All IS Projects Studio Members are invited to come in and hang out for Member Night.

This is essentially a free 3 hour open studio session, plus snacks and drinks, hosted by Brooke Frank. Members are welcome to come and go as they please, and are encouraged to use this time to meet each other and get comfortable in the studio. This is also a great opportunity to bring completed or in progress work in to discuss with Brooke (and anyone else who’s hanging around!) for greater insight into the conceptual aspects of what you’ve made or what you’d like to do next. With enough interested folks, we can form an intimate group critique. It’s an open, friendly night in the studio for anyone who wants to get inky.

If you are not yet a Studio Member, sign up ASAP to attend!

All IS Projects Studio Members are invited to come in and hang out for Member Night.

This is essentially a free 3 hour open studio session, plus snacks and drinks, hosted by Ingrid Schindall. Members are welcome to come and go as they please, and are encouraged to use this time to meet each other and get comfortable in the studio. This is also a great opportunity to bring completed or in progress work in to discuss with Ingrid (and anyone else who’s hanging around!) for greater insight into the technical aspects of what you’ve made or what you’d like to do next. It’s an open, friendly night in the studio for anyone who wants to get inky.

If you are not yet a Studio Member, sign up ASAP to attend!

Sunday, April 9th, 2023

2pm - 4pm

Each Open Studio Session allows all IS Projects Studio Members the opportunity to come in and work independently on their own projects outside of our normal weekday business hours. Studio Membership is required if you wish to attend this Open Studio Session — click here to learn about our membership programs and sign up! If you purchase this Open Studio Session and you do not sign up for the membership within 1 business day, your registration will be cancelled and you will be refunded.

During the session, Studio Members are welcome to use any equipment they feel comfortable working on without instruction. Oil-based inks and ink modifiers for etching, relief, and letterpress are included, as are cleaning supplies, photo emulsion for screen printing, and newsprint. Please bring your own screen printing ink and whatever material you wish to print on. Screen printing ink and a selection of fine art papers can be purchased from us on site. Visit our Studio Rental page to review a lis of available equipment and the materials we provide or sell.

Open Studio Sessions are supervised by our Key Holder residents, and provide a warm, productive, communal environment in which to make art. That said, our Key Holder Residents and other participants are not there to teach new skills during the Open Studio Sessions. Please only plan to do projects you feel you can comfortably execute on your own. If you need to arrange some assisted studio time before your session, or have any questions about materials, equipment, or planning your project, please email Brooke Frank at brooke@isprojectsfl.com for more information.

Please review our FAQ for more information about our policies and what you can expect.

Each Open Studio Session allows all IS Projects Studio Members the opportunity to come in and work independently on their own projects outside of our normal weekday business hours. Studio Membership is required if you wish to attend this Open Studio Session — click here to learn about our membership programs and sign up! If you purchase this Open Studio Session and you do not sign up for the membership within 1 business day, your registration will be cancelled and you will be refunded.

During the session, Studio Members are welcome to use any equipment they feel comfortable working on without instruction. Oil-based inks and ink modifiers for etching, relief, and letterpress are included, as are cleaning supplies, photo emulsion for screen printing, and newsprint. Please bring your own screen printing ink and whatever material you wish to print on. Screen printing ink and a selection of fine art papers can be purchased from us on site. Visit our Studio Rental page to review a lis of available equipment and the materials we provide or sell.

Open Studio Sessions are supervised by our Key Holder residents, and provide a warm, productive, communal environment in which to make art. That said, our Key Holder Residents and other participants are not there to teach new skills during the Open Studio Sessions. Please only plan to do projects you feel you can comfortably execute on your own. If you need to arrange some assisted studio time before your session, or have any questions about materials, equipment, or planning your project, please email Brooke Frank at brooke@isprojectsfl.com for more information.

Please review our FAQ for more information about our policies and what you can expect.

Sunday, April 2nd, 2023

2pm - 4pm

Each Open Studio Session allows all IS Projects Studio Members the opportunity to come in and work independently on their own projects outside of our normal weekday business hours. Studio Membership is required if you wish to attend this Open Studio Session — click here to learn about our membership programs and sign up! If you purchase this Open Studio Session and you do not sign up for the membership within 1 business day, your registration will be cancelled and you will be refunded.

