MCBA/Jerome Book Arts Mentorship Series IX Exhibition
The MCBA/Jerome Book Arts Mentorship is an artist development program aimed at introducing book arts to early career artists whose primary medium is in another discipline. With generous funding from the Jerome Foundation, workshops, and critical support from MCBA, Series IX Jerome Mentorship recipients Yasmin Yassin, Gabi Estrada, and Drew Arrieta spent one year developing skills in contemporary and traditional book arts techniques and incorporating these into their larger practices. This exhibition celebrates the culmination of this year of book arts exploration and creative development.
Visit the exhibition during our open hours, Tuesday–Saturday, 10am–5pm, Thursdays until 7pm, and Sundays, 11am–3pm.
Free and open to the public
WhereMCBA Main Gallery
WhenNovember 14, 2025–January 25, 2026
OPENING RECEPTIONNovember 14, 2025, 6-8pm
Yasmin Yassin is a visual artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her artistic practice explores sub-cultures and the ways in which communities gather through shared interests to form networks of connection.
With a background in science, Yasmin brings her research experience along with her to build relationships & understand context before creating her art. Her goal is to tell stories as authentically as possible to their essence, with integrity towards those that invite her into their lives — in the tradition of her East African oral-storytelling heritage.
Gabi Estrada (they/them) is a Mexican-American printmaker, muralist, and arts educator based in Minneapolis, MN.
Gabi’s personal artistic practice is rooted in identity and storytelling, celebrating the memory and honoring the existence of their ancestors and elders. They believe in the power that art has to facilitate healing and community building, which they prioritize in their artistic work and pedagogy. Beyond work, they enjoy cooking food for people they love, biking among the trees, and cuddling their cat, Tajín
Drew Arrieta is a documentary photographer and visual artist based in Minneapolis, MN, dedicated to telling human and community-centered stories through his work.
He regularly contributes to visual storytelling projects at Project Drawdown, a climate solutions non-profit, and Public Functionary, an artist-led exhibition and social space. His work, which often explores themes of resilience and solidarity, has been featured in Vogue, NBC News, and Columbia Journalism Review.
Artists Work: Row 1: Gabi Estrada, Row 2: Yasmin Yassin, Row 3: Drew Arrieta
About the Jerome Foundation
Since 1985, the Jerome Foundation has helped emerging artists push the boundaries of contemporary book arts by supporting the creation of new work. Through these fellowship and mentorship opportunities, Minnesota artists of diverse disciplines have created book arts projects that challenge and redefine conventional notions of book form and content.
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