2027 Boundless Residents

Congrats to our 2027 Boundless residents! We will welcome them for 2-4 week funded residencies next year. Follow the link to learn more about them and this residency opportunity.

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Winter workshops are here!

Get inspired, grow your skills, and connect with others. This slate of workshops includes new and popular workshops taught by incredible local artists.

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sewing without a bobbin thread

Outlook Gallery
October 31–January 18, 2027
Nina Martine Robinson’s sewing without a bobbin thread explores being the designated daughter and caregiver burnout through the lens of a late diagnosed autistic woman.
Nina will be sewing in the Outlook Gallery November 21st and December 5th. Stop by and check it out!

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2026 MCBA Prize

The MCBA Prize Exhibition featuring 21 semi-finalists and 5 finalists will be on view in the Main Gallery from August 29 - November 29. Public reception Friday, September 17th 6-8 pm.

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Book a Private Workshop!

Bring your group for a hands-on letterpress printing or suminagashi marbling workshop.

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The Shop at MCBA

Shop small and support independent artists. Check out hand-printed greeting cards, prints, journals, zines, artists’ books, and more artful gifts!

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Become a Member

Explore our new membership levels with better benefits, deeper community connections, and expanded access to book arts!

As a member, you can support community access to the book arts through education, public programming, studio access for artists, and curated exhibitions.

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Igniting creativity & community through the book arts.

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.

Membership is More Than Perks

It’s connection and creative possibility.

Our freshly-updated membership program includes:

Digital wallet membership cards (coming this summer)
Member discounts
Early access to workshop registration
Invitations to behind-the-scenes events
Reciprocal access through NARM (Traveler’s and up)
And more ways to learn, make, and connect

When you join our family of supporters, you enjoy exclusive member perks! These include discounts, a head start on workshop sign-ups, invitations to a new annual Membership Mingle event, and more - all while championing our mission of making book arts accessible to all.

Annual Membership

Sustaining Membership

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New Upcoming Workshops

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Dec 1

Workshop, Virtual, Beginner, Binding and Box Making, Related Arts

Hardcover Column-Collage Book

Workshop, Virtual, Beginner, Binding and Box Making, Related Arts

Create a unique hardcover book to showcase a vertical, or column-shaped, collage with pages/panels for additional art or writing, in this virtual workshop.

Workshop, Virtual, Beginner, Binding and Box Making, Related Arts

Letterpress 4: Collaborative Calendar (December)

Dec 3

Workshop, In-Person, Intermediate, Printing

Letterpress 4: Collaborative Calendar (December)

Workshop, In-Person, Intermediate, Printing

Letterpress 4: Collaborative Calendars focuses on planning and printing editions (a group of identical prints) by planning and printing a 12-month, perennial calendar (applies to any year).

Workshop, In-Person, Intermediate, Printing

Refillable Journal with Handmade Bookcloth: Morning

Dec 9

Workshop, In-Person, Beginner, Binding and Box Making

Refillable Journal with Handmade Bookcloth: Morning

Workshop, In-Person, Beginner, Binding and Box Making

Learn to make your own bookcloth using Japanese paper, cotton fabric, and wheat starch paste, in this hands-on, in-person workshop. Use the bookcloth to cover a refillable A6 journal with rounded corners, a recessed label, and stainless steel hardware.

Workshop, In-Person, Beginner, Binding and Box Making

Refillable Journal with Handmade Bookcloth: Evening

Dec 10

Workshop, In-Person, Beginner, Binding and Box Making

Refillable Journal with Handmade Bookcloth: Evening

Workshop, In-Person, Beginner, Binding and Box Making

Dec 12

Workshop, In-Person, Beginner, Design and Content, Binding and Box Making

Zines as Resistance

Workshop, In-Person, Beginner, Design and Content, Binding and Box Making

Learn about the historical role of zines in political movements, celebrate zines as a tool for building community, and explore the perzine (zines that feature the authors’ subjectivity) as a form of resistance within the context of activism and organizing.

Workshop, In-Person, Beginner, Design and Content, Binding and Box Making

Jan 6

Workshop, Virtual, Intermediate, Printing

Digital File Prep for Letterpress

Workshop, Virtual, Intermediate, Printing

Learn how to achieve optimal results in translating a variety of imagery, from etchings to photographs, into digital files ready to be sent out to be made into photopolymer plates for letterpress.

Workshop, Virtual, Intermediate, Printing

Letterpress 4: Collaborative Calendar (January)

Jan 7

Workshop, In-Person, Intermediate, Printing

Letterpress 4: Collaborative Calendar (January)

Workshop, In-Person, Intermediate, Printing

Letterpress 4: Collaborative Calendars focuses on planning and printing editions (a group of identical prints) by planning and printing a 12-month, perennial calendar (applies to any year).

Workshop, In-Person, Intermediate, Printing

Analog Screen Print 1: Drawing on Screens

Jan 7

Workshop, In-Person, Beginner, Printing

Analog Screen Print 1: Drawing on Screens

Workshop, In-Person, Beginner, Printing

Stop looking at your computer screen and start looking at your mesh printing screen! Learn two of the simplest and most approachable ways to create a screen printing stencil, in this in-person workshop.

Workshop, In-Person, Beginner, Printing

Analog Screen Print 2: Handmade Positives

Jan 21

Workshop, In-Person, Intermediate, Printing

Analog Screen Print 2: Handmade Positives

Workshop, In-Person, Intermediate, Printing

Ditch the computer and come back to drawing by hand! This in-person workshop is designed for folks with basic screen printing experience who are ready to explore photo emulsion without relying on a computer or digital techniques.

Workshop, In-Person, Intermediate, Printing