Apply to have your work in MCBA’s first book fair! Selected artists’ books and zines will be spotlighted at an online artist book fair and available for acquisition. Applications close on Tuesday, March 31! This year’s fair goes live May 4, 2026, so mark your calendars!
Join us on Thursday, April 23, 6–8pm for an artist talk with 2025–2026 Jerome Residency recipients, Genie Tran, Essence Enwere, and alter hajek. In person at MCBA with a virtual link avaliable.
Registration is not required, but recommended.
We hope to see you!
Our May & June workshops include weekday intensives in papermaking, marbling, and letterpress! Plus, many new, exciting workshops.
Outlook Gallery
March 14–May 8, 2026
Eternal Cycle (Residue) by Florence Lanxuan Liu explores the transformation and discipline of identity, memory, and the collective body within social structures.
Main Gallery
February 7–May 31, 2026
Our current exhibition features works inspired by passports and other travel documents. Swing by MCBA to see the work in person!
Explore our new membership levels with better benefits, deeper community connections, and expanded access to book arts!
As a member, you can support community access to the book arts through education, public programming, studio access for artists, and curated exhibitions.
Shop small and support independent artists. Check out hand-printed greeting cards, prints, journals, zines, artists’ books, and more artful gifts!
Bring your group for a hands-on letterpress printing or suminagashi marbling workshop.
Whether you’re pulling your first print or knotting your hundredth hand-bound book, we believe in your creative potential. As a nonprofit arts center with spacious studios, two galleries, and a book arts-themed shop, we provide access, educational opportunities, and room to explore.
Explore Coptic bindings, the most common form of link-stitch binding and possibly the oldest continuously used book sewing pattern.
This virtual workshop will take you through the process of making an artist’s book from start to finish.
In this virtual workshop, learn a generative approach to collage-making that will help you explore your creative voice and learn to recognize patterns and connections in your work.
Learn to sew a two-color silk headband, make custom book cloth from any fabric, and color a book edge with gouache.
In this virtual workshop, learn how to make headbands for a variety of styles of bindings such as case binding, Coptic, slotted tapes, etc.
Join us for a sensory-rich virtual workshop and create a unique hand-sewn textile book.
Immerse yourself in the oldest form of marbling, Suminagashi 墨流し (“spilled or floating ink”).
In this in-person workshop, explore the area where fibers and book arts overlap to create truly tactile books, engaging with a variety of materials to make one-of-a-kind works that satisfy both the visual and sensual experience of the reader.
Experience the magic of marbling firsthand with this in-person workshop!
February 7, 2026–May 31, 2026
