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Friday, June 7

Check-in at the registration table between 2:00-5:00 p.m.

Curator’s Tour 3:00–4:00 p.m.

Curator’s tour of “Critical Reading,” an exhibition featuring objects from the museum’s permanent collections in conversation with book from the Rollins Book Arts Collection and submissions from CBAA members, co-curated by Rachel Simmons and Gisela Carbonell

Keynote 5:00–6:30 p.m.

Delivered by Cristina Favretto, Ingrid Schindall and Sarah Michelle Rupert, co-organizers of Tropic Bound International Biennial Artists’ Book Fair in Miami, Florida

SPEAKER BIOS

Ingrid Schindall, Director
Ingrid Schindall is a passionate and productive printmaker and book artist based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Her prints and artist books have been exhibited internationally and nationally. She is devoted to her writing practice and has produced six limited edition books, all written, designed, hand printed and bound by the artist.

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 Fort Lauderdale’s first small press fair, SPF: Small Press Fair Fort Lauderdale with collaborator Sarah Michelle Rupert.

Cristina Favretto, Director
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. Her areas of focus are women’s history and book arts, but she has also had a shadow life as a performance artist and the lead singer in a post-punk cabaret band. She was instrumental in building substantial artists’ book collections at Duke University’s Sallie Bingham Center for Women and Culture at Duke (where she was the first Director), at UCLA Special Collections, and now at the University of Miami.

Sarah Michelle Rupert, Director
Sarah Michelle Rupert is an artist, educator and cultural producer living and working in Miami, FL. Working with photography, video, collage, drawing and animation, her creative practice revolves around consumer and mass-communication culture and its beautiful, tragic and humorous interactions within contemporary life.

As a cultural producer, she works collaboratively with artists and organizations to build innovative and fun projects across artistic disciplines. 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.

Exhibition Reception 6:30-8:30 pm

Exhibition reception and purchase awards announcement for Critical Reading: Book Art in Dialogue with the Collection at the Rollins Museum of Art. Reception will feature heavy hors d’oeuvres and a bar.

Saturday, June 8

Morning Session: Kathleen W. Rollins Hall, 300 Galloway Room

  • 8:00–8:30 a.m. Coffee & pastries 
  • 8:30-9:30 a.m. CBAA Members Meeting 
  • 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Committee Breakout Meetings 

Break for Lunch: 12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.

Afternoon Activities: Rollins Museum of Art, Lakeside Patio

Tour: 5:00–7:00 p.m.

Flying Horse Editions is a collaborative research studio for visual artists at the University of Central Florida. A non-profit publisher of limited-edition prints, artist books, and art objects by internationally renowned artists, FHE offers unique opportunities for artists, students, and the Central Florida community. In addition, FHE offers visiting artists the opportunity to work with our technicians to push the boundaries of their work while providing a unique educational experience for UCF students.

SCHEDULE:

  • 4:30 p.m. Coach departs from Rollins
  • 5:00 p.m. Event Starts
  • 6:45 p.m. Depart for Rollins
  • 7:05 p.m. Arrive at Rollins

Programming at Flying Horse Editions will include:

  • Tour of studios with Theo Lotz, Director of Flying Horse Editions
  • Book Art exhibition highlighting Florida book artists with co-curators Chris Saclolo and David Benjamin from UCF Library Special Collections
  • Letterpress Happy Hour when attendees can print & take a poster designed by UCF faculty member Ashley Taylor

Sunday, June 9

Attendees staying on campus must check out by 10:00 a.m.

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