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Christopher Alday (he/him) is a Southern Californian Latinx who moved to the Midwest to study printmaking. In 2013, he received a BFA in Print Paper Book & an MA in Graphic and Web Design in 2023 from the Minneapolis College of Art of Design. He was awarded the 2014-2015 Jerome Emerging Printmakers Residency hosted at Highpoint Center for Printmaking and a 2017 Minnesota Center for Book Arts Summer Artist in Residency. He works primarily with screenprint and letterpress printing but has been known to make a collage from time to time. Also, he may not exist.
Instagram: @_HurlyBurly_

Brandon Alvarado (he/him) is a printmaker, graphic designer, and zinester. He is based in Waterloo, Iowa where he operates the Pretty Good Co. letterpress print shop and design studio with his wife and co-artist, Annie. His work includes relief printmaking and risograph techniques and is regularly working away at linocut illustrations, letterpress art posters, zines, and comix.
BrandonAlvarado.com | Instagram/Twitter: @The_Bardon

Islam Aly (he/him) is currently a lecturer of Design in the College of Art Education at Helwan University. He graduated from the University of Iowa, with an MFA in Book Arts and a Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning with a concentration in Art Education. At Helwan University, Egypt he received a BA and an MA in Art Education. His artists’ books explore the possibilities of historical bindings in contemporary book art practice. He has combined book traditions with digital technologies. His work is created at the junction between culture, technology, and aesthetics.
IslamAly.com | Instagram: @IslamMAly

A native of Honduras, Maria Amalia (she/her) maintains a studio in Middleton, Wisconsin, and enjoys working with textiles, papermaking and community-focused storytelling. With a creative process that embraces a personal and socially engaged art practice, her work delves into the complexities of a life lived between Central America and the Midwestern United States. Having more than 12 years of experience working with craft communities in Latin America in product development, her art practice is built on a foundation that includes a commitment to the highest standards of craftsmanship in making, intellectual curiosity, and constant searching for authenticity and relevance.
Instagram: @MariaAmaliaWood

Hope Amico (she/her) is a collage artist, trained letterpress printer, and former community bike shop volunteer, currently living and working in Portland, OR. She is the force behind Gutwrench Press, a letterpress shop dedicated to better correspondence and connection through the Keep Writing postcard project, unique zines exploring hometowns, and classes designed to help develop a creative practice in your everyday life. She hosts a weekly online meet-up and continues the monthly interactive postcard subscription she started in 2008.

Christine Anderson (she/her) has been enamored with bookmaking since taking her first class at MCBA decades ago. She completed the Core Certificate program and has been bookmaking on and off as time and space permitted ever since. She learned the craft from the best at MCBA and found her style in finely crafted, sewn-on-the-spine journals. In addition, she has a line of buttonhole stitch journals and is most proud of the bookmaking work she does for Hennepin County Library. At her Northrup King studio space, she's currently exploring mixed media painting and collage.
Instagram: @ChristineAnderson4191

Angelica Aranda (she/her) was born and raised in New York City as a first-generation American, daughter to a Dominican mother and Ecuadorian father. Aranda focuses her art practice on bookmaking and zinemaking, and has worked in the Chelsea gallery district, teaching art therapy, and as a teaching assistant for both painting and performing arts courses. She is a recipient of Creatives Rebuild New York’s Guaranteed Income for Artists and has completed her B.A. in Political Science and Studio Arts at the University of Rochester.
AngelicaAranda.com | Instagram: @Angeliqrt

