EXHIBITIONS & Events
Submit your newly editioned work for MCBA’s biennial pop-up showcase and sale. Application is open May 1–31, 2025.
Keep an eye out for our upcoming release of July and August workshops!
April 12—June 8 in MCBA’s Main Gallery and beyond!
Accompanying Karen Wirth’s Main Exhibition.
Visit our Outlook Gallery to view!
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 oldest form of marbling, Suminagashi 墨流し (“spilled or floating ink”).
Learn how to turn a street toy into an artist’s book with teaching artist Priya Pereira, who adapted this unique structure through experimentation and play.
Learn the magical process of eco-printing in this in-person workshop.
Come learn this not-so-secret binding designed by Belgian bookbinder Anne Goy who named the structure “Criss-Cross Binding.”
Learn the magical process of eco-printing in this in-person workshop.
In this virtual workshop, explore two of Rosae’s favorite accordion-based structures—an accordion book featuring a non-adhesive cover, and an expandable, hardcover album.
In this in-person workshop, you'll discover hand-lettering techniques with step-by-step instructions and how to illustrate a word or quote of your choice.
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 in-person workshop, participants will learn how to create repeating patterns and carve a linoleum block to print on fabric.
August 16, 2025–October 4, 2025
April 12–June 8, 2025
