Join us for MCBA’s free letterpress printing event on Saturday, February 7, 12–3pm! Come experiment with our wood and bamboo types on our fun Provisional Presses and contribute to a community collage poem!
Open to the public and great for all ages!
Artist opportunity that rewards an unrestricted $25,000 to two beyond-emerging artists living and working in Minnesota!
Applications are due on March 6, 2026, 11:59pm CT.
Explore new work by Jerome mentees Yasmin Yassin, Drew Arietta, and Gabi Estrada in MCBA’s Main Gallery.
November 14, 2025–January 25, 2026
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.
During short winter days, the warm glow of a festive luminaria can cut through the darkness that surrounds us. Make handmade paper luminarias with watermarks and paper-cut designs in this in-person workshop.
In this in-person workshop, learn foundational skills in bookbinding while making three book structures: pamphlet binding (single- and double-section), slotted tape binding, and a hardcover, flat-back book with three-piece case.
In this virtual workshop, you'll discover hand-lettering techniques through a step-by-step approach to drawing letters and short words, and come away with a set of your own hand-lettered cards that you can give to friends and family.
In this virtual workshop, we’ll take an in-depth look into the often hidden labor of publishing artists’ books: working with collaborators, budgeting, pricing, payments, sales, distribution, and promotion.
This in-person workshop focuses on honing skills needed to marble stone and moire patterns.
This in-person letterpress workshop focuses on setting metal type and building familiarity with printing on the Vandercook press.
This in-person workshop is great for both first-time and advanced binders. It introduces Coptic bindings, the most common form of link-stitch binding and possibly the oldest continuously used book sewing pattern.
In this virtual workshop, learn how to create a beautiful hardcover binding using leather or cloth for the spine, and paper for the cover boards.
Letterpress 3: Two-Color Prints focuses on printing multiple layers and building printers’ confidence using Vandercook presses through practice.
November 14, 2025–January 25, 2026
September 11, 2025–January 11, 2026
