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.
The drum leaf binding—developed by Tim Ely—is a simple yet elegant design that uses folio pages printed on one side and not sewn through the fold.
In this in-person workshop, you'll discover lettering techniques through a guided approach to drawing letters and short words, and walk away with a set of your own hand-lettered seasonal cards!
In this in-person workshop, learn how to create repeating patterns and carve a linoleum block to print on fabric.
Experience the magic of marbling firsthand with this in-person workshop!
Get familiar with MCBA’s screen printing studio and practice the photo emulsion process, from positive creation and screen coating to exposure and reclaiming.
In this in-person workshop, you’ll learn a variety of inking and typesetting techniques that break away from traditional typography and letterpress printing to reimagine the shapes of our alphabet.
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.
November 14, 2025–January 25, 2026
September 11, 2025–January 11, 2026
