Our Summer schedule is live and workshop registration is now open! Check out all our amazing offerings: Youth Day Camps Summer Workshops for Adults Workshops for Families -- hands-on activities that kids and adults can enjoy together! Workshops for Teachers Field Trips and Workshops for Schools and Community Groups Learn about MCBA's Certificate in Book Arts programs of study, recognizing the dedication of adult students who complete significant coursework in the book arts.

Saturday, May 19: Harukaze Festival of Japanese Book and Paper Arts 10am-4pm A day-long community open house with hands-on art activities for all ages (including marbling, binding and origami!); professional artist demonstrations of traditional Japanese art forms; and the premiere of three exhibitions of contemporary artwork that reflect the use and evolution of traditional Japanese artistic practices. Free and open to the public! For more information and a detailed schedule, visit our Current Exhibitions page. Map and directions to MCBA Complete Events Calendar

Opening soon: Shin Jidai: Contemporary Japanese Book and Paper Arts May 19 – July 15, 2012 MCBA Star Tribune Foundation Gallery Shin Jidai is a juried exhibition of works from over 50 regional, national and international artists, highlighting such traditional Japanese artistic practices as moku hanga (watercolor woodcut printing), origami, kiri-e (paper cutting), hand papermaking, paper marbling and decorating, unique artist's books, calligraphy, sumi-e brush painting and more. Celebrate the opening of Shin Jidai at MCBA's Harukaze Festival and open house: Saturday, May 19, 10am-4pm!

MCBA educates and inspires youth and adults every single day -- but we can't do it without you. As a non-profit, contributions from individuals and foundations represent 50 percent of MCBA’s total income. Your donations make it possible for us to provide education programs for youth and adults; support of working artists; top-notch exhibitions and free public programming. Become a member and receive discounts on workshops and purchases at The Shop Visit our Giving page for more ways you can help!

Come and Get It Stories and poems by acclaimed humorist, author and storyteller Kevin Kling With illustrations by Michael Sommers Come and Get It is the twenty-first in MCBA's perrenial Winter Book series celebrating the handmade book. The book is available in three editions (Chapbook, Standard, Deluxe). Read more at our Winter Book page. Winter Book orders can be made online, in person at The Shop at MCBA, or by mail. Email us to request a prospectus by mail.

Learn about MCBA events and opportunities by signing up for the MCBA e-newsletter Artist Cooperative Artist-in-Residence Program Open Calls for Book Artists Complete Events Calendar Event archives: The MCBA Prize 2011 Book Art Biennial 2011 25th Anniversary A Week For Peace with the Combat Paper Project The World's Longest Book

Enjoy the most unique shopping in the Twin Cities! Letterpress cards, decorative and marbled paper, posters and art prints, artist's books, jewelry, art supplies and handmade gifts galore! The Shop at MCBA is now open 7 days a week! Mon, Wed-Sat: 10am-5pm Tues: open late 10am-9pm Sun: 12-4pm Consignment opportunity: Open call for book artists

Minnesota Center for Book Arts is the largest and most comprehensive book arts center in the nation. Visit us today! Directions and parking information About MCBA: History and Mission Staff and Board of Directors MCBA's programming is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the State's general fund and its Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008. Additional support provided by Target, Wet Paint, private foundations, MCBA members and individuals like you.

 

Congratulations to the winner of the 2011 MCBA Prize: Sarah Bryant (Aurora, NY) "Biography grew out of my desire to use the periodic table, our visual method of categorizing every particle of matter in the universe, as a tool for creating a portrait of a human being, the viewer of the book. We are composed of a finite number of elements, each of which has a rich life outside of our bodies making up critical components of the physical world and the tools that we produce and use to measure and investigate that world." Visit The MCBA Prize online gallery to view the winning work, finalists, honorable mentions, and over 140 entries from all around the world!

Minnesota Center for Book Arts
is open to the public seven days a week:
Mon, Wed - Sat: 10am-5pm
Tues: 10am-9pm
Sun: 12-4pm

Minnesota Center for Book Arts is located in
the Open Book Building in downtown Minneapolis:
1011 Washington Ave S, First Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: 612 215 2520
Fax: 612 215 2545
Email: mcba@mnbookarts.org

© 2011 Minnesota Center for Book Arts