Immerse yourself in the oldest form of marbling, Suminagashi 墨流し (“spilled or floating ink”).

Foil adds rich gold, shiny silver, and wild holographic accents to prints and bindings. Learn how to use the hot foil stamping machines in MCBA’s bindery, aptly named Kwikprint machines.

Experience the magic of marbling firsthand with this in-person workshop!

This in-person letterpress workshop offers an introduction to MCBA’s print studio—including key equipment, tools, and terminology—in addition to an opportunity to experience the satisfaction of printing a message through the hands-on process of letterpress printing.

Cut paper and book board using MCBA’s cutting equipment.

Prep screens and print in MCBA's darkroom and screen print studio while enjoying the fellowship of other artists.

Beat fiber with MCBA’s Reina beater and two Valley beaters. Or, bring prepared paper fiber for sheet-forming.

Bookbinding Lab provides access to basic binding tools, hot foil stamping machines, buttonmaker, and large tables.

Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses.

Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses.

Prep screens and print in MCBA's darkroom and screen print studio while enjoying the fellowship of other artists.

Cut paper and book board using MCBA’s cutting equipment.

Bookbinding Lab provides access to basic binding tools, hot foil stamping machines, buttonmaker, and large tables.

Beat fiber with MCBA’s Reina beater and two Valley beaters. Or, bring prepared paper fiber for sheet-forming.

Using ephemera, images, and scrap paper, build a unique structure that houses a folded accordion, which reveals a dimensional tunnel attached to the inside of the back cover.

Join us for a reception for our current exhibition, Crossing the Line: The Passport Re-Imagined.

Experience the process of relief printing while carving and printing your own design in this in-person workshop.

Get ready to play with pulp! In this relaxed, hands-on studio workshop, dive into the colorful world of stenciling with pigmented pulp on freshly formed sheets of handmade paper.

250 years ago, printers composed and inked type to print the first copy of the Declaration of Independence on a hand press.

Bookbinding Lab provides access to basic binding tools, hot foil stamping machines, buttonmaker, and large tables.

Marbling Lab provides individuals a fully equipped marbling station.

Prep screens and print in MCBA's darkroom and screen print studio while enjoying the fellowship of other artists.

Cut paper and book board using MCBA’s cutting equipment.

Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses.

If you aren't already trained to use our paper beaters, here is your opportunity!

Join us on the first Saturday of each month for a free tour of our studios.

Beat fiber with MCBA’s Reina beater and two Valley beaters. Or, bring prepared paper fiber for sheet-forming.

Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses.

Cut paper and book board using MCBA’s cutting equipment.

Bookbinding Lab provides access to basic binding tools, hot foil stamping machines, buttonmaker, and large tables.

Prep screens and print in MCBA's darkroom and screen print studio while enjoying the fellowship of other artists.

This virtual workshop, design zines digitally using free tools such as Google Docs, Spectrolite, and Affinity.

If you aren't already trained to use our cutting equipment, here is your opportunity!

In this in-person workshop, learn foundational techniques and methods to care for aged and damaged paper.

Experience the magic of marbling firsthand with this in-person workshop!

This in-person letterpress workshop offers an introduction to MCBA’s print studio—including key equipment, tools, and terminology—in addition to an opportunity to experience the satisfaction of printing a message through the hands-on process of letterpress printing.

Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses.

Beat fiber with MCBA’s Reina beater and two Valley beaters. Or, bring prepared paper fiber for sheet-forming.

Bookbinding Lab provides access to basic binding tools, hot foil stamping machines, buttonmaker, and large tables.

Prep screens and print in MCBA's darkroom and screen print studio while enjoying the fellowship of other artists.

Cut paper and book board using MCBA’s cutting equipment.

In this virtual workshop, use recycled materials to transform glassine envelopes and a cardboard box (or other light-weight board) into a truly original book, showcasing your collage and book making techniques.