AnnaColombia (she/her) was born, raised and still lives in the East Village of New York City. She grew up in the NYC punk and street scene and later traveled around this country riding freight trains and hitchhiking for over 8 years, documenting her life on film. AnnaColombia is an interdisciplinary artist, working in multiple areas of the visual arts, with ideas from one medium crossing over and informing works in other media. AnnaColombia is a visual storyteller, both documenting and abstracting her experiences and life in both printed matter and sculptural forms.
AnnaColombia.com | Instagram: @AnnaColombia

allison anne (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (unceded Očhéthi Šakówiŋ land), working in a variety of mediums including collage, zinemaking, publishing and graphic design. The core of their practice is handcut paper collage -- a constantly evolving exploration of experience and emotion through the reconstitution and rearranging of various printed media and ephemera. By recontexualizing images and materials, allison seeks to create complex textural, intuitive abstractions and configurations which prioritize that which is found, discarded and left behind, exploring the intersections and interactions between context, materiality and creativity.
allisonanne.com | Instagram: @allisonanneCollage

Andi Arnovitz (she/her) is a conceptual artist, using etching, digital information and various printmaking processes, as well as fabric, thread and even porcelain to create both print series, artist books and large-scale installations. These pieces explore various tensions that exist within religion, gender and politics. Andi has exhibited her work in England, China, The United States, Israel, Spain, Poland, Finland, France, Germany, Lithuania, Canada, Italy, Mallorca and Bulgaria. She has had many one-woman shows and participated in multiple group shows. Her work is in many private collections in both the United States and in Europe, as well as major universities, museums and institutions, including the US Library of Congress, the Israel National Library, The Museum of Art in Ein Harod, Yeshiva University Museum, The Anu Museum, Yale University, UCLA, and The Smithsonian Museum of American History.
AndiArnovitz.com | Instagram: @Andi_Arnovitz

Julia Arredondo (she/her/ella) is an art entrepreneur who recently finished her MFA at Columbia College Chicago. Originally from Corpus Christi, TX, Julia is heavily influenced by the small, family-based businesses she grew up around. Formally trained in printmaking and specializing in artistic forms of independent publishing, Julia founded Vice Versa Press and Curandera Press as her entrepreneurial debuts. Julia recently launched media entities, QTVC Live! and COVIDtv, and is anticipating a second season of QTVC Live! programming.
JuliaArredondo.com | @Future_Juju

Ashar (they/them) is the owner of Chaotic Notions. They are an artist and 3D printer from the Chicago suburbs. As a multiracial, genderfluid, disabled person their work reflects intersectional experiences and aims to connect communities. They have two small dogs and a spouse! Ash loves drawing, crafts, 3D printing, and creation.
ChaoticNotions.xyz | Instagram: @Chaotic.Notions

Erica Avey (she/her) is a writer and editor in San Francisco, California. She single-handedly edits and distributes Spectra Poets. Avey's independent writing and research has been published in Doubleblind Magazine, Psychedelic Press UK, The Closed Eye Open, The Shanghai Literary Review, and more.
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Fiona Avocado (they/them) is a Pittsburgh-based visual artist, educator, organizer, and writer. Fiona has been an active working artist since 2010, publishing comics and zines, creating illustrations, making prints, and assembling textile pieces using upcycled materials. Fiona received their BA in Arts and Humanities and Professional Writing from Michigan State University and their MFA in Printmaking from Ohio University. Fiona is a member of Lavender Estero Print Studio, the co-President of the Pittsburgh Print Group, the founder/organizer of the Itty Bitty Print Exchange, and a Fulbright Awardee to Argentina for 2024.
Instagram: @Fiona_Avocado

Rachel Awes (she/her) works as a psychologist, art playgroundist, and author, who loves listening to the beauty in people and animals and all living colors—and she truly embodies color, as she is also an ambassador for the Swedish clothing company, Gudrun Sjoden. Her 4 published gift/self-help books are infused with loads of her colorful drawings, all designed to affirm the human heart. She lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with her husband and tortoises, complete with wild bunnies in her yard, and two dear sons (ages 23 and 26) living nearby. Her most tender and mighty hope is to hold up a mirror for many, reflecting a hearty truth of your boundless worth. You can see more from Rachel on her etsy, her YouTube channel, and her Facebook page.
RachelAwes.com | Instagram: @RachelAwes

