With support from the California Arts Council, Independent Project Press will produce the 7th Annual Downtown Bishop Chocolate Art Walk, an event supporting the work of over 60 local artists and musicians working in concert with over 24 local merchants to activate the arts and revitalize the under-served and rural downtown historic district of Bishop. The funds will directly support artists and musicians, website/graphic design and administration of social outreach to the greater community.
We regularly exhibit contemporary artists that offer a unique perspective to the community. Our Project Room gallery provides a space for innovative art works that have not previously received much exposure in this town. We seek to build a market for this type of art work as it has not yet been established in our area. In our letterpress studio space we provide classes, workshops, hand-crafted printing and graphic design services. We offer instruction in such disciplines as letterpress typesetting and printing, alternative photographic techniques, linocut and block printing, music packaging and booklet design. We initiated and continue to organize one of the largest and most celebrated community annual art events in the region, the “Downtown Bishop Chocolate Art Walk.” This beloved annual event has attracted nearly 1,000 attendees annually, who come out to experience the free art exhibitions and musical performances located in and around our downtown shops.

