The 2026 McKnight Book Artist Fellows are artist, photographer, and book artist Christopher Selleck and artist, writer, and educator Brooks Turner.

Christopher's interdisciplinary practice explores masculinity, identity, and vulnerability through photographs, sculpture, and intimate book-based forms, while Brooks focuses on histories of labor, fascism, and resistance in Minnesota through archival research, collage, drawing, and installation.

Please join us in congratulating the 2026 McKnight Book Artist Fellows, Christopher Selleck and Brooks Turner! Christopher is an artist, photographer, and book artist whose interdisciplinary  practice explores masculinity, identity, and vulnerability through photographs, sculpture, and intimate book-based forms. Brooks is an artist, writer, educator, and parent. Through methodologies that include archival research, collage, drawing, and installation, Brooks engages histories of labor, fascism, and resistance in Minnesota.

Hyperallergic’s article highlights MCBA and the many art organizations participating in the ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth and Freedom on January 23, 2026.

MCBA is pleased to announce Emery McElin as the recipient of the 2026 CBAA/ MCBA Collective Scholarship.

Congratulations to the 2025 Boundless Residency recipients, C. K. Itamura, IBe Crawley, Islam Aly, and Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder!

Congratulations to the 2025 Jerome Mentorship Recipients, Genie Tran, Essence Enwere, and alter hajek.

The Minnesota Center for Book Arts is excited to announce that Courtney Gerber will join MCBA as Executive Director, beginning October 14th.

MPRnews highlights MCBA’s exhibition A Radical Alteration: Women’s Studio Workshop as a Sustainable Model for Art Making!

On Milawaukee’s article highlights places to visit on a trip to Minneapolis, which includes MCBA!

Open Book’s elevator will be out of service in July and August

Please join us in congratulating the 2025 McKnight Book Artist Fellows, Ellen Mueller and Sarah Evenson! Ellen Mueller (she/her) has exhibited nationally and internationally as an interdisciplinary artist examining how capitalist systems affect everyday life, with particular focus on issues related to the environment. Sarah Evenson (they/them/theirs) is a gay, transgender artist-at-large living and working with various forms of printed ephemera in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

MCBA is pleased to announce Reghan Sage as the recipient of the 2025 MCAD Collegiate Fellowship at Minnesota Center for Book Arts!

Racket gives a shoutout to Minnesota Center for Book Arts in their article, “A Guide to Minneapolis Art Galleries for Beginners.”

MPRNews’ Art Hounds spotlights, Building / Books | Karen Wirth: A Retrospective Exhibition. Former museum and arts administrator, Peggy Korsmo-Kennon highlights Karen’s “extraordinary ability to think spatially and structurally, creating work with both conceptual depth and visually engaging images.”

Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) Board of Directors today announced Executive Director Elysa Voshell will step down from her position in September 2025 after six years of leadership.

The Star Tribune features MCBA’s exhibition, Building / Books | Karen Wirth: A Retrospective Exhibition in their Critics’ picks: The 14 best things to do and see in the Twin Cities this week.

The Fine Books & Collections highlights the McKnight Fellowship Exhibition featuring work by CB Sherlock, Corinne Teed,  Brien Beidler and Todd Thyberg. 

MCBA is one of four organizations featured in this article about the flourishing field of book arts. Learn about MCBA’s history and mission, exhibitions, fellowships, and who we serve. Open the PDF by clicking here.

Congratulations to the 2024 Jerome Mentorship Recipients, Yasmin Yassin, Gabi Estrada, and Drew Arrieta!

Please join us in congratulating the 2024 McKnight Book Artist Fellows, Wen-Li Chen and Karen Wirth! Wen-Li Chen is an interdisciplinary visual artist, art educator, and designer whose work is rooted in poetry and family history. Karen Wirth is an artist and educator who works within book arts, sculpture, and architecture with focuses on shape and form.