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Alisa Banks (she/her) is a visual artist based in Dallas, Texas who investigates connections to contemporary culture, her Creole heritage, and the African diaspora through the lenses of home, terrain, and the body, using Southern Louisiana as a point of entry. Her sculptural artist books, mixed media work, and textile collages, often incorporate fibers and found materials and reference traditional craft forms. Alisa’s work has been exhibited in internationally, and is housed in private and public collections, including the Smithsonian Institution, the US Library of Congress, The Schomburg Center, and The British Library.
AlisaBanks.com | Instagram: @ABanksArt

Rachel Bard (she/her) is a cartoonist and illustrator who loves monsters, sad stories, and small press publishing. She spends most of her time inventing weird new mini-comic formats, painting miniature portraits of regular-sized pets, and dreaming up strange imaginary creatures.
RachelBard.com | Instagram: @Rachel_Bard

Rachael Barns (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist from Norwich, UK. She currently works predominantly with text and textiles and enjoys creating sculptural and book-inspired works. She is influenced by the world around her, personal histories, memory and nature. Working from home, she constrains herself to methods which can be carried out from her dining table or sofa. Her work has been described as riotous, playful and curious. She aims to produce work that she enjoys making and hopes others can find some enjoyment in it too.
RachelBarns.art | Instagram: @RachelBarns.art

Sierra Barnes (she/her) is a comic creator and history buff in Alexandria, VA. She is particularly interested in the relationship between history, mythology, and memory, and her work, especially her debut graphic novel HANS VOGEL IS DEAD, reflect this. When she's not working on comics, at home with her husband and two bunnies (Kokochin and Bodi), she's probably at a museum or local boba tea shop!
Instagram: @Sierra_Bravo_Art

Harriet Bart (she/her) creates evocative content through the narrative power of objects, the theater of installation, and the intimacy of artists books. She has a deep and abiding interest in the personal and cultural expression of memory; it is at the core of her work. Using bronze and stone, wood and paper, books and words, everyday and found objects, Bart’s work signifies a site, marks an event, and draws attention to imprints of the past as they live in the present.

Julie Baugnet (she/her) is Professor Emeritus at St. Cloud State University where she teaches graphic design, including book arts. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally, and her books are represented in numerous private and public collections, including the University of Utah, Amory University Woodruff Library, Bibliotheca in Alexandria, Egypt, University of Toronto, University of Washington, Minnesota History Center, and the Hennepin County Library.
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Michael Beachy (he/him) has been working in self-publishing comics for the last decade. He creates web-published comics as well as physically printed work. He also creates animation and self-produced a short he wrote, voice acted, and directed.
Instagram: @Michael_Beachy

Delphine Bedient (she/her) writes poetry, designs clothing, and runs Quotidian Press. Two of her books, Down and Out on a Yacht and The Last Time My Sadness Was Convenient, are available from Two Plum Press. She likes black coffee, wearing sunglasses, and writing in cursive.
DelphineBedient.com

Maya Beecham (she/her) is a collage artist and founder of CardFolk greeting cards and prints. CardFolk evolved from Maya having free time on many Saturday afternoons, surrounded by tools for making art, and turned into a therapeutic experience of creativity. The tools of canvas, paper, paint, fabric, and glue were used to create multiple pieces of collage. The collage creations, big and small, depicted non-descript images of people, highlighting culture with fashionable flair. The smaller creations of collage served as a perfect alternative to mainstream greeting cards and were soon given to family and friends to celebrate special moments in life. Maya was born and raised in the Twin Cities area, with familial roots in the historic Rondo community of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Instagram: @Card.Folk

Better Homes & Dykes is a local, quarterly, print-only publication by and for dykes and those who love them. Each issue features a variety of content from various Minneapolis/ St. Paul collaborators including quizzes & games, media reviews, handy-butch wisdom, write in laundry advice, sports content, reader photo submissions and more! Founders S. (they/them) & Elli (she/her) are two local dykes who are passionate about building community and print media. Elli works in anti-violence, and lives in the metro with her two dogs. She enjoys reading, cooking, and crafting. S. is a visual artist and art consultant living in Uptown, and enjoys playing outside, textile art, and a good beer.
BetterHomesAndDykes.com | @BetterHomesAndDykes

