Ingrid Schindall at Codex Artists’ book fair which took place Feb 4-7 in Oakland, CA this year. Want to be on the table next time? Use your Leap Day to make progress on your next artists’ book :)

BONUS DAY! Use your Leap Day to do something cool.

We’re big fans of “making the most of it” so perhaps unsurprisingly, we’re pretty excited to have an entire extra day on the calendar this year. A fun way to utilize Leap Day is to do something that you don’t have the time to do in a normal year. You know, something off of your “some day list” like reading that book that’s been staring at your from the night stand, tearing down and signing that stack of prints that you finished last year, making those cinnamon rolls you didn’t have time to figure out over the holidays — whatever you think you’d get a kick out of!

It’s plausible that if you are reading this, there’s a print or book project you’ve been meaning to start. If you think IS Projects might be involved in getting you started, it will only take a couple minutes of your Leap Day to get that ball rolling. Sign up for the Artists’ Book Development Program or the Print Development Program to get that dream project moving. Both programs start with a deep consultation, which will set you up with a step-by-step plan and budget for seeing the whole project through to the end. Learn what you need to learn, do what you need to do, and let us do the rest.

Sounds like a good time, right? All you have to do is click here to select the program you need, fill out the form, and we’ll get you started.

NEW WORKSHOPS HAVE ARRIVED!

Why wonder? Why wait? Sign up soon to seal your fate.

The much anticipated release of classes scheduled to take place between now and June is out (early, might I add!) Releasing these classes a little extra early also means and extra advantage for the early birds among us — these classes sell out, and the extra day this Leap Year has granted us cannot change that. There’s no shortage of new things to learn, and you can get started as soon as this weekend. If you’re ready to go, you can take Sammi McLean’s Pattern Block Printing on Fabric workshop this Saturday. No matter what projects you’ve been trying to get in motion, this will be a fun, challenging and exciting chance to get yourself started in the studio. Come make something that will get your wheels turning.

Membership

Not a member? Here’s a chance to feel it out!

We have a very special Member Night coming up. It will be hosted by Katelyn Kopenhaver, who is one of out current Key Holder artists in residence. Katelyn will be moderating a free group critique during this member night. This group critique is open to participation from non-members, but only with RSVP for one of the ten spots available in the conversation and those spots are filling up fast! Definitely don’t wait to sign up. If you don’t RSVP, you cannot participate in the critique, and only the critique is open to non-members.

Members: The Open Studio component of this member night will still be happening! Only members are welcome to utilize the open studio during this event.

If you aren’t a member and are thinking that 6-9 hours of free studio access every quarter sounds pretty interesting, then membership is probably worth exploring for you.

Member Nights are a great opportunity to come in and get to know the other folks who are a part of your studio community. Member Nights are free and you have to be a studio member to attend. Come for the presses, stay for the drop-in feedback on your projects and the snacks (or vice versa — whatever floats your boat.)

If you’re planning to attend, please RSVP by “purchasing” the Member Night for $0.00 through our website.

Giftable Artists’ Books

Not every book we took to Codex at the beginning of February found a home, and in fact, some of our very favorites are here at the studio. Feel free to come by and browse the books in person or to order them from our website if you’d rather have them shipped to you! All of these books are produced in limited editions as works of art, by either the artists hands, our hands, or in many cases, some combination of the two. We’d love to answer any questions you have about them, too.

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