March 2021 Newsletter
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Springtime and the Living is Inky
We march our way into Spring with some exciting print, book and paper projects developing behind the scenes. We can’t wait to share more pulpy updates with you regarding an exciting papermaking collaboration that’s well underway.
Speaking of - this month was full of collaborations as we had the Norton Museum of Art visit the shop to talk print techniques related to their new exhibition. You can learn more about that exhibition and FAU’s Expanding Printmaking show featuring South Florida small presses in two videos linked below!
While we know that FATVillage has taken steps towards re-opening its monthly Art Walk, we are still not participating at this time. That said, we are happy to announce that we will be opening the shop back up for public studio rental. If you’d like to get back on the presses and sling some ink, be sure to check out more details below.
IN THE GALLERY
Join us Saturday, March 27th at 6pm for our virtual opening reception for
Time, No Longer Emptied of Presence, a solo exhibition of textile works by Jennifer Printz.
The exhibition is on view through May 2nd with a
Virtual Gallery Tour & Gallery Shop available on our website!
Time, No Longer Emptied of Presence uses textiles as a means of reflecting on the invisible architecture of life and the ever-changing universe. The many threads woven together to create fabric represent the connections around us, our relationship with the planet, and the impact of time and space on each individual. Jennifer Printz uses fabric’s pliable nature to present the fluid tendencies of reality. The captured moment of the photograph is printed onto cotton and silks which are then manipulated into three-dimensional forms. The sky folds and twists as it is loosely stitched together into a tenuous shape that may unravel before our eyes, such as the ebb and flow of life.
This series materializes air, expanding and contracting it in space while clouds defy gravity. As the sky spills across the wall or onto the floor, one moment is stitched to another, emphasizing the collection of days that make up a life and the ongoing process of time. This work is also an homage to Printz's past, the time she spent as a child learning to sew with her great-aunt, and the many hours spent at her grandmother's Singer. It allows Printz to travel in time, joining the past with the future, using the skills she learned as a child to now expand her studio practice.
Jennifer Printz graduated with a BFA from East Tennessee State University and then completed her Masters of Fine Art in 2001 from The University of Georgia. Since graduation, her creations have been exhibited widely across the US and abroad including recent exhibitions at the Spartanburg Museum of Art, Chroma Gallery, and International Biennale of Prints in Portugal. She has participated in regular residencies in the US, her work is included in a large number of institutional and private collections and has been included in publications as diverse as Tricycle and the Carolina Review.
The IS Projects gallery is open for appointments Thursday evenings, 5-7pm and has its lights on 24 hours so that the public can safely view the show through our big, storefront windows.
COME PRINT WITH US
While we still remain mostly closed to the public, we’ll be offering hourly studio rental to the public on a first come first serve basis.
Assuming you comply with our COVID policies, we’re happy to now offer hourly studio rental on a limited basis. Want to learn more about studio rental rates, equipment and what precautions we are taking in the studio? Visit our website and reach out via email. We’d be happy to assist in all your printing needs!
JOIN THE CONVERSATION
J. Rachel Gustafson, Assistant Curator, and Ingrid Schindall, Founder of IS Projects, discuss and demonstrate three different printmaking techniques—lithography, relief and intaglio—all represented in select works from the exhibition, The Collection of Esther M. and Sumner L. Feldberg, on view at the Norton Museum of Art through March 28.
DON’T MISS THE ARTIST TALK
Expanding Printmaking: South Florida Artist-Run Presses
This exhibition focuses on expanding our understanding of the vibrant range of art being made in South Florida through artist-run presses and will present a range of prints and artist books being produced from traditional processes to more contemporary strategies.
Watch Ingrid Schindall talk about her printmaking studio and work, IS Projects - as an invited speaker at Florida Atlantic University
On view: January 29 - March 6, 2021 at the Ritter Gallery, FAU
Opening: Friday, February 12, 2021 12 noon - 7:00 pm - by appointment
Guest Curators: Carol Prusa, FAU Professor of Art & Joseph Velasquez, FAU Assistant Professsor of Art
In the Exhibition: IS Projects, Fort Lauderdale; Extra Virgin Press, Miami; The
Jaffe Center for Book Arts at FAU; Ground Printmaking, West Palm Beach; Flying Horse Editions, University of Central Florida.
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