Minnesota Center for Book Arts

Minnesota Center for Book Arts MCBA is an international leader in preserving the traditional crafts of book, paper, and print. Learn more at: http://www.mnbookarts.org

MCBA is an international leader in preserving the traditional crafts of letterpress printing, printmaking, papermaking and bookmaking as vibrant, vital contemporary artforms.

Our Boundless Resident C.K. Itamura has been busy during her first week here. C.K. is visiting us from California and it...
08/14/2026

Our Boundless Resident C.K. Itamura has been busy during her first week here. C.K. is visiting us from California and it is her first time here. She was amazed by how big our studios are. So much MORE than she imagined. All of the beautiful suminagashi will be bound into a Japanese accounting style book!

Remember to apply for the 2027 Boundless Residency by August 23rd so this can be you next year!

Visit the link in our bio to read more about the program and application.

From the original 15th century wooden handpress to the metal version designed in the 19th century, handpresses have been...
07/16/2026

From the original 15th century wooden handpress to the metal version designed in the 19th century, handpresses have been used to print everything from raffle tickets to the Declaration of Independence! ✨🎟️📜✨ Get your hands on MCBA’s oldest printing presses and discover the unique flexibility the iron handpress offers for printing books.📚 Dive in to the mechanics and learn how to set up the press to print quartos (four book pages) at once. Each participant will ink up and pull at least one print to take home. Follow the link in our bio to sign up.

Apply to be an Education Intern at MCBA! 🎨 🖥 Education Interns will learn about and gain experience in our in-person and...
07/15/2026

Apply to be an Education Intern at MCBA! 🎨 🖥 Education Interns will learn about and gain experience in our in-person and virtual book arts workshops and community engagement events. This internship will run from September 2026–April 2027 for approximately 6–8 hours weekly and comes with a $1600 stipend. The application deadline is Friday, July 31, 2026, at 11:59pm CT ⏰️ Follow the “Apply for Internships” link in our bio to apply!

If you are interested in learning more about our Jerome Mentorship program or have application questions, register for o...
07/09/2026

If you are interested in learning more about our Jerome Mentorship program or have application questions, register for our virtual info session. Our Jerome Mentorship program is for early career Minnesota based generative artists who do not have experience in book arts. The artists in this program take foundational book arts workshops, go on field trips, and complete a book arts project which is displayed in our Main Gallery.

Register to learn more at the Jerome Mentorship link in our bio!

Artwork pictured is by 2022/2023 Jerome Mentee Suriya Sam-Khuth suriya🧜🏽‍♀️🪷🪞🧿.

06/18/2026

Enjoy these zines by our 2025 McKnight Fellows, Sarah Evenson sarah evenson! and Ellen Mueller Ellen Mueller. They are available to purchase in our Shop! Where we have dozens of other zines!

Come hear and learn more about Sarah and Ellen’s work next Wednesday, June 24th at 6:30 pm in the Open Book Performance Hall. They will be in conversation with Edie Fake Edie Fake and Guen Montgomery Guen Montgomery who they have had virtual studio visits with throughout their fellowship year.

See you next week and if you can’t make it don’t miss their many zines in our Shop The Shop at MCBA.

06/15/2026

Please join us Wednesday, June 24th from 6:30–8:30 pm for our 2025 McKnight Book Artist Fellows artist talk. Our fellows, Ellen Mueller and Sarah Evenson, will discuss their practices with visiting arts professionals Edie Fake and Guen Montgomery. We can’t wait to hear the conversations between all of these amazing artists. The talk will be in the Open Book Performance Hall on the second floor.

Don’t miss it!

06/13/2026

Catch MCBA at Craft Fest (American Craft Council) this weekend in Saint Paul’s Union Depot. Sat 11-5; Sun 11-4.

Come make and take a free print!

Use a Vandercook printing press to print a message and learn about the power of the press as a tool for disseminating in...
06/12/2026

Use a Vandercook printing press to print a message and learn about the power of the press as a tool for disseminating information! 📣✨ Teaching artist Patrick Schultz will work with the group to set a short phrase with wood type from MCBA’s expansive type library. Each participant will ink up and pull at least one print to take home. 💪 Follow the link in our bio to sign up and bring your phrase ideas to this in person workshop!

Fore Edge Fair pieces are selling out! But there is still time to browse all pieces and snag one at mnbookarts.org/fore-...
06/10/2026

Fore Edge Fair pieces are selling out! But there is still time to browse all pieces and snag one at mnbookarts.org/fore-edge-fair. Link is in bio! This inaugural online sale the Fore Edge Fair curated 20 artists’ books and zines.

Congrats to for selling “Business is Boomimg!” to Maryland Institute College of Art’s Decker Library!

Congrats to for selling “Somewhere a house I was never inside is inside of me” to Emory University’s Woodruff Library!

And congrats to for selling “Pathogenesis” to Maryland Institute College of Art’s Decker Library!

Transform flat sheets of paper into several different types of performative and entertaining paper cards in this virtual...
06/04/2026

Transform flat sheets of paper into several different types of performative and entertaining paper cards in this virtual workshop. Explore flexagons, paper automata, and cascading waterfall card formats that will amaze your friends! 🪄✨ Work alongside Kelli Anderson, artist, designer, animator, and tinkerer who pushes the limits of ordinary materials by seeking out possibilities hidden in plain view. Visit the Workshops link in our bio to sign up.👈

Ask your favorite independent bookseller 😎 about Kelli’s recent book, Alphabet in Motion, an ingenious feat of paper engineering featuring 17 pop-ups that demonstrate typographic concepts. 📕💖

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