In this in-person workshop, learn to make the Blizzard Book, an innovative book structure designed by book artist Heidi Kyle.

Join us in MCBA’s studios for a day of book arts and earn your Book Artist Badge!

Cut paper and book board using MCBA’s cutting equipment.

Beat fiber with MCBA’s Reina beater and two Valley beaters. Or, bring prepared paper fiber for sheet-forming.

Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses.

Bookbinding Lab provides access to basic binding tools, hot foil stamping machines, buttonmaker, and large tables.

Prep screens and print in MCBA's darkroom and screen print studio while enjoying the fellowship of other artists.

This in-person letterpress workshop focuses on setting metal type and building familiarity with printing on the Vandercook press.

Explore the tools and techniques of Japanese papermaking in this in-person workshop.

Explore Coptic bindings, the most common form of link-stitch binding and possibly the oldest continuously used book sewing pattern.

Prep screens and print in MCBA's darkroom and screen print studio while enjoying the fellowship of other artists.

Bookbinding Lab provides access to basic binding tools, hot foil stamping machines, buttonmaker, and large tables.

Cut paper and book board using MCBA’s cutting equipment.

Marbling Lab provides individuals a fully equipped marbling station.

Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses.

If you aren't already trained to use our paper beaters, here is your opportunity!

Join us on the first Saturday of each month for a free tour of our studios.

Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses.

Prep screens and print in MCBA's darkroom and screen print studio while enjoying the fellowship of other artists.

Bookbinding Lab provides access to basic binding tools, hot foil stamping machines, buttonmaker, and large tables.

Beat fiber with MCBA’s Reina beater and two Valley beaters. Or, bring prepared paper fiber for sheet-forming.

Cut paper and book board using MCBA’s cutting equipment.

If you aren't already trained to use our cutting equipment, here is your opportunity!

Immerse yourself in the oldest form of marbling, Suminagashi 墨流し (“spilled or floating ink”).

Experience the magic of marbling firsthand with this in-person workshop!

Get familiar with MCBA’s screen printing studio and print your unique design on a set of cards!

Prep screens and print in MCBA's darkroom and screen print studio while enjoying the fellowship of other artists.

Beat fiber with MCBA’s Reina beater and two Valley beaters. Or, bring prepared paper fiber for sheet-forming.

Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses.

Cut paper and book board using MCBA’s cutting equipment.

Bookbinding Lab provides access to basic binding tools, hot foil stamping machines, buttonmaker, and large tables.

Build pop-up volumes using a sculptural, flexible technique in this rare in-person workshop with Chicago-based artist Shawn Sheehy.

Build a garden of delicious-looking, dimensional paper vegetables.

This in-person letterpress workshop offers an introduction to MCBA’s print studio—including key equipment, tools, and terminology—in addition to an opportunity to experience the satisfaction of printing a message through the hands-on process of letterpress printing.

Prep screens and print in MCBA's darkroom and screen print studio while enjoying the fellowship of other artists.

Beat fiber with MCBA’s Reina beater and two Valley beaters. Or, bring prepared paper fiber for sheet-forming.

Cut paper and book board using MCBA’s cutting equipment.

Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses.

Bookbinding Lab provides access to basic binding tools, hot foil stamping machines, buttonmaker, and large tables.

This in-person workshop focuses on sharpening skills needed to marble nonpareil and chevron patterns.

Bookbinding Lab provides access to basic binding tools, hot foil stamping machines, buttonmaker, and large tables.

Beat fiber with MCBA’s Reina beater and two Valley beaters. Or, bring prepared paper fiber for sheet-forming.

Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses.

Cut paper and book board using MCBA’s cutting equipment.

Prep screens and print in MCBA's darkroom and screen print studio while enjoying the fellowship of other artists.

Learn to make a Flag Book, an innovative and adaptable book structure that uses an accordion spine and attachable "flag" pages.

This in-person workshop explores the incorporation of traditional Indigenous plant material with papermaking processes.