June 2024 Newsletter
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SprinG Intern Izzy Lerman helps Ingrid Print
Summer slowdown
It’s hot out there! So we’re gonna cool it a little bit. This summer, we’re taking some time to work on ourselves (and boy, do we have a lot to do!) We have some big plans to work on, some equipment to move around, and an awful lot of art to make. You may not hear quite as much from us until fall, but until then, rest assured: We’re as busy as ever working away at our dreams.
See Carol Prusa and Onajide Shabaka in the Florida Prize exhibition
The Florida Prize in Contemporary Art is organized annually by the Orlando Museum of Art, surveying hundreds of artists across the state in order to bring new recognition to the most progressive artists in the state. The finalists for the prize all have wildly ambitious installations of their work on view in the Florida Prize exhibition at the Orlando Museum of Art through August 25th, 2024. Among the finalists are two previous Existent Books artists: Carol Prusa and Onajide Shabaka, as well as two artists we have had the deep pleasure of working on ambitious projects with: Jason Seife and Sheila Goloborotko. This exhibition places these four into a cohort of ten incredible artists who were considered for this award. The award was given to Yanira Collado, a Miami artist whose work we are deeply grateful to say has a powerful presence here.
At present, we are happy to continue acting as stewards the books we produced with both Prusa and Shabaka. Both books demonstrate the curiosity and rigor at the core of these artists practices. They regularly transfix viewers who had meant to just glance over our table at a fair or our in-studio display of artists’ books that we represent for sale. Shabaka’s book, Antillean Lacunae: points of departure, contains within it’s quiet and straightforward stab-bound covers a rich, multidisciplinary exploration of his research, containing digitally printed photographs, carefully selected text, and multiple printmaking techniques. Prusa’s book exhibits a similar balance between the minimal and maximal aspects of her drawing-based practice. In unknowing, we see the intensity and complexity of her drawings, the construction of the book and of it’s tri-fold slipcase (containing also a lasercut volvelle and a print from a suite of 7 etchings) in tension with the soft, contemplative quality of her meticulous, largely achromatic work.
We are in the middle of production for an edition of a new artists’ book by Carol Prusa, Strange Attractors, the first copies of which were debuted in the recent opening of her solo exhibition in Taipei, and continue to find ways to meaningfully support the artists we have loved to work with in this group and outside of it. Congratulations, artists — we’re looking forward to many more fun projects and opportunities to celebrate all that you do!
Workshops: Have it your way!
This summer, we’ve flipped the script on our usual workshop plans… by which we mean, now YOU can plan them! Generally speaking, if we can do it, we can teach it. You can set up something extra special by request through our Private Instruction form, but we set up ready-to-go listings on our website for a few of our most popular techniques. Pick one, customize it, purchase it, and we’ll get in touch ASAP to pick a time and a date. These can be set up for up to four participants, but you’re also welcome to set one up for just yourself. The ball is in your court, now — come learn that thing you said you wanted to learn.
We’ve still got Print Club, though!
That said, Print Club isn’t going anywhere. Sammi McLean will continue hosting her monthly Print Club days, which consist of a two hour demo (10AM-noon) followed by an open studio session (noon-4PM), during which participants can explore the new technique they’ve learned. We typically aim to host Print Club days on the second Saturday of each month. Print Club days are open to all! That said, we offer a Print Club Studio Membership, which garners Print Club Members a 50% discount on all Print Club day. If you’ve got more printmaking plans than just one Print Club day can cover, perhaps read on to learn more about membership.
MEMBERSHIP
30 days to make it
You can get an awful lot done in 30 days, especially with all the support and access our 30 Day Members-Only Studio Passes provide you with.
Passes include the following:
Admission to any Open Studio Sessions (RSVP encouraged but not required)
Unassisted Studio Time during our business hours (email Brooke to make sure the studio isn’t booked and the equipment you want is available.)
Assisted Studio Time at a discounted rate of $45/hour
Not a member? These passes are for studio members only (we do need to know you a little bit before we set you loose in here.) Becoming a member is really easy, and memberships start at just $150 per year. If you want flexible studio access, membership is definitely the move, and it comes with enough perks, invitations, open calls, and discounts to keep you printing all year.
If you’ve got any questions, you can compare our different membership levels here, and if you still have questions, shoot Brooke an email at brooke@isprojectsfl.com and she’ll be happy to help you out.