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. This year’s fair goes live May 4, 2026, so mark your calendars!
Main Gallery
February 7, 2026–May 31, 2026
Reception: Friday, February 27, 6–8pm
A traveling exhibition featuring works inspired by passports and other travel documents.
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.
Create an independent project with guidance in this unique in-person workshop designed for screen printers with introductory-level experience.
Create a box that has a lid with a hinge, a divided tray, and a drawer in MCBA’s studios.
This in-person letterpress workshop focuses on setting metal type and building familiarity with printing on the Vandercook press.
Explore the tools and techniques of Japanese papermaking in this in-person workshop.
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.
February 7, 2026–May 31, 2026
