July 2023 Newsletter
/You busy Friday?
This Friday, July 28th, please join us at Studio 18 in Pembroke Pines for the opening reception for Chance Encounters, an exhibition organized by IS Projects in collaboration with Studio 18. The opening reception is from 7-9PM, with a 20 minute intermedia performance at 7:30PM by Richard Vergez in response to the exhibition and to the experience of editioning prints.
The exhibition is built around the idea of the portfolio exchange — a tradition in the print/paper/book world which fundamentally involves the participating artists producing an edition or varied edition to share with each other. Each artist submits the specified number of works, and receives back one work from all of the other participants.
The big project that set this exhibition in motion is our first annual IS Projects portfolio exchange, Under the Sun. We invited participants who have been involved in studio from our nearly nine year history and received prints from 36 artists (thank you, artists!) and we are very excited to debut the very first assembled copy of Under the Sun in this exhibition.
That said, Under the Sun is not the only exciting exchange you can expect to see — this exhibition features eleven exchanges in different formats, each featuring no fewer than 10 participating artists. Many of these exchanges traveled great distances from the collections of artists we love. A few are from our own collection. Three exchanges were produced specifically for this exhibition (shout out to the resident artists at Studio 18 and to Florida Printmakers Society!) and at least half of the exchanges exhibited in Chance Encounters have never been exhibited in their entirety before.
Thank you to all of the folks who made it possible for us to share these works together. We are looking forward to celebrating with all who attend, and hope that those of you who can’t make it will celebrate with us from afar.
We hope to see you there!
Ready to learn?
This August, our class schedule is PACKED! You might want to clear your schedule — there are some really incredible courses coming up and we’d love to have you in them.
August will be a great chance to sign up for classes taught by recent Key Holder Residents — three by Charlisa Montrope, and one co-taught by Montrope and Nat Sassine. Head over to our Classes + Events page to explore them all!
There’s not much time left to sign up for these two fast-approaching August courses, though — if they sound interesting to you, be sure you sign up ASAP!
Introduction to Printmaking with Charlisa Montrope: Four week course starting August 2nd — a great way to get started in fine art printmaking at IS Projects! This course covers relief, drypoint, and collagraph, and sets you up to work independently in these processes on the etching presses at IS Projects.
Single Sheet Books with Charlisa Montrope: August 3rd, 6-8PM — Simple, affordable, and fun, this course is a great way to jump right in to making the books and zines you’ve been dreaming up.
Get started on your fall print projects
If you have big plans this fall and think you might want us in the mix to help make them happen, let us know!
If you have an edition of prints or books you want us to produce, you can submit an inquiry through this form. Getting in touch with us early gives us time to properly plan the production of your project and ensure that the end result is exactly how you want it.
If you want to make some prints or books yourself, you have options! Your best and most flexible option is most likely a Studio Membership. It gives you the widest range of options to learn and make at the studio, comes with sweet discounts, and invites to a handful of awesome members-only perks.
There are only four Members Only Studio Passes this August, so if you’re ready to really get busy at the studio, purchase your pass before August begins to get the most use out of it.
Artists’ Book Feature: July Double Feature
Carol Todaro, Before, But After, 2023. Book object: plaster over paper with solvent transfer print, mounted on a cloth covered board. Housed in a clamshell box lined with a duotone screen print. Book measures 3 ¾ x 3 5/8 x 1 ¼ inches.
Mary Larsen, The storm inside, 2022, mixed media on a book, 7.5" x 11" x 1", unique book
This month, our artists’ book feature is extra exciting: we’re highlighting the work of Carol Todaro and Mary Larsen! Both of these incredible Miami-based artists are so deeply grounded in the world of books that instead of choosing just one work from each of them to discuss, we’d like to suggest that you make some time to learn about their practices more broadly.
If your here in Miami, you’re in luck — both artists have concurrent exhibitions (Mary Larsen: Poetic Forms and Carol Todaro: Object as Subject) opening this weekend organized by Women Artists Archive Miami (WAAM) that you will not want to miss. The exhibitions will be installed at Dimensions Variable, and the opening will be this Saturday, July 29th, 6PM-9PM. We hope to see you there!
Additionally, if you find yourself at LA Art Book Fair mid-August, be sure to say hi to Ingrid at the IS Projects Table (Booth J5). We are very happy to represent works by both artists through IS Projects, and are looking forward to sharing some of their incredible books on the west coast!