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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 a reception with Artist Collective members and staff.
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!
Bookbinding Lab provides access to basic binding tools, hot foil stamping machines, buttonmaker, and large tables.
Beat fiber with MCBA’s Reina beater and two Valley beaters. Or, bring prepared paper fiber for sheet-forming.
Prep screens and print in MCBA's darkroom and screen print studio while enjoying the fellowship of other artists.
We're delighted to welcome Islam Aly back to MCBA’s studios for an artist talk and workshops!
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.
In this virtual workshop, learn how to create a simple, non-adhesive binding with a mechanical spine that collapses when the book is opened on a flat surface.
Bookbinding Lab provides access to basic binding tools, hot foil stamping machines, buttonmaker, and large tables.
Beat fiber with MCBA’s Reina beater and two Valley beaters. Or, bring prepared paper fiber for sheet-forming.
Prep screens and print in MCBA's darkroom and screen print studio while enjoying the fellowship of other artists.
Learn to create drawers that slide and divisions within the box in this virtual workshop.
If you aren't already trained to use our cutting equipment, here is your opportunity!
Immerse yourself in the poetic world of Emily Dickinson, one of literature’s most enigmatic and visionary voices, in this reflective and creative virtual workshop.