During the session, Studio Members are welcome to use any equipment they feel comfortable working on without instruction. Oil-based inks and ink modifiers for etching, relief, and letterpress are included, as are cleaning supplies, photo emulsion for screen printing, and newsprint. Please bring your own screen printing ink and whatever material you wish to print on. Screen printing ink and a selection of fine art papers can be purchased from us on site. Visit our Studio Rental page to review a lis of available equipment and the materials we provide or sell.

Open Studio Sessions are supervised by our Key Holder residents, and provide a warm, productive, communal environment in which to make art. That said, our Key Holder Residents and other participants are not there to teach new skills during the Open Studio Sessions. Please only plan to do projects you feel you can comfortably execute on your own. If you need to arrange some assisted studio time before your session, or have any questions about materials, equipment, or planning your project, please email Brooke Frank at brooke@isprojectsfl.com for more information.

Please review our FAQ for more information about our policies and what you can expect.

Sunday, April 2nd, 2023

10am-2pm

Each Open Studio Session allows all IS Projects Studio Members the opportunity to come in and work independently on their own projects outside of our normal weekday business hours. Studio Membership is required if you wish to attend this Open Studio Session — click here to learn about our membership programs and sign up! If you purchase this Open Studio Session and you do not sign up for the membership within 1 business day, your registration will be cancelled and you will be refunded.

During the session, Studio Members are welcome to use any equipment they feel comfortable working on without instruction. Oil-based inks and ink modifiers for etching, relief, and letterpress are included, as are cleaning supplies, photo emulsion for screen printing, and newsprint. Please bring your own screen printing ink and whatever material you wish to print on. Screen printing ink and a selection of fine art papers can be purchased from us on site. Visit our Studio Rental page to review a lis of available equipment and the materials we provide or sell.

Open Studio Sessions are supervised by our Key Holder residents, and provide a warm, productive, communal environment in which to make art. That said, our Key Holder Residents and other participants are not there to teach new skills during the Open Studio Sessions. Please only plan to do projects you feel you can comfortably execute on your own. If you need to arrange some assisted studio time before your session, or have any questions about materials, equipment, or planning your project, please email Brooke Frank at brooke@isprojectsfl.com for more information.

Please review our FAQ for more information about our policies and what you can expect.

Saturday, April 1st, 2023

2pm - 4pm

Each Open Studio Session allows all IS Projects Studio Members the opportunity to come in and work independently on their own projects outside of our normal weekday business hours. Studio Membership is required if you wish to attend this Open Studio Session — click here to learn about our membership programs and sign up! If you purchase this Open Studio Session and you do not sign up for the membership within 1 business day, your registration will be cancelled and you will be refunded.

During the session, Studio Members are welcome to use any equipment they feel comfortable working on without instruction. Oil-based inks and ink modifiers for etching, relief, and letterpress are included, as are cleaning supplies, photo emulsion for screen printing, and newsprint. Please bring your own screen printing ink and whatever material you wish to print on. Screen printing ink and a selection of fine art papers can be purchased from us on site. Visit our Studio Rental page to review a lis of available equipment and the materials we provide or sell.

Open Studio Sessions are supervised by our Key Holder residents, and provide a warm, productive, communal environment in which to make art. That said, our Key Holder Residents and other participants are not there to teach new skills during the Open Studio Sessions. Please only plan to do projects you feel you can comfortably execute on your own. If you need to arrange some assisted studio time before your session, or have any questions about materials, equipment, or planning your project, please email Brooke Frank at brooke@isprojectsfl.com for more information.

Please review our FAQ for more information about our policies and what you can expect.

Saturday, April 1st, 2023

10am-2pm

Each Open Studio Session allows all IS Projects Studio Members the opportunity to come in and work independently on their own projects outside of our normal weekday business hours. Studio Membership is required if you wish to attend this Open Studio Session — click here to learn about our membership programs and sign up! If you purchase this Open Studio Session and you do not sign up for the membership within 1 business day, your registration will be cancelled and you will be refunded.

