Artist opportunity that rewards an unrestricted $25,000 to two beyond-emerging artists living and working in Minnesota!
Applications are due on March 6, 2026, 11:59pm CT.
Explore new work by Jerome mentees Yasmin Yassin, Drew Arietta, and Gabi Estrada in MCBA’s Main Gallery.
November 14, 2025–January 25, 2026
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.
In this virtual workshop, make wreaths out of old books!
In this in-person workshop, learn the traditional method for making book cloth with wheat paste, fabric, and Japanese paper.
This in-person letterpress workshop focuses on setting metal type and building familiarity with printing on the Vandercook press.
In this in-person workshop, explore blowouts and pulp painting, image-making techniques that use stencils and stencil resists to create colorful and repeatable images in your paper.
In this in-person workshop, create a small clamshell box to fit a deck of cards.
In this in-person workshop, learn foundational skills in bookbinding while making three book structures: pamphlet binding (single- and double-section), slotted tape binding, and a hardcover, flat-back book with three-piece case.
Image transfers are a playful and versatile process to add to your collage toolbox. Part collage and part print, image transfers offer an opportunity for unexpected results.
During short winter days, the warm glow of a festive luminaria can cut through the darkness that surrounds us. Make handmade paper luminarias with watermarks and paper-cut designs in this in-person workshop.
November 14, 2025–January 25, 2026
September 11, 2025–January 11, 2026
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