MCBA Calendar of Events

January
2012

Date
Event Detail
  1/24 Exhibition Closing MCBA/Jerome Book Arts Mentorship Series III
  1/24 Open Studio Letterpress, Screenprinting, Binding
  1/25 Adult Workshop Introduction to Binding
  1/25 Adult Workshop Letterpress II: Alternative Letterpress
  1/31 Open Studio Letterpress, Screenprinting, Binding

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February
2012

Date
Event Detail
  2/2

Preschool Book Arts Series

Movable Winter Books
  2/3 Opening Reception Multiple, Limited, Unique:
Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Center for Book Arts
  2/4 Adult Workshop Wet, Wild, & Frozen: Meander Books
  2/4 Family Workshop Print Your Own Valentine's Day Cards
  2/6 Adult Workshop Quirky Concertinas 
  2/7 Open Studio Beater Training
  2/7 Open Studio Letterpress, Screenprinting, Binding
  2/8 Adult Workshop Introduction to Design: Exploring Book Content through Design
  2/9

Preschool Book Arts Series

Block Printing
  2/10 Special Event Minnesota Book Artist Award 2012 Presentation and Reception
  2/11 Adult Workshop Introduction to Coptic Binding
  2/11 Family Workshop Roses are Red
  2/12 Adult Workshop Guided Projects in Sculptural Paper
  2/12 Adult Meet-Up Japan America Arts Forum
  2/13 Adult Workshop Polymer Platemaking for Letterpress
  2/13 Adult Workshop Introduction to Book Arts
  2/13 Teacher Workshop Books of Native Americas
  2/14 Open Studio Paper Beater
  2/14 Open Studio Cutting Equipment Training
  2/14 Open Studio Letterpress, Screenprinting, Binding
  2/16

Preschool Book Arts Series

Printing Press ABCs
  2/18 Adult Workshop Introduction to Book Repair
  2/18 Open Studio Papermaking (B.Y.O. Fibers)
  2/18 Adult Meet-Up International Cartoonist Conspiracy
  2/20 Adult Meet-Up Visual Journal Collective
  2/21 Open Studio Letterpress, Screenprinting, Binding
  2/22 Adult Workshop Simple Bindings 
  2/23

Preschool Book Arts Series

Paper Marbling
  2/28 Open Studio Letterpress, Screenprinting, Binding
  2/29 Adult Workshop Cherry Blossom Box

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March
2012

Date
Event Detail
  3/1

Preschool Book Arts Series

Wacky Garden Books
  3/3 Adult Workshop Boxmaking Made Easy
  3/3 Adult Workshop Japanese Papermaking and Paper Decoration
  3/3 Family Workshop Paper Genius: Origami and Pop-Up Books
  3/6 Open Studio Paste Paper
  3/6 Open Studio Letterpress, Screenprinting, Binding
  3/7 Adult Workshop Advanced Letterpress: Book-Length Projects
 

3/8

Preschool Book Arts Series

Papermaking
  3/10 Visiting Artist Workshop

Concept & Form: Planning Your Book Project with Shana Agid

  3/10 Adult Workshop Nonadhesive Binding
  3/10 Open Studio Marbling
  3/10 Family Workshop Let's Play Cards!
  3/10 Adult Meet-Up International Cartoonist Conspiracy
  3/13 Book Arts Roundtable Artist Talk: MCBA Artist-in-Residence Shana Agid
  3/13 Open Studio Cutting Equipment Training
  3/13 Open Studio Letterpress, Screenprinting, Binding
  3/15 Adult Workshop Intro to Design: Design and Composition for Book Arts
  3/18 Adult Workshop Calligraphy: Pen to Paper
  3/18 Adult Meet-Up Japan America Arts Forum
  3/19 Teacher Workshop Poetry-Inspired Books
  3/19 Adult Meet-Up Visual Journal Collective
  3/20 Book Arts Roundtable Meet the New MCBA/Jerome Book Arts Fellows
  3/20 Open Studio Letterpress, Screenprinting, Binding
  3/21 Adult Workshop Introduction to Design:  Notan - A Japanese Approach to Composition and Design
  3/22 Adult Workshop Letterpress I
  3/24 MCBA/Loft Youth Combo Class Let's Eat! Writing and Bookmaking about Food
  3/26 Adult Workshop Printing with the Photocopier
  3/26 Adult Workshop Multi-Color Japanese Wood Block Printing
  3/26 Adult Workshop Intro to Screenprinting
  3/27 Adult Art Camp 5 Centers, 5 Weeks, 5 Mediums
  3/27 Open Studio Letterpress, Screenprinting, Binding
  3/30 Special Event

Publication Party and Reading: Joyce Sutphen, with Regula Russelle and CB Sherlock

 

3/31

Adult Workshop Advanced Coptic Binding
  3/31 Family Workshop April Fool's Book: Now You See It, Now You Don't!

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April
2012

Date
Event Detail
  4/3 Open Studio Beater Training
  4/3 Open Studio Letterpress, Screenprinting, Binding
  4/7 Adult Workshop A Pair of Japanese Bindings
  4/9 Adult Workshop Printing on the Platen Press
  4/10 Open Studio Paper Beater
  4/10 Open Studio Cutting Equipment Training
  4/10 Open Studio Letterpress, Screenprinting, Binding
  4/14 Visiting Artist Workshop Biblio Tech: Reverse-Engineering Binding Structures with Karen Hanmer
  4/14 Adult Workshop Remove and Repurpose: a Handmade Paper Workshop
  4/14 Open Studio Papermaking (B.Y.O. Fibers)
  4/14 Adult Meet-Up International Cartoonist Conspiracy
  4/15 Adult Meet-Up Japan America Arts Forum
  4/16 Adult Meet-Up Visual Journal Collective
  4/17 Open Studio Letterpress, Screenprinting, Binding
  4/21 Family Workshop Seeds for Sprouts
  4/24 Open Studio Letterpress, Screenprinting, Binding
  4/25 Adult Workshop Case Portfolio
  4/28 Visiting Artist Workshop

The Book Restructured: Wire Edge Binding with Daniel Kelm

  4/28 Family Workshop Eco-Upcycled Books: Repurposing Everyday Objects for an Original Book
 

4/28

Family Workshop Eco-Papermaking: Handmade Recycled Paper
  4/30 Teacher Workshop Exploring Japanese Book Arts

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May
2012

Date
Event Detail
  5/1 Open Studio Letterpress, Screenprinting, Binding
       
  Events and workshops for Summer 2012 (May through August) will be posted in April 2012.
       
 
     
 

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

Minnesota Center for Book Arts is located in
the Open Book Building in downtown Minneapolis:
1011 Washington Ave S, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: 612.215.2520
Fax: 612.215.2545
Email: mcba@mnbookarts.org

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