Flux Needs YOU!
I used to live at Flux back when it was in Williamsburgh and can vouch for the amount of fun you'll have with these folks if ever your paths cross. So, if you want to be part of something transformative (I just made that word up, I like it!) and creative, definitely join them. Here's the information:
Flux Factory, an artists collective and artist-run center, is seeking
volunteers to help build its new communal home. Starting April 1st we
will be renovating an 8,000 square foot building in the heart of Long
Island City, Queens. The move follows our eviction from our former
home this fall due to expansion of the Long Island Railroad. Our
facilities will include work studios and offices for artists of all
walks, a communal computer lab/office, woodshop, silk-screening
facilities, two galleries, shared kitchens and bathrooms, and (for at
least a little while) a three-story tall conveyor belt. We’re also
hoping to set up a communal roof-top garden (even though we don’t know
much about that and could use help).
We are a community of artists, cultural producers, musicians, and all
around awesome folks with gumption and enthusiasm. We're working under
the direction of experienced Green contractors, though we'll be doing
most of the work ourselves. We will be using as much salvaged and
recycled material as possible.
Volunteers with experience and with their own tools are especially
welcome, but more important is enthusiasm and a willingness to get
dirty. We’ll be offering guidance and construction workshops. We will
need help with light duty demolition, sheet rocking, mudding,
painting, flooring, cleaning, organizing, carrying stuff around and so
on.
If you don't want to get you hands dirty, we also need help trying to
collect material donations from building supply companies. At first,
we will need lots of administrative help (getting companies to give us
free drywall, etc). There is always physical work to do, but this is
important, too!
We are also in need of tools, vehicles and building material donations.
We will begin renovations on our new building starting April 1st 2009.
We’ll be working most days throughout the spring months and would
love your help at any point.
You will be showered with rewards such as endless gratitude, pizza,
occasionally brunch and beer (once all the power tools are put away
for the day), and maybe art.
If you want to get on the volunteer list, email jean@fluxfactory.org
with short answers to the questions listed below.
We'll be sending out construction schedules and signing people up weekly.
See you on the job.
Flux Factory
Name:
E-mail:
Phone Number:
How much time do you want to contribute?:
What is your availability?:
What are your skills?:
Do you have your own tools?:
Which?
Anything else you'd like to contribute?:
_______________________________________________
http://www.fluxfactory.org
Flux Factory, an artists collective and artist-run center, is seeking
volunteers to help build its new communal home. Starting April 1st we
will be renovating an 8,000 square foot building in the heart of Long
Island City, Queens. The move follows our eviction from our former
home this fall due to expansion of the Long Island Railroad. Our
facilities will include work studios and offices for artists of all
walks, a communal computer lab/office, woodshop, silk-screening
facilities, two galleries, shared kitchens and bathrooms, and (for at
least a little while) a three-story tall conveyor belt. We’re also
hoping to set up a communal roof-top garden (even though we don’t know
much about that and could use help).
We are a community of artists, cultural producers, musicians, and all
around awesome folks with gumption and enthusiasm. We're working under
the direction of experienced Green contractors, though we'll be doing
most of the work ourselves. We will be using as much salvaged and
recycled material as possible.
Volunteers with experience and with their own tools are especially
welcome, but more important is enthusiasm and a willingness to get
dirty. We’ll be offering guidance and construction workshops. We will
need help with light duty demolition, sheet rocking, mudding,
painting, flooring, cleaning, organizing, carrying stuff around and so
on.
If you don't want to get you hands dirty, we also need help trying to
collect material donations from building supply companies. At first,
we will need lots of administrative help (getting companies to give us
free drywall, etc). There is always physical work to do, but this is
important, too!
We are also in need of tools, vehicles and building material donations.
We will begin renovations on our new building starting April 1st 2009.
We’ll be working most days throughout the spring months and would
love your help at any point.
You will be showered with rewards such as endless gratitude, pizza,
occasionally brunch and beer (once all the power tools are put away
for the day), and maybe art.
If you want to get on the volunteer list, email jean@fluxfactory.org
with short answers to the questions listed below.
We'll be sending out construction schedules and signing people up weekly.
See you on the job.
Flux Factory
Name:
E-mail:
Phone Number:
How much time do you want to contribute?:
What is your availability?:
What are your skills?:
Do you have your own tools?:
Which?
Anything else you'd like to contribute?:
_______________________________________________
http://www.fluxfactory.org
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