Category: Press Releases

On Friday, March 31, 6–8pm, Minnesota Center for Book Arts invites the public to join the 2020 and 2021 McKnight Book Artist Fellows in the gallery for a last look at the stunning work they produced during their fellowships. The exhibition features a wide range of book arts, including artists’ books, marbled papers, ceramic sculpture, box works, flax and linen handmade papers, and hand-cut paper stories. 

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Saturday, February 4 will serve up printmaking, button making, yoga, and more 

Minnesota Center for Book Arts is excited to welcome the public back for our first in-person “Love Local” Open House event since February 2020. On Saturday, February 4 from 10am–12pm, four free activities will get kids, families, and adults in the spirit of self- and community-love: screen printing, button making, letterpress printing, and yoga!

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Experience the exceptional work of these mid-career book artists January 21–April 1, 2023

This winter, in our Main Gallery, experience the exceptional work of the first four McKnight Book Artist Fellows: Paula McCartney (2020), Lisa Nebenzahl (2020), Mary Hark (2021), and Sonja Peterson (2021). 

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Visitors can watch the exhibition unfold in MCBA’s Outlook Gallery on January 13 & 14 from 10am–5pm.

Minnesota Center for Book Arts is pleased to welcome back Kansas-based visual artist and professor Dr. Rachel Epp Buller for the closing weekend of her fabric installation, In/Visible Care.

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Left: Brooks Turner. Top right: Leah Willemin. Bottom right: Nicole Soley.

Minnesota Center for Book Arts is pleased to announce an exhibition featuring the recipients of our sixteenth series of the MCBA/Jerome Foundation Book Arts Residency. These early career book artists include St. Paul printmaker Nicole Soley; Minneapolis artist, writer, and educator Brooks Turner; and St. Paul-based artist and designer Leah Willemin. The exhibition will be on view from November 5, 2022–January 7, 2023, with an opening reception on Friday, November 11 from 6–8pm.

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The international book art prize drew 154 entries from 17 countries

Minnesota Center for Book Arts is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2022 MCBA Prize is San Antonio, Texas–based artist Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder for her artist’s book, If You Need Anything. Writer and editor Megan N. Liberty selected If You Need Anything from 154 international submissions representing 17 countries. Schroeder’s work, for which she will receive a $2,000 cash prize, is currently on view in MCBA’s Main Gallery alongside four finalists and nineteen semi-finalists.

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The artists will now begin on yearlong study of book arts at Minnesota Center for Book Arts

Minnesota Center for Book Arts is pleased to announce our newly-selected MCBA/Jerome Foundation Book Arts Mentorship Recipients: D’Angelo Christian, Minneapolis-based photographer; Michael Khuth, St. Paul-based independent curator and lens-based collage artist; and Leah Klister, Minneapolis-based artist and art educator.

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Please join us in congratulating the 2022 McKnight Book Artist Fellows, CB Sherlock and Corinne Teed! CB is a letterpress printer, book artist, and paper engineer, and Corinne is a research-based artist working in printmaking, book arts, time-based media, and social practice.

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Minnesota Center for Book Arts becomes first public center in US to offer multilingual alphabets

Minnesota Center for Book Arts is proud to announce the acquisition of beautiful new wood type in Hebrew and Arabic, plus Spanish and Swedish glyphs. With this movement beyond English wood type, MCBA hopes to expand potential audiences and practitioners of letterpress printing.

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Minnesota Center for Book Arts is pleased to announce the culminating exhibition for the 2019–2021 MCBA/Jerome Book Arts Fellowships, featuring printmaker Austin Nash, photographer/papermaker Shun Yong, and collaborative zine-making-and-publishing team Sarah Evenson and Jade Juno.  

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The Minnesota Book Artist Award is a unique category at the Minnesota Book Awards, going beyond the content of a book’s pages to celebrate the visual and structural qualities that are integral to the handmade book. 

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