FLAX Canvas

To commemorate the Grand Opening of our new FLAX flagship store in Oakland, we invited live artists Dustin Derego and Jared Roses to create a piece of art. We are happy to announce that Dustin and Jared will be back at FLAX this Sunday, November 6th to finish what they started!Dustin and Jared are both artists who live and work in the Bay Area and have collaborated on projects together in the past. Their brightly colored canvas set against the sunny entrance of our building during the …

SCRAP, San Francisco’s remarkable resource for recycled art supplies, celebrates it’s 40th anniversary with an exhibition, Reclaimed: Elevating the Art of Reuse, and related commemorative events including a special evening gala, SCRAP40: I love that place! SCRAP was founded in 1976 by Ann Marie Theilen as a way to provide much-needed affordable art supplies for the teachers at San Francisco’s Unified School District. Those supplies originally came from the discards of loca …

FLAX hosts the SF ART SHOW, in collaboration with the Curators Project, 8/20 - 9/17. Join us to celebrate a final farewell to our long-time 1699 Market St location. We donated a large portion of the space for a group exhibition to commemorate everyone who has supported Flax over the years. (Goodbye Market Street, hello Oakland and Fort Mason Center.)  You are invited to experience the SF ART SHOW, featuring select galleries and curators. The exhibit showcases pai …

The Annual American Craft San Francisco Show, the largest juried fine craft show on the West Coast, will be at Fort Mason Center, August 5-7. There you can enjoy exceptionally fine handcrafted jewelry, apparel, furniture, and home décor by more than 220 artists from across the country. Show-goers will also have the opportunity to engage in special showcases with the overall theme, Modern Design Meets Craft. The showcases explore the influence of geography and climate on design; reveal eme …

Attitudinal Healing Connection's Art Esteem Portraits on exhibit now at the FLAX Oakland store!Come in to our Oakland store and look up and you may notice some colorful life sized superheroes soaring from our rafters. These creative and inspiring portraits are on exhibit through ArtEsteem, an award-winning art and literacy program developed by Attitudinal Healing Connection that develops creative, engaged and successful children and youth through building knowledge and emotional, social, a …