with Tia Blassingame and Stephanie Sauer
Saturday, June 24; 10am–4pm CT

In this in-person workshop, create a series of sculptural stories incorporating collage and hand papermaking. During the papermaking process, participants will embed their original stories and poems or compose new collage stories with found texts. The resulting narrative sculptures are fun to read and handle, and easy to display and share. This in-person workshop is perfect for papermaking novices and initiates alike.

Please wear clothing/shoes fit for wet work (e.g. rain boots, clogs, water resistant shoes).  Participants need to return to pick up their paper on Saturday, 7/1 or later in The Shop at MCBA to allow the wet sheets of paper time to dry while pressed flat for a few days.

Please note that papermaking is a wet and physical process that involves repeated lifting and bending. Accommodations can be made for individuals with specific needs (please share these when registering) and we encourage all abilities to participate in ways that feel safe and comfortable.

Some experience helpful but not required
Certificate: 6 hours, Category B, C or D

$8/participant; if this presents a barrier, please reach out to workshops@mnbookarts.org to register free of charge

This workshop is being presented as part of Paper Is People, an exhibition co-curated by the teaching artists, Tia Blassingame and Stephanie Sauer, which offers a new definition of paper­ within a global and decolonial framework. The exhibition is on view in MCBA’s Main Gallery April 14 through August 12, with a reception on Thursday, June 22.

Paper Is People is made possible in part with the support of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Center for Craft.

Registration for this workshop has closed.