If you are familiar with IS Projects, then it’s likely you already know its founder and owner, Ingrid Schindall. Owning a print shop has heavily influenced her personal practice by focusing on both community-driven and personal projects over the last six years. It is through this ‘Closer Look’ that we more intently investigate one of Ingrid’s personal papermaking projects through her solo exhibition, Water Draws Itself.

Water Draws Itself uses the process of papermaking to document the artist’s surroundings through a series of paper pieces made on the beaches of Fort Lauderdale, Naples, and Dry Tortugas, Florida.

We dreamt up this series as a way to both engage with other artists in a time when opportunities for interaction feel few and far between and seek guidance on how everyone is coping in an effort to find some much needed common ground. What follows are five artist’s mantras for a sustainable art practice in 2020. Featuring: Carol Prusa, Michelle AM Miller, Jesse Shaw, Elysa D Batista and Kristin Miller Hopkins.

We dreamt up this series as a way to both engage with other artists in a time when opportunities for interaction feel few and far between and seek guidance on how everyone is coping in an effort to find some much needed common ground. What follows are five artist’s mantras for a sustainable art practice in 2020. Featuring: Jennifer D. Printz, Richard Vergez, Christina Humphreys, Ashley Ortiz-Diaz and Jen Clay.

While the global pandemic has admittedly halted some dreams and aspirations we’ve had for 2020, our Existent Books programming saw much success and some notable expansions thanks to the generous support of The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation through the Knight Arts Challenge Award we received last year. While our Existent Books project has been developing steadily for the past six years, the added grant funding enabled us to offer a residency stipend for our artists, Michelle A. M. Miller and Onajide Shabaka.

What follows is an interview with both artists reflecting on their experiences during residency while sharing some crucial insights into how their projects came to fruition.