Events Schedule at MCBA

April
2008
Date Day Event Detail
 

5

Saturday

Adult workshop

Paper Dolls with Kathy Coulter

 

5

Saturday

Adult workshop

Long Stitch Book with Exotic Wood Spine with Sue Bjerke

 

6

Sunday

Youth workshop

Cinquain Series with Georgia Greeley

 

8

Tuesday

Adult workshop

Intro to Screenprinting with Curt Lund

 

9

Wednesday

Adult workshop

Making Studio Weights with Sue Bjerke

 

12

Saturday

Family workshop

Flower Power with Ellen Ferrari

 

12

Saturday

Adult workshop

Polaroid Transfers with visiting artist Prudy Kohler

 

15

Tuesday

Community event

Book arts roundtable: Spring Salon

 

19

Saturday

Exhibition

Opening reception for Black White (and Read)

 

19

Saturday

Adult workshop

Accordion Storage Book with Mary Lee

 

19

Saturday

Adult workshop

Shaped Papers and Books with Betsy Dollar

 

19

Saturday

Community event

Childish Flims at the Minneapolis Public Library

 

19

Saturday

Community event

Family Day: Recycled Books (FREE to the public)

 

20

Sunday

Family workshop

Pulp Painting with Jenea Rewertz-Targui

 

20

Sunday

Education

Education Open House 1-4 pm

 

24

Thursday

Preschool workshop

Movable Books with Ellen Ferrari

 

26

Saturday

Adult workshop

Keeping a Visual Journal with Roz Stendahl


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May
2008
Date Day Event Detail

4

Sunday

Family workshop

Mother’s Day Scrapbooks with Jenea Rewertz-Targui

7

Wednesday

Adult workshop

Developing Comics 101 with Sam Hiti

8

Thursday

Exhibition

HERE opens in the Open Book Lobby Gallery

10

Saturday

Open studio

Open Studio Marbling with Lin Lacy

14

Wednesday

Adult workshop

Narrative Collage with Mandy Brannan

15

Thursday

Preschool workshop

Papermaking with Ellen Ferrari

16

Friday

Exhibition

Opening reception for the Spring 2008 By Design Exhibition

17

Saturday

Adult workshop

Boxmaking Made Easy with Jody Williams

20

Tuesday

Open studio

Open Studio Letterpress with CB Sherlock

27

Tuesday

Equipment training

Cutting Equipment Training with Sue Bjerke

 

30

Friday

Community event

Book Arts Roundtable: Papercutting and Beyond

 

31

Saturday

Community event

Flint Hills International Children's Festival

 

31

Saturday

Adult workshop

Cutting for Design with visiting artist Beatrice Coron


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June
2008
Date Day Event Detail
 

4

Wednesday

Adult workshop

Letterpress I with Regula Russelle

 

5

Thursday

Adult workshop

Introduction to Bookbinding with Jana Pullman

 

10

Tuesday

Community event

Book Arts Roundtable: Mnartists.org 101

 

11

Wednesday

Adult workshop

Two Long Stitch Journals in a Slip Case with Sue Bjerke

 

12

Thursday

Adult workshop

Intro to Japanese Block Printing with Emily Hoisington

 

14

Saturday

Community event

Stone Arch Festival

 

14

Saturday

Adult workshop

Handmade Paper: Pushed to the Max with Mandy Brannan

 

14

Saturday

Adult workshop

Jacob's Ladder I: The Book with Mary Lee

 

15

Sunday

Adult workshop

Jacob's Ladder II: The Box with Mary Lee

 

17

Tuesday

Open studio

Open Studio Letterpress with CB Sherlock

 

20

Friday

Exhibition

Tÿpøgrafika opens in the Cowles Literary Commons of Open Book

 

23

Monday

Adult workshop

Alternative Photo Processes I with Aki Shibata-Pliner

 

23

Monday

Teen intensive

Teen Printing Intensive

 

23

Monday

Youth summer camp

5 Centers for Art workshop: Travel

 

24

Tuesday

Equipment training

Cutting Equipment Training with Sue Bjerke

 

26

Thursday

Adult workshop

Special Printing Effects with Emily Hoisington

 

27

Friday

Exhibition

Public Reception for the exhibition HERE

 

28

Saturday

Adult workshop

A Small Box with Three Even Smaller Books with Jody Williams

 

28

Saturday

Family workshop

All-in-One Travel Book with Jenea Rewertz-Targui

 

30

Monday

Youth summer camp

Arts on the River Camp


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July
2008
Date Day Event Detail
 

7

Monday

Adult workshop

From Bubble Wrap to Bottle Caps: Embellishing Handmade Paper with Everyday Media with Erica Spitzer Rasmussen

 

8

Tuesday

Adult workshop

Calligraphy from A to Z with Denny Ruud

 

10

Thursday

Adult workshop

Intro to Relief Printmaking with Anna Tsantir

 

10

Thursday

Adult workshop

The Compound Book with Tim Abel

 

12

Saturday

Adult workshop

Gatherings: A Portfolio of Framed Shadowboxes with visiting artist Nina Bagley

 

12

Saturday

Exhibition

Opening reception for FACE THE NATION

 