Adelaide Blair (she/her) is a project-based artist whose research-centered practice allows her to interact with and learn about the world. She is interested in distributed intelligence, and many of her projects involve elements of collaboration or participation. Her subject matter has included ghosts, artificial intelligence, the Greek tragedy Philoctetes, reproductive terms used in printmaking, the Dirty War in Argentina, and networks of corruption in the contemporary art world. She has a Substack newsletter, Sell the Painting, where she mostly writes about the financialization of art, but also uses that space for experimental artmaking and other forms of art writing. Originally from Southern Oregon, Adelaide resides in Seattle, Washington and has an MFA from The Pacific Northwest College of Art.
Instagram: @Adelaide_Blair

Tia Blassingame (she/her) is a book artist and printmaker exploring the intersection of race, history, and perception. She founded the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color collective in 2019 to bring Book History and Print Culture scholars into conversation and collaboration with BIPOC book artists, papermakers, letterpress printers, and printmakers. Blassingame is an Assistant Professor of Book Arts at Scripps College and the Director of Scripps College Press.

Priscilla Briggs (she/her) is a lens-based artist living in Minneapolis, MN, who investigates global representations of capitalism, consumerism, and their impact on the environment and social justice issues. She recently founded Rose Bramble Books, an emerging zine platform, funded by a Creative Support grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. Priscilla is currently a Professor of Studio Art at Gustavus Adolphus College.
Instagram: @Priscilla_Briggs_ / @RoseBrambleBooks

Celeste Brosenne (she/her) took her first marbling class at MCBA nearly five years ago. From the very beginning she was smitten. She was intrigued by the process, the patterns and the variety of color combinations. Celeste's marbled papers range from specific patterns to over marbled designs; she has discovered that over marbling lends itself perfectly to serendipitous, organic designs. Celeste completed her MA in Art History at the University of Minnesota, and she is a member of the MCBA Artist's Collective.

Bruno Press is a small letterpress print shop in St. Joseph, Minnesota that is run the way old school printers worked 60 years ago. Everything is hand-set wood and metal type along with hand-carved linoleum block prints highlighting reduction block prints. Mary Bruno (she/her) inherited the print shop from her father, who was also a designer and a printer. She makes hilarious greeting cards along with colorful posters, calendars, art prints, and more.
MCBrunoPress.com | Instagram: @BrunoPress

Maddy Buck (she/her) is a writer and artist from Minnesota. She uses comics and graphic memoir to explore prestige culture and explain often-inaccessible legal concepts. Her graphic writing has been featured in The Rumpus, Graphic Medicine, and the American Illustration Online Archive.
MaddyBuck.com | Instagram: @ItsMaddyBuck

Jean Buescher Bartlett (she/her) received a BS in Design from the University of Cincinnati and an MFA in Book Arts from the University of Alabama. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she set up a studio and bindery concentrating on art books, design, typography, and limited edition binding commissions. For fifteen years she taught book arts and the history of modern design at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. Jean has actively exhibited her work in the United States and Europe since 1980, and it continues to be housed in major collections worldwide, including the New York Public Library, the University of Michigan Special Collections, the Dutch Royal Library, Stanford University Special Collections, the Newberry Library, and the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Jean-Bartlett.com | Instagram: @JeanBBartlett

Hannah Burr (she/her) lives in Ann Arbor Michigan. She is an exhibiting contemporary artist and the author of four books about new ways of seeing and being in the world. Hannah is a graduate of Brown University in Fine Art and Religious Studies. Hannah’s artwork has been on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Currier Museum New Hampshire, the Drawing Center New York, and both the Danforth and Rose Art Museums in greater Boston. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally through Artlink@Sotheby's. She has received grants from the Berkshire Taconic Foundation and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and is a former MacDowell Colony Resident.
Instagram: @HannahBurrStudio

