TIME LINES: New Work by MCBA’s Artist Collective
MCBA Main Gallery
May 26–July 30, 2022
Free and open to the public
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Cynthia Weiss: Mismatch/Murmuration/Memory
MCBA Outlook Gallery
March 26–July 9, 2022
Free and open to the public
VIEWABLE FROM THE STREET (and from inside the shop on saturdays)
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Panel Talk: 2021 McKnight Book Artist Fellows
Target Performance Hall
(located on 2nd floor of Open Book building)
Saturday, June 4, 2022
2–4pm
Reception: 4–5pm
Free and open to the public
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Artist Panel: Working with Hebrew and Yiddish Type
with Robyn Awend
Wednesday, May 18; 7–8:30pm CT
Free event*
Join us for a virtual conversation with contemporary artists, printers, and designers who use Hebrew type in their work to explore abstract and representational perspectives on the language. As MCBA introduces Hebrew wood type to our letterpress studios, we celebrate artists whose work is based in the language. The panel is curated by Robyn Awend and moderated by Karen Schiff and features local and national artists who use both traditional and contemporary Hebrew and Yiddish type in their work. Panelists include Lynne Avadenka (MI), an artist, printmaker, and director of Detroit letterpress print shop Signal Return; Gabriella Boros (IL), a printmaker, painter, and book artist; Dr. Noam Sienna (MN), a scholar of Jewish culture and history, Hebrew calligrapher, and book artist; and Shani Avni (NY) who designs, researches, teaches, consults, writes, and lectures on Hebrew type design and typography. Moderator Karen Schiff (TX) is an artist, writer, and editor who often works between word and image. Continue reading “Artist Panel: Working with Hebrew and Yiddish Type”
Panel Talk: 2020 McKnight Book Artist Fellows
Target Performance Hall
(located on 2nd floor of Open Book building)
April 23, 2022
2–4pm
Free and open to the public
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Opening Reception: Poetry Is Not a Luxury
MCBA Main Gallery
March 18, 2022
6–9pm
Join us for an opening reception celebrating Poetry Is Not a Luxury! Meet curator Maymanah Farhat and hear from local exhibiting artists, who will give brief remarks at 7pm.
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2022 Minnesota Book Artist Award
2022 Minnesota Book Artist Award: Works by Cathy Ryan
January 13–March 6, 2022
MCBA Main Gallery
virtual Artist talk: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24; 7–8:30pm CT
CLOSING reception: thursday, MARCH 3; 6–9pm ct
2022 Minnesota Book Artist Award Closing Reception
Thursday, March 3, 2022; 6–9pm CT
MCBA Main Gallery
Free
View the exhibition celebrating Cathy Ryan, winner of the 2022 Minnesota Book Artist Award for her artist’s book, Chronicle.
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Artist Talk: MCBA/Jerome Book Arts Residency
Tuesday, March 1, 2022; 6–8pm CT
Virtual
Hear from the recipients of the MCBA/Jerome Foundation Book Arts Residency Series XVI: Nicole Soley, Brooks Turner, and Leah Willemin.
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Artist Talk: 2022 MN Book Artist Award Winner Cathy Ryan
Thursday, February 24, 2022; 7–8pm CT
Virtual via Zoom
Free
Join us for a virtual artist talk featuring Cathy Ryan, winner of the 2022 Minnesota Book Artist Award!
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Yazmín Hidalgo: El Origen
MCBA Outlook Gallery
November 12, 2021–January 16, 2022
Free and open to the public
VIEWABLE FROM THE STREET (and from inside the shop on saturdays)
MCBA/Jerome Book Arts Fellowship XV
On view October 28, 2021 – January 2, 2022
MCBA Main Gallery
Opening reception friday, november 12; 6–9pm
Free and open to the public
Poetry Is Not a Luxury
Exhibition in MCBA’s Main Gallery
March 18–May 14, 2022
Poetry Is Not a Luxury, a powerful exhibition featuring 26 book artists hailing from Vermont to South Korea, is titled after writer Audre Lorde’s 1977 essay on the intersections of creativity and activism that were not only essential to her own work, but also to a diverse group of feminist thinkers at the time.
Love Local: Make 3 Holiday Cards!
Saturday, December 4, 2021; 1–2pm CT
Virtual via Zoom
Free
Gather your family and join Minnesota Center for Book Arts teaching artist Madeline Garcia for a live virtual workshop!