Summer 2023
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It’s been a year!
We opened the doors of our Miami space to the public on June 25th, 2022, and wow, has it been a year or what? When we made the move from Fort Lauderdale, one of the first and biggest changes we made was the introduction of our studio membership program. We wanted to create a structure which made the folks who make art at IS Projects feel like they have a stake in it. We wanted you to feel like you belong.
We are so incredibly grateful to all of you receiving this email. We have had such a wonderful time working with you on your projects, experiments, curiosities, and dreams, and we are so glad to be a part of exploring them with you. Helping you grow is at the heart of the dreams we had for this program — which is to say this: The dreaming is mutual.
This email means that our first wave of membership renewals isn’t far off. If you’ve got things you’ve been meaning to come in and work on, there are lots of options for you here, and if you’re free later, consider coming into the studio today:
It’s Member Night! This free event is today, Friday, June 22nd at IS Projects from 6-9PM. It is only open to studio members and the current IS Projects team. For three hours, you can enjoy snacks, drinks, free unassisted studio access (first-come, first-served on all equipment), and a great chance to meet other print, book, and paper lovers in your community. This month, member night will be hosted by our founder/director/lead maker of things, Ingrid Schindall. If you’ve been hoping to pick Ingrid’s brain about the things you’re working on, this is your chance! Consider Member Night her quarterly office hours. We suggest you RSVP for tonight’s Member Night if you’d like to attend so we can plan to see you, though you’re welcome to drop in unannounced.
Under the Sun is well underway
Many of the artists participating in out first annual portfolio exchange, Under the Sun, have delivered their editions to the studio already (thank you, artists!) but there’s still time to come in and work on yours, if you signed up to participate! The delivery deadline has been extended until June 30th by 7PM.
Between then and now, we will have:
Member Night (today, June 22nd, 6-9PM): 3 hours of free open studio access
Open Studios on Saturday (June 24th) and Sunday (June 25th): $40 for access during each 4 hour session
Some availability remains for assisted and unassisted studio time next week during our Tuesday-Friday, 11AM-7PM business hours, but it’s filling up fast! Email Brooke at brooke@isprojectsfl.com to make some plans!
This portfolio exchange will be debuted in an exhibition we’ve curated at Studio 18 in Pembroke Pines, FL, which is home to 18 individual artists’ studios, two teaching spaces, and an intimate gallery space. The exhibition, Chance Encounters, places a selection of portfolio exchanges borrowed from friends and colleagues around the country in conversation with one another. It will be a great opportunity to consider the way that we think about our connections with other artists in our own practices — a central part of most exchanges and exhibitions, which we feel is amplified by this project being shared in an active studio environment. The opening is on July 28th from 7-9PM and will be a wonderful opportunity to broaden your sense of the community you have access to here. We would love to see you there. Keep an eye out for an announcement about a special on-site performance at the opening — more details coming soon!
Monthly studio passes are posted for now-November
And there’s only four available for each month!
Each one month pass costs $250, and comes with:
Unlimited Unassisted Studio Rental hours during our business hours on any open equipment
Unlimited access to any Open Studio Sessions posted on our website
$20 discount on Assisted Studio Time — $45 an hour for one on one instruction learning exactly what you want to learn!
If you are thinking about booking a pass, but want some help figuring out how to make the most of it, email Brooke at brooke@isprojectsfl.com. She’ll be happy to help you figure it out!
Featured Workshops:
As a studio member, you get early access to all our early bird courses! There are a couple more workshops we plan to publish before July begins, but we’ve got some great ones here All Members can use the code STUDIOMEMBER to get a 10% discount on any of our upcoming workshops — don’t forget! Please remember that Print Club members get 50% off of Print Club days with their special Print Club exclusive code!
In short: Come visit us!
As always, please reach out to Brooke at brooke@isprojectsfl.com if there’s anything you need. We want to see you here at the studio! Let us know what’s up with you, what you want to make, what you want to learn — whatever! Our inbox is always open!
Warmly,