Hear from 2024 Minnesota Book Artist Award winner Vesna Kittelson about her new book Letters to AmeriKa at this in-person talk at Open Book.
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somewhere to rest is a mixed-media installation, a small way-stop for any weary eyes in any long winter.
Minnesota Center for Book Arts is pleased to be a co-host of this 2-day symposium featuring a curated slate of presentations, artist panels, and workshops led by esteemed historians, bibliographers, archivists, librarians, typographers, designers, printers, and book artists of all kinds. Participants will engage in collaborative learning, shared visual and performing arts experiences, and hands-on Hebrew printing opportunities.
Jody Williams was a teacher, a mentor, a friend, and an exceptional force in the world of book arts.
Hear from the recipients of the MCBA/Jerome Book Arts Residency Series XVII: Jelani Ellis, Louise Fisher, and Christopher Selleck at this in-person talk at Open Book.
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Shift-lab is Katie Baldwin, Denise Bookwalter, Sarah Bryant, Macy Chadwick and Tricia Treacy. This collective of five women artists, working across the United States, has produced print and book-based projects for more than a decade.
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See new and previous work by past Minnesota Book Artist Award winners.
Binding/Unbinding is an installation of printed textiles of botanical imagery combined with writing, drawing, and sewn elements that explore the entanglements of culture, ecosystems, and personal healing.
with Katie Baldwin, Denise Bookwalter, Sarah Bryant, Macy Chadwick, and Tricia Treacy
Thursday, February 29; 6–7:15pm CT
Shift-lab is Katie Baldwin, Denise Bookwalter, Sarah Bryant, Macy Chadwick, and Tricia Treacy. This collective of five women artists—working across the United States—has produced print and book-based projects for more than a decade. Since 2013, Shift-lab has cultivated a collaborative practice through writing, curating, and making print- and book-based projects. In this virtual artist panel, learn more about Shift-lab’s collaborative process and the interdisciplinary work that seeks to find the intersections among language, sequence, structure, and narrative.
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Continue reading “Press Play: Free Letterpress Printing Event”
Continue reading “MCBA/Jerome Foundation Book Arts Mentorship Series VIII”
Others is a book art installation consisting of seven paper mâché heads. Each of the heads are a case for the scroll that spills out of the head’s mouth.
New Editions is a biennial pop-up showcase and sale of new artists’ prints and publications in the Main Gallery at MCBA. Kicking off with a ticketed preview party on Friday night, the sale continues on Saturday, featuring artists’ books, photo books, chapbooks, zines, broadsides, and hand-printed work by artists from around the country. Continue reading “New Editions 2023”
