Minnesota Center for Book Arts

Every print, every binding, every artist begins with you. 
Give now to keep book arts within everyone’s reach.

Portable Press Program Community Initiative at Craft Fest 2025Community Open House Event Press Play

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.

Student in our Letterpress StudiosKids Suminagashi workshop.

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

Fellowships and Mentorships for both emerging and established artists, giving them access to vital opportunities and supporting their creative growth.

MCBA is a magical place where artists are there to help each other grow, it has this welcoming atmosphere of authentic curiosity in everyone's work. Even as an emerging artist, very new to book arts, there was never a time I felt I didn't belong. Every artist and teacher made me feel competent and worthwhile, even if I was a novice in most things.

- Jerome Mentee 

 Radha Pandey, MCBA Prize 2024 winner's book, "Flora of Mughal India"Artist Mentorship recipient Leah Klister with her new work.

I learned so much about myself as an artist and curator, and also about all the edges being pushed thematically and conceptually — at least in Minnesota! I feel so excited about the future of artists' books, if indeed, this represents many of the creators who will be part of that future....This all makes me wish I had lived, or could live, in Minnesota.

- McKnight Juror Catherine Michaelis, 2025

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

Letterpress cards with Hebrew type workshop.Shift-lab gallery reception.Yuka Petz's installation in the Outlook Gallery.

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.

Give to the Max Day Donors who contribute at the following levels will be enrolled in our newly revamped Membership Program for the following year. 

Our Membership Program is an annual, 12-month program with exclusive member perks. These include discounts, a head start on workshop sign-ups, limited-edition prints, and more—all while championing our mission of making book arts accessible to all. 

Already a member? Reach out and let us know if you'd like to gift it to a friend or pay it forward.

Donation Level	$60	$108	$150	$300*	$600*	$1,200*
Membership Incentive	ENTHUSIAST	MAKERS	TRAVELER	INNOVATOR	CURATOR	VISIONARY
10% discount on workshops	★	★	★	★	★	★
10% discount on retail purchases in our Shop	★	★	★	★	★	★
10% discount on equipment rental & Studio Labs	★	★	★	★	★	★
Exclusive notice of new workshops as soon as they go live	★	★	★	★	★	★
Benefits apply to two adults (at the same address) plus children		★	★	★	★	★
NARM membership*			★	★	★	★
One gift: Enthusiast-level membership				★	★	★
Invitations to exclusive behind-the-scenes events					★	★
Discounted rentals at Open Book's meeting spaces						★

*Traveler: $110 tax-deductible | *Innovator: $290 tax-deductible | *Curator: $575 tax-deductible | *Visionary: $1,175 tax-deductible

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!