FLAX Canvas

We are delighted to announce that Collective Action Studio's program, Heroes of Unity, has made the FLAX Building their home base. Their goal is to use the silk screen art they create in collaboration with the public as the basis for a new large public artwork in Oakland. Heroes of Unity uses a fleet of custom designed mobile print-making units built on industrial cargo bicycles and travels to different Oakland destinations, and then engages and empowers the public to tell the stor …

We are delighted to announce that Ubuntu Theater Project's new Oakland home is in the FLAX Building. Since its first summer festival in 2012, Ubuntu Theater Project has produced site-specific performances at locations throughout Oakland and the East Bay. Executive Director, Michael Socrates Moran said “After being a site-specific theater last year and with a commitment to being a professional theater based in Oakland, California we are absolutely thrilled to partner with FLAX art and desi …