Art Museums and Galleries in Minnesota - Art Galleries in Minnesota, Art Museums in Minnesota, Arts Centers in Minnesota (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Art Galleries in Minnesota, Art Museums in Minnesota, Arts Centers in Minnesota, Performing Arts Centers in Minnesota, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Weisman Art Museum, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Duluth Depot, the Museum of Russian Art, Tweed Museum of Art, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Juxtaposition Arts, Aaw Gallery of Wood Art. Excerpt: Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) is the largest and most comprehensive independent non-profit book arts center in the United States. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, MCBA is a nationally recognized leader in the celebration and preservation of traditional crafts including hand papermaking, letterpress printing and hand bookbinding, as well as the use of these traditional techniques by contemporary artists in creating new artists' books and artwork. History MCBA was established in 1983. Two years later it moved to 24 North Third Street on the first floor of the McKesson building in the Warehouse District of Minneapolis. In this space, MCBA established educational, artistic and community programs to introduce book arts to the public and promote appreciation of artists' books, fine press publications, broadsides and other artworks created using book art techniques. In 2000, MCBA joined fellow founding tenants The Loft Literary Center and Milkweed Editions in establishing Open Book, a center for literary and visual arts, in downtown Minneapolis. The building creates a lively destination for a diverse public interested in books, book arts and literary endeavors of all kinds. In 2004, MCBA served as a partner in the Walker Art Center 's "Walker Without Walls" as a satellite location for No Reading Required, an exhibitio...