During the session, Studio Members are welcome to use any equipment they feel comfortable working on without instruction. Oil-based inks and ink modifiers for etching, relief, and letterpress are included, as are cleaning supplies, photo emulsion for screen printing, and newsprint. Please bring your own screen printing ink and whatever material you wish to print on. Screen printing ink and a selection of fine art papers can be purchased from us on site. Visit our Studio Rental page to review a lis of available equipment and the materials we provide or sell.

Open Studio Sessions are supervised by our Key Holder residents, and provide a warm, productive, communal environment in which to make art. That said, our Key Holder Residents and other participants are not there to teach new skills during the Open Studio Sessions. Please only plan to do projects you feel you can comfortably execute on your own. If you need to arrange some assisted studio time before your session, or have any questions about materials, equipment, or planning your project, please email Brooke Frank at brooke@isprojectsfl.com for more information.

Please review our FAQ for more information about our policies and what you can expect.

Want to come to the studio to geek out on all the juicy technical details of how prints and books get made? Our Studio Members are invited to bring an artwork to discuss with our staff and other members. We’ll provide snacks and drinks, and together we’ll celebrate great registration, troubleshoot ink consistency issues, and dive deep into all the other ups and downs that keep us busy in the studio. This event is totally free, but its members only, so sign up for a Studio Membership ASAP if you want to come!

We are excited to introduce our first quarterly group critique! Our Studio Members are invited to bring one work of art to discuss with other members and participating IS Projects team members. We will provide snacks and drinks and we will do all the time-keeping — you just need to bring some work to discuss and arrive prepared go give your whole head over to looking at art, and to provide thoughtful and constructive feedback to the other participants. Space is limited, so interested studio members should email Brooke Frank at brooke@isprojectsfl.com to RSVP. If you aren’t currently a studio member and would like to become one, sign up ASAP!

Miami Art Week is here, and we recommend you kick it off with Progressive Art Brunch. It runs from 12PM-4PM on Sunday, November 27th and we figured we’d give you a spot to drop in and wrap up your day with some friends. We want to hear all about the shows you saw as you bopped around and the things you want to see in the week to come. Please come by, make some plans, have a drink (our treat), and check out the new work on our project wall! We will be hanging out here at the studio from 4PM-7PM, and we’d love to see you.

Want to come to the studio to geek out on all the juicy technical details of how prints and books get made? Our Studio Members are invited to bring an artwork to discuss with our staff and other members. We’ll provide snacks and drinks, and together we’ll celebrate great registration, troubleshoot ink consistency issues, and dive deep into all the other ups and downs that keep us busy in the studio. This event is totally free, but its members only, so sign up for a Studio Membership ASAP if you want to come!

Join us in the gallery during our last Artwalk for an artist talk with Angelica Clyman on her solo exhibition, Land of Sunshine.

Angelica Clyman is a painter and sculptor who lives and works in her native South Florida. She is a graduate of New World School of the Arts (BFA) and Florida International University (MFA). Her passion for discovering and preserving the history of seemingly mundane local spaces makes every day a possible revelation and adventure. She currently teaches studio art at Broward College and is the director of the Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery.

Not local? The conversation will be broadcast on the @isprojects Instagram live.

Join us for the LAST ARTWALK to say farewell to our FATVillage home for the last 7 years! We will have prints, journals and posters for sale in addition to our exhibited works in the gallery.

Join us for the March ARTWALK in our retail and gallery space! We will have prints, journals and posters for sale in addition to our exhibited works in the gallery.

Join us for the January ARTWALK in our retail and gallery space! We will have prints, journals and posters for sale in addition to our exhibited works in the gallery.

Join us for the Lexicon of Longing Opening Reception during the January FATVillage artwalk in the IS Projects Gallery!

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:

Lexicon of Longing is a solo exhibition of artists' books and prints by Golnar Adili which grapple with deconstructing and reconstructing past traumas. Adili's work uses family photographs, language, and play to reshape memory, experiences of displacement and identity.