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Elissa Campbell (she/her) is a book artist from Montpelier, VT. Her training as an art therapist fuels her desire to create books, objects that allow people to celebrate their life experiences and tell their stories. She believes strongly that everyone has a story to tell. She teaches bookbinding workshops and classes, working in both traditional and non-traditional educational settings, art centers, community festivals, and online. She is currently acting as Chair of the Book Arts Guild of Vermont. When she’s not in the studio, Elissa can be found either hanging out with her family or eating cheese.
Instagram: @BlueRoofDesigns

María José Castillo (they/them & she/her) is a graphic designer and visual artist with a body of work that feeds off of their curiosity with language and communication. Their conceptual approach incorporates the analysis of cultural background related to the way we read the written word, not only as a functional element in a discourse, but also as an object existing in a spatial field. María José’s work is heavy on formal exploration of type and shape, with a particular emphasis on how type, layout, and color affect the way a message is read. They also dive deep in a quirky and colorful universe with their illustration work, often accompanied by lettering exploration.

Alexandra Chappell (she/her) is a letterpress printmaker living in southern California. Words and letterforms are central to her work. She prints words, considers the design of letterforms in her compositions, and uses wood and metal type to create patterns and imagery. Throughout her daily life she collects words and phrases that catch her ear for their poetry, whether or not their author intended them to be heard that way. She is particularly interested in capturing the accidental poetry of science, mathematics, and technical writing in her prints.
Instagram: @AKC47

Sandra Chi (she/her) is a visual artist living in Brooklyn, NY. Her work combines influences ranging from pop culture to high fashion, and employs her own unique sense of pattern and line work. In the past, she has collaborated with musicians on their album covers and shirt designs, and did process design in the fashion industry before starting a line of greeting cards in 2019.
Instagram: @SandraChi_By_SandraChi

Since 1946, Chicago Review has published a range of contemporary poetry, fiction, and criticism. Each year typically includes two single issues and a double issue with a special feature section. They are located at 935 East 60th Street, Chicago IL 60637.
ChicagoReview.org | Instagram: @Chicago_Review

Childish Books (Cb) seeks to collect, celebrate, and create artist books and zine projects which could be enjoyed by a 'child audience', however defined. They care about making zine culture more available to children, and making the art and ideas of children more available in zine culture. Through interviews, reviews, publishing, and gatherings, they hope to generate a deeply playful readership and community.
Instagram: @Childish.Books

Chino Crafts is an artisan group based in Kathmandu, Nepal, supplying handmade book art accessories to worldwide customers.

Ivy Zheyu Chen (she/her) is a New York-based artist and the founder of UPON Studio, which publishes zines and prints with only one brief: Explore Anything for Fun and Experience. Her recent work focuses on random thoughts and the experiments of whimsical word-image interaction. With appearances at various art book fairs, Ivy’s work has been collected by the Metropolitan Museum Library, Yale University Library, Whitney Museum, Jameel Arts Centre Dubai, and many more.
Upon.Studio | Instagram: @Ivy.Upon

Gabrielle Civil (she/her) is a Black feminist performance artist, poet, and writer, originally from Detroit, MI. She has premiered over fifty performance art works around the world, most recently Jupiter for the Salt Lake City Performance Art Festival (2021) and Vigil for Northern Spark (2021). Her performance memoirs include Swallow the Fish (2017), Experiments in Joy (2019), (ghost gestures) (2021), and the déjà vu (2022). A 2019 Rema Hort Mann LA Emerging Artist, she teaches at the California Institute of the Arts. The aim of her work is to open up space.