12

Saturday

Exhibition

SWISS IMPRESSIONS opens in the Open Book lobby gallery

 

14

Monday

Youth summer camp

Writing and Book Arts Camp: Character Constructions

 

15

Tuesday

Open studio

Open Studio Letterpress with CB Sherlock

 

15

Tuesday

Community event

Book Arts Roundtable: The Place of Letters

 

19

Saturday

Family workshop

Design Your Own Font with Jenea Rewertz-Targui

 

19

Saturday

Adult workshop

Bench-Top Tool Caddy with Sue Bjerke

 

21

Monday

Youth summer camp

5 Centers for Art workshop: World Cultures

 

21

Monday

Youth summer camp

Writing and Book Arts Camp: Paint and Word

 

26

Saturday

Adult workshop

Intro to Marbling with Lin Lacy

 

26

Saturday

Adult workshop

Miniature Books with Jana Pullman

 

28

Monday

Youth summer camp

Writing and Book Arts Camp: Fairytales and Bookmaking

 

29

Tuesday

Preschool workshop

Preschool Book Arts: Object Printing with Ellen Ferrari

 

29

Tuesday

Equipment training

Cutting Equipment Training with Sue Bjerke

 

29

Tuesday

Exhibition programming

Dialogue: Geotÿpøgrafika Nuovo: Global Issues in Graphic Design and Typography

 

29

Tuesday

Teacher workshop

Introduction to Book Arts: Single Sheet Books with Jill S. Weese

 

29

Tuesday

Teacher workshop

Binding Student Writing with Jill S. Weese

 

29

Tuesday

Family workshop

Let’s Go to the Beach with Ellen Ferrari

 

30

Wednesday

Teacher workshop

Combining Words and Pictures with Jill S. Weese

 

30

Wednesday

Teacher workshop

Altered Books with Jill S. Weese and Holly Magner

 

31

Thursday

Teacher workshop

Paper Marbling for Teachers with Lin Lacy

 

31

Thursday

Teacher workshop

Collage: Beyond Cut & Paste with Jill S. Weese


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August
2008
Date Day Event Detail
 

4

Monday

Youth summer camp

Culture Camp

 

4

Monday

Adult workshop

Polymer Platemaking for Letterpress with Paulette Myers-Rich

 

5

Tuesday

Preschool workshop

Preschool Book Arts: Wacky Books with Ellen Ferrari

 

5

Tuesday

Family workshop

Let’s Get Baking with Ellen Ferrari

 

5

Tuesday

Teacher workshop

Books In Boxes with Kathy Coulter

 

5

Tuesday

Teacher workshop

Tunnel Books with Jill S. Weese

 

6

Wednesday

Teacher workshop

Pressure Printing with Jill S. Weese and Monica Edwards Larson

 

6

Wednesday

Teacher workshop

Non-Traditional Books with Jill S. Weese

 

7

Thursday

Teacher workshop

Pop-up Books for Beginners with Jill S. Weese

 

7

Thursday

Teacher workshop

Advanced Pop-up Techniques for Teachers with Jill S. Weese

 

7

Thursday

Adult workshop

Modular Accordion Book with Tim Abel

 

9

Saturday

Family workshop

Marbling Madness with Jenea Rewertz-Targui

 

9

Saturday

Exhibition

Opening reception for the Summer 2008 By Design Exhibition

 

9

Saturday

Adult workshop

The Outer Layer with Mary Lee

 

11

Monday

Teen intensive

Artists Books: Books Without Boundaries

 

11

Monday

Youth summer camp

Writing and Book Arts Camp: Creative Constructions in Writing and Bookmaking

 

12

Tuesday

Family workshop

Let’s Go to the Museum with Ellen Ferrari

 

12

Tuesday

Preschool workshop

Preschool Book Arts: Papermaking with Ellen Ferrari

 

14

Thursday

Exhibition programming

Screening: HELVETICA

 

16

Saturday

Adult workshop

Low Relief Papermaking with Emily Hoisington

 

18

Monday

Youth summer campt

5 Centers for Art workshop: Creative Free-for-All

 

19

Tuesday

Community event

Book Arts Roundtable: Journaling the Great Minnesota Get-Together

 

19

Tuesday

Open studio

Open Studio Letterpress with CB Sherlock

 

19

Tuesday

Family workshop

Let’s Go Fishing with Ellen Ferrari

 

19

Tuesday

Preschool workshop

Preschool Book Arts: Pressure Printing with Ellen Ferrari

 

20

Wednesday

Youth workshop

Platform Pop-ups with CB Sherlock

 

23

Saturday

Open studio

Open Studio Marbling with Lin Lacy

 

23

Saturday

Adult workshop

A Weekend Introduction to Letterpress Printing with Regula Russelle

 

26

Tuesday

Community event

An Evening of Fine Wine and Fine Books

 

26

Tuesday

Preschool workshop

Preschool Book Arts: Marbling with Ellen Ferrari

 

26

Tuesday

Family workshop

Let’s Go to the Fair with Ellen Ferrari


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September
2008
Date Day Event Detail
 

16

Tuesday

Community event

Book Arts Roundtable: About Face

 

20

Saturday

By Design program

Deadline for Introductory Fall 2008 session applications


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