Forgetting and relearning both English and Persian multiple times has made language a fascinating reference in Adili's work. Persian poetry, as well as biographical text investigating a landscape of longing, have provided a valuable context for examining language formally. These investigations include physically building words and letters with a multitude of materials. In doing so, Adili uses architecture, book arts, and installation to distort and blur the lines between design, craft, and fine art.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Golnar Adili is a mixed media artist, educator, and designer with a focus on diasporic identity. She holds a master's degree in architecture from the University of Michigan and has attended residencies at the Rockefeller Foundation for the Arts (Bellagio, Italy), Center for Book Arts (NYC), Smack Mellon (Brooklyn, NY), Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown (MA), MacDowell Colony (NYC), Ucross Foundation for the Arts (Clearmont, WY), Lower East Side Printshop (NYC), Women’s Studio Workshop (Rosendale, NY), and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace (NYC), among others. Adili has shown her work internationally; venues include: the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK), NURTUREart (Brooklyn, NY), Craft and Folk Art Museum (Los Angeles, CA), and International Print Center New York (NYC). She has received several grants, including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant, NYFA Fellowship in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists Books, and the Jerome Hill Finalist Grant. Adili is a Jameel Prize finalist. Her artist books are in several collections, including the Library of Congress, Rutgers University, Yale University, and University of Michigan.

Join Sammi McLean for a conversation with Golnar Adili about her solo exhibit, Lexicon of Longing.

The artist talk will take place on an instagram live with @isprojects.

Golnar Adili is a mixed media artist, educator, and designer with a focus on diasporic identity. She holds a master's degree in architecture from the University of Michigan and has attended residencies at the Rockefeller Foundation for the Arts (Bellagio, Italy), Center for Book Arts (NYC), Smack Mellon (Brooklyn, NY), Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown (MA), MacDowell Colony (NYC), Ucross Foundation for the Arts (Clearmont, WY), Lower East Side Printshop (NYC), Women’s Studio Workshop (Rosendale, NY), and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace (NYC), among others. Adili has shown her work internationally; venues include: the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK), NURTUREart (Brooklyn, NY), Craft and Folk Art Museum (Los Angeles, CA), and International Print Center New York (NYC). She has received several grants, including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant, NYFA Fellowship in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists Books, and the Jerome Hill Finalist Grant. Adili is a Jameel Prize finalist. Her artist books are in several collections, including the Library of Congress, Rutgers University, Yale University, and University of Michigan.

Join us for theNovember ARTWALK in our retail and gallery space! We will have prints, journals and posters for sale in addition to our exhibited works in the gallery.

Join us in the gallery (During SPF’ 21) for an artist talk with David Wolske on his solo exhibition, Re: Contextal.

David Wolske is a typo/graphic designer, artist, and educator. His interdisciplinary practice combines the traditions of letterpress and printmaking with digital tools and design thinking. Wolske’s work is exhibited and collected nationally and internationally. He is a 2020 LHM Educator Fellow at the Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography at ArtCenter College of Design; the College Book Art Association 2018 Emerging Educator; 2016 Visiting Artist at Hatch Show Print; and a 2014 Utah Visual Arts Fellow.
Wolske’s work is represented by Artspace111 in Fort Worth. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the College of Visual Arts and Design at the University of North Texas.

Not local? The conversation will be broadcast on the @isprojects Instagram live.

Join us for the August ARTWALK in our retail and gallery space! We will have prints, journals and posters for sale in addition to our exhibited works in the gallery.

Join us for the MakerMatching Opening Reception and a virtual artist talk in the IS Projets Gallery!
Reception: 6-10pm (in-person)

Bridget Elmer and Emily Larned originally founded Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts (ILSSA) in 2008 to find and connect with other impractical laborers—those interested in cultivating a considered, thoughtful, and balanced creative practice. They were looking for alternatives, interested in blurring disciplinary lines, and searching for a community of makers who valued process over product. The impetus for that search was born from their friendship and the rare, immediate connection that they discovered when their paths crossed many moons ago. With MakerMatching, they are returning to that genesis and working together with IS Projects to create space for other paths in their orbits to cross with our community.

MakerMatching is a collaborative project and exhibition organized by ILSSA and IS Projects all about matching makers—searching for potential connections within our communities and creating space for new conversations to begin. In this pandemic era, the value of human connection has become palpable. As we cautiously emerge from isolation, we are naturally drawn to reconnect, but at a smaller, more intimate scale; ready for new conversations, primed to consider alternatives, and eager to grow.

