SPF in the News
Miami New Times
Small Press Fair Challenges Idea That Print Is Dead
For eight years now, SPF has provided South Florida with a singular forum where small regional presses, independent publishers, artists, designers, zinesters, and "the similarly afflicted" can converge to celebrate all forms of printed matter and swap ideas with wild abandon.
"All we really want to do is get everyone in the same room," Rupert says. "See what happens when a graphic designer is sitting next to an illustrator, or a writer is sitting next to an artist specializing in intaglio, or a high schooler making patches is across from a retiree making multi-block woodcuts. I have loved seeing the artwork and friendships that have resulted from artists being near each other at SPF.""Our sunny subculture of creators is kind of like the paradoxical paradise that is South Florida," she adds. "It's tough to define, but you feel it when you're here, and it feels like nowhere else. And while the heart of SPF is South Florida artists, the event has increasingly attracted folks from outside the area. This year, we have exhibitors from Brooklyn, Chicago, North Carolina, and Texas, along with our fellow Floridians from the north: Gainesville, Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville."
- Sean Levisman, Miami New Times, November 8, 2023
Pure Honey Magazine
SPF’23 Small Press Fair ‘23
”Print. Book. Zine.” The Small Press Fair, with its name and laconic tagline, condenses a two-day event and an underlying philosophy into a snappy statement of purpose. The fair is a response to rising screen time. It’s a safe space for printmakers and their tactile wares. It’s a tribute to the nearly 600-year history of the printing press.
“As the digital age thoroughly permeates modern life — communication, entertainment, and culture — perhaps to the point of over-saturation, traditional printed matter has been pushed to the periphery,” SPF co-founder Ingrid Schindall tells PureHoney. “In the outer fringes, it’s there where SPF brings light to the tenacious efforts of artists, designers, writers, and creatives who are keeping the craft alive.”
Born when gallerist Sarah Michelle Rupert of Girls’ Club approached fine art printmaker and book artist Schindall of IS Projects and Nocturnal Press about a collaboration, the first SPF was a one-day gathering in 2016 at FATVillage in Fort Lauderdale. The eighth edition will feature more than 60 exhibitors — Schindall confirmed another one mid-interview — and doesn’t stop at masterpieces on paper: Ceramics, temporary tattoos, buttons and shirts abound.
- Amanda Moore, Pure Honey Magazine, October 22nd, 2023
Pure Honey Magazine
SPF’22 Small Press Fair ‘22
With newspapers across the country ditching daily editions as they struggle to stay afloat, it is in some ways a terrible time for print. But not at the Small Press Fair, an annual expo in South Florida that celebrates ink-on-paper creativity in its many maker forms and just keeps on flourishing.
- Olivia Feldman, Pure Honey Magazine, October 2022
The Sun Sentinel
Paper News
Those subversive kids at Small Press Fair Fort Lauderdale are at it again, tempting you with the idea that all those words and pictures you create on your device might look prettier and feel more substantive when presented on paper. Paper! Heresy. An afternoon of local and regional artists, designers, printers, publishers, bookmakers, zine-sters and live printmaking, Spf'19 takes place noon-6 p.m. Saturday at Projects Gallery in FAT Village (521 NW First Ave., Fort Lauderdale). Visit SPF-FTL.com.
- Ben Crandell, Sun-Sentinel.com, Nov 7, 2019