Tropic Bound Artists’ Book Fair goes live
I started an Artists’ Book Fair with a few friends!
We’ll be launching the first edition February 2022 in Miami!
Until then, join the email list and follow Tropic Bound on Instagram and Facebook to be in the know.
@tropicboundfair
What are artists’ books?
An artists’ book is a work of art that uses the form and/or function of a book as inspiration. It is an art object, intentionally created or conceived by an artist, that can manifest in different ways.
About Tropic Bound
Tropic Bound’s mission is to promote and support the work of book artists while providing opportunities for dialogue and a platform for national and international artists and publishers to exhibit, sell and exchange artists’ books.
Tropic Bound is a bi-annual artists’ book fair with international participation. Launching in February 2022, Tropic Bound will include a multi-lingual educational symposium that raises the discourse of artists’ books and fine art books in South Florida and the Americas with the input of historians, artists, and academics.
Tropic Bound aims to elevate the understanding and value of hand-made artists’ books as an important contemporary art form where art and words meet. Working with artists, galleries, universities, institutions and publishers from around the world, Tropic Bound seeks to create a regionally accessible platform for people involved in the creation of books as an art form.
Tropic Bound is supported by the John S. and James L Knight Foundation through a Knight Arts Challenge Grant, The Division of Cultural Affairs at the Florida Department of State, of Mixed Use Space, and other donors.
The Team
Ingrid Schindall is a passionate printmaker and book artist based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 2014 Schindall opened IS Projects, a public access printmaking and book arts studio with the mission to cultivate a love and appreciation for print and book media in South Florida. In 2016, she co-founded SPF: Small Press Fair Fort Lauderdale with collaborator Sarah Michelle Rupert.
Cristina Favretto is the Head of Special Collections at the University of Miami Libraries. She has worked in a variety of bookish capacities at the Boston Public Library, Harvard, Duke, San Diego State, and UCLA, curating and building collections on zines, culinary history, surfing, and Aldus Manutius, to name a few.
Sarah Michelle Rupert is an artist, educator, grant specialist and cultural producer with over 12 years experience in South Florida. She is the Director of Collections at Girls’ Club, founding director of Mixed Use Space, and founding co-director of SPF: Small Press Fair Fort Lauderdale with Ingrid Schindall.
