DECEMBER 2020 Newsletter
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This is the last newsletter of 2020 and the first thing I want you to read as a subscriber and supporter of IS Projects is Thank you! Without the support of our incredible community we would not have made it through this year so thank you, thank you and one more time thank you!
In challenging times, those who succeed are those who adapt. As a shop that is still using 100 year old technology, adaptation to changing times might not seem like a natural strength of ours but with the help of our incredible staff and community and the video skills of one very talented and enthusiastic supporter, Johnny Zhang, we have been able to pivot a significant portion of our programming online this year. While we miss seeing everyone in person terribly, this shove into virtual programming has enabled us to reach audiences outside our South Florida habitat, keep up with good friends who have moved away, launch a blog, and create a valuable interactive archive of our exhibitions. These additions seem like no-brainers looking back on it now but without that big push in March to come up with ways to stay connected, who knows when that would have come up on the docket. Even as we are able to move into more in person programming, we plan to keep lots of our virtual programming active.
This year has been a challenge but we’ve managed to find some wins along the way. Click through the images to the right to see some of the things we were proud to make happen in 2020.
I hope that you are taking the last few days of the year to reflect on the positive changes, however uncomfortable their impetus may have been, and to set yourself up for a brighter 2021! We’ll be here, staying safe while making the upgrades that we can until we can have you back in the studio slinging ink and making prints!
IN THE GALLERY
WATER DRAWS ITSELF
INGRID SCHINDALL
Water Draws Itself is on view thru JAN 3
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Water Draws Itself is a solo exhibition by Ingrid Schindall that uses the process of papermaking to document her surroundings. Specifically interested in moving her practice of artmaking from the studio to the outside world, Schindall recognizes and encourages her environment as a collaborator. In the search to find ways to let water draw itself, different colored paper pulps were prepared for a trip to the beach. Mixed with ocean water, placed into a mold then released onto the damp sand, the swirling slurry settled quickly as the water escaped below ground and the pulp remained on the sand.
The resulting pieces of paper that formed, delicate to the touch and alien in the landscape, document the history of the water’s path. Each sheet reflects the surface of the water covering the planet in miniature. Sitting on the sand, wrestling with plastic sheeting and buckets of pulp, Schindall is reminded that there are easier ways to produce a portrait of the surface of the ocean but this paper holds not only the image of the ocean but also the smell, salt, and sand that are inseparable from the identity of this shoreline. Each piece is a portrait of this strip of beach. The irregularities are a reminder that you never see the same wave twice.
Ingrid Schindall is a passionate and productive printmaker and book artist based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is almost always found standing next to a press at the fine art printmaking studio she founded called IS Projects. She has a methodical yet curious and experimental studio practice. Her prints and artist books have been exhibited internationally and nationally. She is devoted to her writing practice and has produced six limited edition books, all written, designed, hand printed and bound by the artist.
SIDEWALK $ALE
Join us for our
SIDEWALK SALE
coming at you on
SATURDAY, Dec. 19th, 12-6pm
Bring your mask and join us for a safe, socially distant sidewalk sale where you can get awesome deals, browse our new retail products, and support small businesses while you stock up on unique holiday gifts for your loved ones!
We’re debuting Nnew journals, notebooks and mystery bags. The Gallery will also be open at limited capacity during the sidewalk sale!
DON’T MISS OUT
We’re so grateful to have collaborated with The Society of the Four Arts for a second time on an extraordinary exhibition of books up through Spring!
ON EXHIBIT
November 14, 2020 – January 17, 2021
January 30, 2020 – February 28, 2021
In God We Trust: Early Bible Printings and Founding Documents from the David M. Rubenstein Americana Collection is an extraordinary exhibition of historic American Bibles and religious texts, many of which have rarely been displayed.
The exhibition features 18 books from the Americana Collection of Mr. Rubenstein, a prominent American businessman and philanthropist. Organized by the New-York Historical Society in collaboration with Mr. Rubenstein’s library consultant, In God We Trust presents the stories of these books and the ingenuity and diversity of the early Americans who made them.
The exhibition includes displays about letterpress printing and the art of bookmaking created by IS Projects. The displays include all of the tools and equipment that are used (and would have been used) to create books like the ones displayed in the exhibition. This year we were also very happy to be able to create a short film directed by Johnny Zhang that shows the process of creating a leather bound book to accompany the exhibition.
Learn more about our 2019 collaboration with Society of the Four Arts on Rembrandt: The Sign and The Light.
RELIVE SPF’20!
If you missed this year’s live broadcast of SPF’20, you’re in luck! You can watch the recorded 6 hour show using the button below. For a detailed itinerary of what to expect, check out our schedule and don’t forget to swing by the virtual market, featuring rad zines, prints, pins, stickers and so much more from print-enthusiasts all over the world!
NEW BLOG POST
OPEN CALL
Our 2021 Existent Books open call is officially posted! Check out our website for more information and an application. The deadline to apply is February 7th!