MakerMatching culminates in an exhibition at IS Projects highlighting the importance of connection and support within creative practice. Whether they're members of ILSSA or creatives from the IS Projects' community, makers of all disciplines were mailed a handset letterpress survey to be filled out and returned in order to match them with other makers.

ABOUT OUR COLLABORATORS

Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts (ILSSA) is a union for reflective practice and membership organization for artists and makers that fosters community, new ideas, tools, and resources. ILSSA observes a an annual holiday, the Festival to Plead for Skills; organizes participatory exhibitions and events; and facilitates an annual group residency.

Join us for the first annual IS Projects Pumpkin Carving Contest!

Contestants will meet between 12-5 pm on Saturday, October 30th for a pumpkin carve-off! The resulting pumpkins will be displayed during the October FATVillage Artwalk (later that same day, 6-10 pm) to be judged by Artwalk goers. Participants may choose from two pumpkin options: Big Art Pumpkin & Mini Meme Pumpkin. More information can be found here. Participants must sign up to reserve their seat.

Join Ingrid Schindall for a conversation with Golnar Adili about her new artists’ book, She Feels Your Absence Deeply: A Family History Woodblock

The conversation will take place on an instagram live with @isprojects.

The Family History Woodblock book is inspired by my toddler’s play blocks. For the past decade I have been deconstructing and reconstructing materials and imagery relating to my family history through mining my late father’s archive of letters, photos and printed matter.

Join Ingrid Schindall for a conversation with Carol Prusa about our newest Existent Books publication, unknowing.

The conversation will take place on an instagram live with @isprojects.

About the project: unknowing is an artist book by Carol Prusa and was produced at IS Projects during the Summer of 2021 and will be released October 18th, 2021 during E/AB Fair and Vancouver Art Book Fair. The book is drum leaf bound with a custom double-hinged slip case holding a letterpress and lasercut vovelle and a limited edition etching printed by Kim Spivey at Ground Printmaking. The book contains letterpress printed text with toner printed imagery and hand marbled end pages on Strathmore 400 Series Black paper. The cover is silver foil stamped silk mohair book cloth. Each book is signed and numbered by the artist. There are 7 different etching variations that are paired at random with each book. A special edition of 3 super collector’s books containing all 7 of the etching variations will also be made available.

Join us for the August ARTWALK in our retail and gallery space! We will have prints, journals and posters for sale in addition to our exhibited works in the gallery.

Join us for a conversation with the curators of Into the Fold, Ingrid Schindall and Sammi McLean

The conversation will take place on an instagram live @isprojects and include virtual tours of both the Into the Fold exhibition at the Coral Springs Museum of Art and IS Projects printmaking studio where the Existent Books project was born!

Join us for the July ARTWALK in our retail and gallery space! We will have prints, journals and posters for sale in addition to our exhibited works in the gallery.

Join us for the Fresh Prints Opening Reception and a virtual artist talk in the IS Projets Gallery!

Artist Talk: 6-6:30pm (virtually on @isprojectsfl Instagram live)
Opening Reception: 6:30-10pm (in-person)

Fresh Prints presents a collection of prints and artists' books from a group of local artists working at every level and from every discipline, on IS Projects’ presses week after week. Through varied approaches to printmaking, exhibited works highlight the core techniques taught in our studio each month, including letterpress printing, screen printing, book binding, intaglio and relief.

Fresh Prints is an annual Summer group show which began in 2019. This year's installment is unique in that much of the exhibited works were created during the pandemic, requiring artists to find creative solutions to printing with limited studio and press access.

The exhibited artists explore their personal narratives, political anxieties and relationship to nature through the lens of contemporary printmaking. Whether revisiting the press after decades away, learning how to pull a print for the very first time, or coming to printmaking from another medium, the studio creates common ground for each artist to hone their craft. 

Featuring works by

Kylie Aylies, Jennifer Broutin Farah, Amber Frank,

Caro Gutierrez, Nickole Maurstad, Cristina Müller,

Alexandra Riesco, Leah Roobin, Coral Rose,

Jay Sylvestre, Abby Wang & William de Yampert