Adrean Clark (she/they) is an ASL Deaf cartoonist from the winterlands of Minnesota. She works by heat of studio cats to bring you comicky goodness.
Adreanaline.com | Instagram: @Adreanaline

Denise Clemen (she/her) is a writer, and makes collages, paper, and artist’s books, and boxes. Her essays and fiction have been published in dozens of literary magazines. Her most recent essay in "Under the Sun" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Denise has received fellowships to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Vermont Studio Center, the Ragdale Foundation, and she was an Auvillar fellow at Moulin à Nef in France in 2009 and received an MFA in creative writing from the University of Nebraska. During the pandemic she grew tired of words.
DeniseEmanuelClemen.com | Instagram: @DeniseEmanuelClemen

Lucy Comer (she/her) is an illustrator based in Minneapolis. She received her BFA in illustration from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2019. Her work focuses on stories of longing, intimacy, and heartache. She loves creating portraits, sequential illustrations, zines, and more.
LucyComer.com | Instagram: @Lucy.Ann.Comer

Guylaine Couture (she/her) designs artist’s books that merge the content and the container, making the message more impactful. Her books are based on themes that touch her (feminism, ecology, grief, migration, etc.), which she treats in evocative layouts and inspiring fictions where each word is weighed. Each one is the fruit of a long work of reflection, construction and deconstruction carried out with recycled materials, and illustration with photos, drawings, and prints. She regularly participates in exhibitions in various countries, and her books have been acquired by national and university libraries in Europe, the United States, and Canada.
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Anne Covell (she/her) is a book artist, edition bookbinder, and hand papermaker living in La Mesa, CA. She holds an MFA in Book Arts from the University of Iowa Center for the Book where she was the recipient of an Iowa Arts Fellowship. She studied Asian and Western papermaking techniques with Timothy Barrett, and has taught for numerous educational institutions including the Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory, Penland School of Craft, and the University of Georgia study abroad program in Cortona, Italy, among others. Her work has been exhibited internationally and can be seen in an expanding list of private collections, special collections libraries, and museums worldwide.
AnneCovell.com | Instagram: @AnneCovell

Jono Cowgill (he/they) cares about creating just public spaces and knowing your neighbors. Jono has been an elected official, singer, pool food cafe manager, community organizer, policy analyst, and drunk. Jono lives in Stevens Square with his partner, dog, and tiny blind cat.
Instagram: @JonoCowgill

Cow Tipping Press teaches and publishes writing by people with intellectual/developmental disabilities, giving audiences a new way to think about this rich and underrepresented form of human diversity.
Instagram: @CowTippingPress

Faith Cox (she/her) is a cartoonist and illustrator from South Carolina. She makes work about vulnerability, skateboarding, inner worlds, and cool creatures.
Instagram: @Its_Artamae

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Rich Dana (he/him) is a zine-creator and publisher specializing in obsolete and DIY printing techniques.
Instagram: @Ricardo.Obsolete

Based in the Twin Cities, MN, Dawn (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist and educator with interests in illustration, book arts, painting, printmaking and collage. She enjoys experimenting with mixed media in visual narratives and comics poetry.
WaterPigPress.com | Instagram: @ComixDawn

Bri de Danann (she/her) is an illustrator and comic book artist residing in Minneapolis, MN. She is best known for her work on The Phoenix (her own science fiction adventure comic), Elemental Spark (a fantasy brawl board game), and Articles of the Arcana (a Troika Tarot-inspired tabletop role-playing game written by Matthew Gravelyn). She primarily works in the digital medium, bringing otherworldly characters and landscapes to life via her bright, dynamic style.
BriDeDanann.com | Instagram: @BriDanann

Christopher Davenport (he/him) tells stories throug handmade paper and the artist's book.
PocketKnifePress.com | Instagram: @ChrisDavenport.PressPaper

Deconstructed Artichoke Press (aka Nikki Thompson (she/her)) uses artist’s books and zines to explore architecture, feminism, relationships, and politics through bookmaking, printmaking, poetry, and letterpress.
DeconstructedArtichokepress.com | Instagram: @D_Artichoke

Amanda Degener (she/her) is a leading figure in the field of hand papermaking and paper arts. She educates through writing, publishing, and traveling to teach and exhibit her work in the United States as well as Japan, Italy, Sweden, Canada, Australia, Korea, Taiwan, and China. At the invitation of Tsing’hua University in Beijing, Degener established a hand papermaking studio in the Book Design Department and regularly teaches there. At Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Degener was the first artist-in-residence (1984-1987) and the first Artistic Director (1997-1998). Degener is now making limited edition artist’s books that incorporate letterpress printing and handmade/digital elements.

