Bringing letterpress to Miami
Tom Virgin is participating in this exciting fund-raising event that supports the gallery exhibitions and events.
The Art and Culture Center/Hollywood’s popular exhibition and fundraiser Exposed returns with an opening reception on Saturday, August 28 from
5 – 7 pm. The Exhibition will run through September 24th, with the draw set for that night from 6 – 9 pm.
https://www.artandculturecenter.org/13th-annual-exposed
Extra Virgin Press will have three printing presses running for the kids at PAMM.
I have lived in Coconut Grove longer than any other place in my entire life. The time span represented in PLACE AND PURPOSE/ Art Transformation in Coconut Grove, was recent history when I moved there in 1992, on the heels of Hurricane Andrew. I am grateful to the Frost, Amy Galpin, Jordana Pomeroy, and their remarkable team for filling in this history of the Grove.
I earned a MFA in Printmaking at the University of Miami in 1994, and worked in three museums in Miami as well. MDCPS kept me around for over twenty five years in Title I Public High Schools as an art teacher. I have worked with kids all over the city. Still… The Grove was my neighborhood. Coconut Grove is and always has been a small town: A neighborhood, a place where people come together, an artist’s haven, with places to walk, with lots of trees and public parks.
Many artists gravitated to the Grove, and I have met hundreds, if not thousands, who participated in the Coconut Grove Art Festivals over the years. I have met wood carvers who lived in trees (Sundog), Mango Kings (Glen Terry), and librarians who knew their patrons so well, that they ordered books for them, before they were requested. Many of my friends preceded me to the Grove and moved on.
The work on this page represents a selection of the exhibition, links to Frost Museum’s site with educator resources, Making Space (2021) created in response to the exhibition that reflects my neighborhood now, Can’t See It From My House (2008) my book in the exhibition, a poster created for a demo on Juneteenth 2021 at the FIU Frost Art Museum, and other work that is Grove-centric from my time here. I love this town.
EVP and Miami artist Brian Reedy are setting up a show at Miami International Airport.
Fountainhead presents Artists Open on Saturday, May 8 from 11am-6pm.
Over 250 artists will open their studios across Miami-Dade. Come by and check out our letterpress in action. Extra Virgin Press is excited to participate and share the art.
Prints, books, and broadsheets will be on display and available for sale. Pick up a handmade gift for Mother’s Day.
CORRIDOS VISUALES: Tradition & Innovation in LatinX Printmaking
Corridos Visuales will be on display February 12-April 10, 2021 at the Schmidt Center Gallery & Public Space. Guest Curator: Joseph Velasquez, Assistant Professsor of Art (Printmaking) FAU
South Florida Artist-Run Presses will be on display January 29 – March 6, 2021 at the FAU Ritter Art Gallery. Guest Curator: Carol Prusa, Professor of Art (Painting)
| Extra Virgin Press has had a small local gift shop for holiday shopping since 2017. This year, this very unusual year, will not be an exception. |
Our work with artists and poets has been curtailed by our current circumstances, but we invite you to peruse the work of gallery artists at Emerson Dorsch Gallery (including prints that were printed with Extra Virgin Press), and Exile Books, our next door neighbor. We love our neighborhood and our neighbors. Local Shopping will help us stick around until next year.
Our little neighborhood in Little Haiti, is offering you a great deal. Visit online or in person, we are masked and safe. Sale runs December 17-19, Thursday through Saturday, Noon to 5PM each day.
Buy one print, it fits a standard frame (fits a standard frame11 x 14/image size 9.5 x 7.5) for forty dollars. Or buy three for $100. Available images: Big Shark, Big Lobster and Big Fish. All are hand printed on a 1947 Vandercook 4 Proof Press, and hand colored by the vintage “me.” If you can’t escape to the Keys, bring the escape to your house. Free shipping by USPS.
Little Moon over Little Haiti is available for $200, hand printed on a 1947 Vandercook 4 Proof Press, by the vintage “me.” Free shipping by USPS.
The website is well stocked with new work. If you see anything that you fancy email or call, we can have it on the way to you by USPS the next day. CashApp is accepted, contact EVP for the QR code.
Thank you thank you for your support!
Assorted “Raise Your Voice” prints will be available for purchase. Letterpress printed unique prints, 19 in x 12.5 in.
I have also invited a few friends to bring work as well.
You could call it EVP and Friends. If no one shows I will say I have no friends…
There is an explosion of work that is a feast to your senses and will nourish your soul.
Extra Virgin Press is part of of the MATERIALIZE Exhibition by Oolite Arts.
MATERIALIZE
Nov. 28 – Dec. 6, 2020
12 – 8 p.m.
928 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
Find something for everyone on your holiday list at Oolite’s “MATERIALIZE,” a curated pop-up exhibition taking place during Miami Art Week!Curated by Meaghan Kent, the exhibition features photographs, prints, zines, books, clothing, jewelry, sculpture and face masks – all created by some of the city’s best artists. Prices range from $1 to $250, with select works above $1,000.
Look for Extra Virgin Press at the Miami Book Fair Online.The Book Fair runs from November 15th to November 22, all free, all online. Here in Florida in the online offerings, marks a number of literary sites that offer compelling conversations on where we are and where we are going.
Is it possible that P. Scott Cunningham can see into the future?
The Miami100’s feature Miami poets reading short selections. Extra Virgin Press printed 100 characters each for fourteen of Miami’s finest writers in May 2018. The finished broadsheets, Miami100’s, let me bring my friends with me (on paper), to a residency at the Anderson Center at Tower View in Minnesota, and introduce them to my Midwest friends through their words.
https://miamibookfaironline.com/here-in-florida/
Here in Florida, A Local Literary Showcase
https://www.andersoncenter.org/residency-program/
The Anderson Center at Tower View.
Extra Virgin Press’ 2020-2021 programming is made possible with support from The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation; The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; The Miami Foundation, the Office of the Mayor of Miami-Dade County, Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners, and the Miami-Dade County Department of Public Housing and Community Development.
