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kipping the glossy facades of the fashion boutiques of the Miami Design District, the multi-national crowd is rushing to Paradise Plaza for a different kind of luxury: books. These aren't your average coffee table tomes: the displayed works at Tropic Bound fair, Miami’s first artists’ books exhibition, bridge the worlds of art, craft, and literature, conveying multicultural stories through book-binding, paper-making, marbling, letterpress printing, and other techniques. The inaugural Tropic Bound was held in February 2023 and Tropic Bound 2025 is planned for February 6 - 9. Alongside co-directors Cristina Favretto and Sarah Michelle Rupert, Ingrid Schindall, a printmaker and co-founder of Tropic Bound, aims to showcase aspects of Miami that the media often neglect.
MIAMI'S NOT JUST BOOK BANS AND ALLIGATORS; THERE'S MORE HERE, AND PEOPLE ARE DOING THINGS; YOU HAVE ALLIES, ALL OF THESE GOOD THINGS. Ingrid Schindall Tropic Bound
The inaugural South Florida biennial showcased over 60 exhibitors hailing from the United States, Mexico, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Egypt. The event also attracted a diverse audience of book lovers.
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