An opportunity for early-career book artists based in Minnesota! Receive $3,000 and 24/7 studio access for one year to practice your craft.
Application closes on July 31, 11:59PM CT
Gain experience in our virtual book arts programs while supporting our education team with a combination of remote and in-person projects.
Deadline to apply is July 3, 2025, 11:59pm CT.
MCBA is now accepting applications for the Executive Director position. Learn more about the role's responsibilities, qualifications, benefits, and application process.
Congratulations to Ellen Mueller and Sarah Evenson! You can read their full artist statements and view the winning portfolios below.
For more information about what this means for MCBA workshops, click the link below.
Explore the line-up of new and unique workshops alongside consistent favorites!
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.
Image transfers are a fun way to incorporate found imagery into your prints. Part collage and part print, image transfers offer an opportunity for unexpected results.
Join us for this hands-on, in-person workshop where you'll transform Minnesota’s flora into stunning handmade paper.
Letterpress 4 focuses on planning and printing an edition (or a group of identical prints).
Get familiar with MCBA’s screen printing studio and practice the photo emulsion process, from positive creation and screen coating to exposure and reclaiming.
Gather found type, numerals, tickets, and random images to create a paper festival!
Explore Arabic typography's rich history and contemporary possibilities in this hands-on, in-person workshop using wood type, plates, and letterpress printing.
The stiff-leaf binding is a non-sewn binding technique ideal for assembling printed sheets into a rigid, durable book.
This in-person letterpress workshop offers an introduction to MCBA’s print studio—including key equipment, tools, and terminology—in addition to an opportunity to experience the satisfaction of printing a message through the hands-on process of letterpress printing.
Combine traditional marbling and painterly suminagashi techniques in this in-person marbling intensive.
June 20, 2025–August 3, 2025
