The Shop at MCBA | Minnesota Center for Book Arts


	THE SHOP AT MCBA offers a unique and irresistible array of book art, supplies and gifts. This includes a distinctive assortment of cards, stationery, handcrafted journals, decorative and marbled paper, artists' books, original prints, art supplies, instructional books and much more. We represent over 150 local and national book artists, and feature rotating displays of our inventory. We have something interesting for everyone from the serious book art collector to the first time visitor. New items are always arriving, so visit us often and get inspired! For more information about The Shop or product availability, please contact us at 612.215.2520 or email us. HOURS Monday: 10am - 5pm Tuesday: 10am - 9pm Wednesday: 10am - 5pm Thursday: 10am - 5pm Friday: 10am - 5pm Saturday: 10am - 5pm Sunday: 12 noon - 4pm Members receive a 10% discount on most purchases at The Shop at MCBA. For information on becoming a member, click here.

	THE MOST UNIQUE SHOPPING IN THE TWIN CITIES! Our experts at The Shop at MCBA have pulled together some great gift suggestions for all of your loved ones -- check out our Facebook page for even more photos and samples of our gift ideas! ROBOTS!!! Visit our new Kids' section for great hands-on get-creative activity kits, pop-up and board books, stocking-stuffer toys and games, and much more. Plus, for kids of ALL ages -- an awesome nerdy selection of robot-making kits, robot books, robot magnets... everything robot! GIVE THE GIFT OF HANDMADE: MCBA's selection of beautiful hand-bound blank books and journals, diaries/datebooks, bookish jewelry and accessories, handmade artist's books, broadsides and fine press prints is unmatched, in the Cities or anywhere. SOMETHING UNIQUE FOR MOM: Forget another sweater, get something that truly appeals to that most special book-lover, journal-keeper or aspiring writer in your life. The Shop at MCBA offers everything from bookplates and journals to unique stationery sets and handcrafted writing implements destined to become heirlooms.
	WINTER BOOK The annual Winter Book publication is the embodiment of MCBA's artistic vision -- to preserve and promote both the traditional crafts of bookmaking (hand papermaking, letterpress printing, printmaking and hand bookbinding) as well as the contemporary exploration of the book as art. Since 1988, MCBA's annual Winter Book has engaged artists, designers, papermakers, printers, bookbinders and community volunteers in producing a handmade, limited edition artist's book featuring poetry or prose by a Minnesota author. The artistry and hand craftsmanship of each Winter Book makes it an avidly collected series, included in museum and rare book library collections across the country and around the world. MCBA's 21st Winter Book, Come and Get It by All Things Considered humorist and storyteller Kevin Kling, will be released at the Winter Book Publication Party on December 10. You may pre-order online or in person at The Shop; if you would prefer to order by mail, you may request a prospectus by sending your mailing address to mcba@mnbookarts.org. You can also get a sneak peek online at a few Winter Books of the past (2006, 2007, 2008), then come in to see them all in person at The Shop dating back to 1988, featuring such treasured Minnesota writers as Robert Bly, Bill Holm, Louise Erdrich, Louis Jenkins, Carol Bly, Larry Millett, Patricia Hampl, Judith Guest, Jon Hassler and Bryan Thao Worra, among many others.
	ARTIST'S BOOKS The Shop at MCBA features one-of-a-kind and limited edition artist's books by more than 100 artists -- and new works are always coming in. Works are available from $1 to over $1,000. Here's a peek at just one highlight from our shelves: Cell Memory (2002) by Macy Chadwick / In Cahoots Press, Oakland CA Edition of 100, $125 Cell Memory is an artist's book about the microscopic world of the cell and distant memories. Circular die-cut pages, ethereal imagery, and poetry evoke the sense of unconscious memories residing within the cell. Cell Memory was written and created by Macy Chadwick in an edition of 100. The book was offset printed in grey and yellow ink on UV Ultra, enclosed in a shaped envelope with string and fabric additions. Read more here, or visit The Shop to see this work (and hundreds of others!) in person.
	REFERENCE BOOKS, EXHIBITION CATALOGS AND ANTHOLOGIES The Shop features hundreds of books on a variety of topics from "how to"s and reference books to academic studies and exhibition catalogs. Here's a review of just one: The Book as Art presents more than 100 of the most engaging women's artist books created by major fine artists such as Meret Oppenheim, May Stevens, Kara Walker, and Renee Stout and distinguished book artists such as Susan King, Ruth Laxson, Claire Van Vliet, and Julie Chen. Chosen from the over-800 unique or limited-edition artist's books held by the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the selected works explore the form as a container for ideas. Descriptions of the works are accompanied by colorful illustrations and reflections by their makers, along with essays by leading scholars and a lively introduction by the most famous book artist in our culture, best-selling author Audrey Niffenegger. The exquisitely crafted objects in the The Book as Art are sure to provoke unexpected and surprising conclusions about what constitutes a book. The Book as Art documents the exhibition of the same name, on display in 2006 at the Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC.
	OPEN CALL FOR BOOK ARTISTS Minnesota Center for Book Arts reviews book artists interested in selling work through The Shop on a rolling basis. This is a great opportunity for both established and emerging artists to display and sell their work. Consignment terms are 60/40 (artists retaining 60% of sales) and checks are issued to artists on a quarterly basis. To be considered, please send a description of your work, a brief bio, and digital images to Elizabeth Carls.
	Minnesota Center for Book Arts is open to the public seven days a week: Mon, Wed-Sat: 10am - 5pm Tue: 10am - 9pm Sun: 12-4pm Minnesota Center for Book Arts is located in the Open Book Building in downtown Minneapolis 1011 Washington Ave S, Suite 100 Minneapolis, MN 55415 Phone: 612.215.2520 Fax: 612.215.2545 mcba@mnbookarts.org © 2011 Minnesota Center for Book Arts