Fountainhead Artist Open

Please join me for Artists Open, Saturday, May 13, 11am – 6pm, as I open to the public for @fountainheadarts #ArtistsOpen. Explore Extra Virgin Press and our nextdoor neighbor, Exile Projects’ studio.

Learn about letterpress and book arts. I am surrounded by my inspiration, books… and of course, Mom. You can register for the event, explore the interactive guide, and get directions to my studio at www.artistsopen.miami.
We are between Panther Coffee and Clives Cafe.

https://artistsopen.miami/tom-virgin
https://artistsopen.miami/
https://www.instagram.com/fountainheadarts/

Tropic Bound Book Fair Photos

EVP's table set up at the Tropic Bound book fair
EVP’s table set up at the Tropic Bound book fair
CB Sherlock & Gaylord Schanilec, Minnesota printers and mentors to Tom Virgin/ Extra Virgin Press getting ready for another day at Paradise Plaza's third floor event space at Tropic Bound Artists' Book Fair.
CB Sherlock & Gaylord Schanilec, Minnesota printers and mentors to Tom Virgin/ Extra Virgin Press getting ready for another day at Paradise Plaza’s third floor event space at Tropic Bound Artists’ Book Fair.
Solmentes Press and a view to Miami from the Design District's Paradise Plaza at the Tropic Bound Artist Book Fair.
Solmentes Press and a view to Miami from the Design District’s Paradise Plaza at the Tropic Bound Artist Book Fair.
CB Sherlock and Tom Virgin (teacher and student) fair neighbors and close friends, enjoy a brief break in the very well attended and soon to celebrated gathering of sixty plus book artists from around the U.S. and the world.
CB Sherlock and Tom Virgin (teacher and student) fair neighbors and close friends, enjoy a brief break in the very well attended and soon to celebrated gathering of sixty plus book artists from around the U.S. and the world.
Two visitors to the fair, Franklin and Karen Einspruch, examine Tom Virgin's collaboration with Edwidge Danticat, Food and Freedom, This Is My Body.
Two visitors to the fair, Franklin and Karen Einspruch, examine Tom Virgin’s collaboration with Edwidge Danticat, Food and Freedom, This Is My Body.
Tropic Bound symposium attendees
Tropic Bound symposium attendees
Tom Virgin, Extra Virgin Press showing Making Space, a 2021 artists book created for Juneteenth Celebration at FIU Frost Museum’s “Place and Purpose: Art Transformation in Coconut Grove” educational programming. Two of Virgin’s works, “Next Door” and “Can’t See It from My House” were included in the exhibition.

Within Without

Tom Virgin will be participating in the exhibition, Within Without, at the Anderson Center in Red Wing, Minnesota. The exhibition will feature printmaking work by former Anderson Center artists-in-Residence. This show will focus on artists looking inward at their own human experiences and outward at the was we interact with the wider world.

The show will run from February 10 through May 6 with a reception on March 10.

The following prints will be included in the exhibition.

BluPrnt

The BluPrnt, curated by Robert Chambers , is open from November 20th until January 8th, at Bridge Red Studios/Project Space. Over 150 artists participating with many performances on the day of the opening reception, Sunday, November 20th from 5 – 10 pm. There will be a closing brunch/potluck/party on Sunday, January 8th 2023. Special Printed Poster by the fabulous Tom Virgin.

AND downstairs at Under the Bridge N Miami, a fabulous exhibition of work by artist Jessica Gispert opening at the same time.

ALSO, a new Flag Project with flag by artist Rosemarie Chiarlone. Don’t miss it! 

#thebluprntatbridgered #robertchambers #jessicagispert #underthebridgeartspace #bridgeredstudios #rosemariechiarlone #tomvirgin @extravirginpress

The Foundation of Extra Virgin Press

The foundation of Extra Virgin Press lies upon the neighborhoods we have always worked in, and the many students that have enriched my life. My time in public schools brought me “minions”, but also an education that could only come from young people from around the world, The presses raise their voices in the community.