MCBA has a new residency program for artists living outside of Minnesota! Artists may apply for a 2–4 week residency and will be provided a $1,000 stipend per week.
Applications are due on Friday, August 15, 2025 at 11:59 CT.
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
Our current exhibition by Artist Collective members and staff celebrates work that emerges from MCBA’s studios!
On view until Sunday, August 3, 2025
Visit our Outlook Gallery to view Meher Khan’s installation that explores themes of identity, home, and history.
On view until Sunday, August 3, 2025
MCBA is now accepting applications for the Executive Director position. Learn more about the role's responsibilities, qualifications, benefits, and application process.
Apply by August 1, 2025!
Check out the line-up of new and unique workshops alongside consistent favorites!
For more information about what this means for MCBA workshops, click the link below.
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.
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.
In this virtual workshop, explore many ways of altering the book—through cutting, gluing, folding, building, and excavating stories.
The four-flap box—sometimes called a "phase" box—is a fantastic structure used to protect a book from wear and tear.
In this in-person 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.
This in-person letterpress workshop focuses on setting metal type and building familiarity with printing on the Vandercook press.
Get familiar with MCBA’s screen printing studio and practice the photo emulsion process, from positive creation and screen coating to exposure and reclaiming.
Turn recycled paper into beautiful, handmade paper you can write on, draw on, or gift to someone special.
Learn how to make headbands for a variety of styles of bindings such as case binding, Coptic, slotted tapes, etc.
Building on the fundamentals of drawing letters and short words in Hand Lettering 1: Art of Letters (previously called The Art of Hand Lettering), this follow-up workshop focuses on working with multiple words and phrases.
August 16, 2025–October 4, 2025
June 20, 2025–August 3, 2025
