadorial Outpost of the Semi-Legitimate Nation of Flux. She’s captured Fluxers in the wild, as they scavenge for materials to build a replica Flux inside the gallery of Spanien 19c and weave together an exaggerated Flux history. Watch this video to see Flux Artistic Director Jean Barberis explain the crest he designed to symbolize Fluxhood.

Flux Factory is pleased to announce open calls for two of its four major exhibitions in 2012. Send us your proposals for our April group exhibition, iSpy, and our June show Lawrence’s Hanging Gardens. We look forward to considering your ideas!

Former Flux Artist-in-Residence Lawman Lynch was recently profiled by Framing the Cause Pictures. The segment was produced for freeDimensional, an NGO working with international artists who are living in the United States under political asylum after facing persecution in their home countries based on their art.

Video Vaudeville, a weekly show on Manhattan Neighborhood Networks, will air an episode featuring works by past and present Fluxers. Turn on your television and pop some corn! The episode will air on January 17 at 10 pm (TWC Channel 67, RCN Channel 55).

Flux Factory’s Not-So-Silent Auction & Gala is swiftly approaching! We’ve put together an auction website so that you can bid online, in case you can’t make it to the event on December 20th. There are over 100 works available from an exciting group of artists. Bid like you vote: early and often.

Lots of updates from Fluxers around the world! This month there’s action in the Bronx; Blue in Brooklyn; Paris Paula and Argentina, MB at WP; Daupo already finished 2012; connected in Berlin and a castle in Poland; and sweet sweet Sweden.

Flux Factory has been awarded the DIVA grant by the Danish Arts Council to create a site-specific installation at Spanien in Aarhus, Denmark!