Minnesota Center for Book Arts

$50 raised by 1 donor

1% complete

$10,000 Goal

From patron to professional,
MCBA has something for everyone.
Guest at the 2022 Jerome Book Arts Residency reception looking at three works of art. Left- Spongebob Squarepants making a button at Youth Pride Night.
Middle- Education intern, Leni, demoing at American Swedish Institute.
Right- Girl Scouts couching handmade paper at Book Artist Badge Day.

This is your moment to make an impact. Give today to support MCBA’s free exhibitions, broaden workshop access, and deepen our community programming. Help us hit our $10,000 goal this Give to the Max Day and show that creativity can’t wait.

Thanks to the Windgate Foundation, all new and increased donations will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to $25,000. Double the impact of your commitment to foster a love of book arts for all. Increase your gift, and invite friends, family, and community to join us in expanding the possibilities of MCBA.

Co-curators of Paper is People, Stephanie Sauer and Tia Blassingame standing back to back and smiling in at their opening reception. Left- Boundless resident, IBé Crawley, show casing her work before heading home to Virginia.
Right- Boundless resident, Islam Aly, teaching a bookbinding.

Your generosity fuels:

Scholarships to make art accessible for everyone. We are proud to support our community by offering roughly 50% off of the cost of workshop tuition to support economic access for communities facing adversity.

Having scholarships available allowed me to take this class and is appreciated SO much. Art should be accessible, and I'm glad MCBA has financial support for students.

- Introduction to Screenprint participant, March 2024

Community Connections that foster personal and professional growth. By reducing financial barriers and opening doors to new opportunities, we support about 1,000 working artists each year

The Artist Collective Studio Fellowship allowed me the opportunity to meet and connect with a variety of members within the letterpress, printmaking, and book arts communities of the Twin Cities. In addition, having access to letterpress and studio equipment contributed to my own personal growth as an educator, artist, and researcher.

- 2024 Studio Collective Member

A MCBA instructor and community member engage in a screen printing demonstration at Love Local. Left- Hill Museum & Manuscript Library sharing some of their collection with MCBA workshop students.
Right- Madame Esther reading tarot at MCBA's Member Mingle.

About MCBA

Founded in 1983, Minnesota Center for Book Arts is a nonprofit visual arts center that ignites creativity and community through the book arts. We practice letterpress printing, bookbinding, hand papermaking, paper marbling, screen printing, and more! We believe that creativity is a basic human impulse that should be recognized and encouraged in all of its forms, and we are deepening our commitment to catalyzing opportunities for education, enrichment, and engagement for all. Through in-person and virtual workshops, exhibitions, and opportunities for artists of all levels, we invite you to explore your own creative impulse.

Be sure to check out our online Shop, where you can find unique artwork, art supplies, and bookish gifts!