Dessa (she/her) fell in love with language as a toddler---and she just never got over it. Coming up in Minneapolis, she collected favorite words to decorate the walls of her brain. Now, Dessa works in most fields that traffic in words: she's recorded rap bangers as part of the fiercely independent Doomtree collective, released a live album with the Grammy-winning Minnesota Orchestra, published a memoir recounting most of the above called My Own Devices, and much more. She lives in Minneapolis and Manhattan, still tours in a rented van, and is probably eavesdropping on the neighboring table, listening for a word to add to the collection.
DessaWander.com | Instagram: @dessa

Tim Devin (he/him) is an artist, writer, and proud self-publisher whose work celebrates communities and the DIY spirit. His projects have been covered by NPR and Canadian Public Radio, and his publications are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Tate Museum.
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Kendall Dickinson (she/they/he) is an interdisciplinary artist from Minnesota. They make work about living with disability, mental illness, recovery, and queerness. Dickinson gravitates toward zine-making, comics, painting, fiber art, and more, using found and recycled materials.
KendallADickinson.com | @KendallADickinson

Dog Eye Press is a publishing and distribution project run by performance/visual artist Colleen Harriss (she/her) and painter Hannah Lee Hall (she/her) out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. They create small-run art books with artists from the Twin Cities and beyond. With the image of a hungry dog as their guide, they seek out buried projects and salvage discarded materials.
Instagram: @Dog_Eye_Press

Erin Dorney (she/her) is a writer and artist based in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Her writing has been published in Autofocus, HAD, and Tolka, among other places. Her literary artwork and installations have been featured at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Hennepin Theatre Trust, and Susquehanna Art Museum. Erin is the co-founder of Fear No Lit, has made 11 zines since 2017, and has published one book of poetry (I Am Not Famous Anymore: Poems After Shia LaBeouf, Mason Jar Press, 2018).
ErinDorney.com | Instagram: @ErinDorney

DoubleCross Press is a publisher of handmade books of poetry and poetics. With an eye toward artist book studio practices and spaces, and toward the materials and structures of contemporary and historic hand-bookmaking, they produce physical manifestations of their writers' language. They publish poetry chapbooks, essays on book arts and book culture, poetry journals, and other materials exploring the boundaries of poetry, poetics, and artist books.
DoubleCrossPress.com | Instagram: @DoubleCrossPress

Drum Machine Editions is an independent publisher and contemporary printmaking studio in Asheville, NC, USA. Founded in 2018 by Erik Pedersen (he/him), DME’s mission is to publish experimental new work by artists, writers, & musicians. They are committed to building an equitable and transparent publishing model that empowers artists to negotiate all the terms of their projects’ production and distribution, from materials and division of labor to pricing and percentage splits on every sale.
Instagram: @Drum_Machine_Editions

Eliza Dumas (she/her), an illustrator based in North New Jersey, captivates with her whimsical artistic style, showcasing a delightful blend of pastel colors, nature imagery, and a touch of froggy charm. Beyond her illustrations, Eliza runs a small business, offering a diverse range of eco-friendly printed goods like stickers and zines, ensuring a minimal environmental footprint in every creative endeavor. Passionate about sharing her artistic journey, Eliza engages with fellow artists and enthusiasts through YouTube videos, where she generously imparts valuable resources, studio insights, and artistic techniques. Her online community thrives on inclusivity and active audience interaction. On social media, Eliza shares her illustrations, drawing inspiration from her beloved guinea pig, Ben, along with a fondness for the color pink and mushrooms. Ben serves as both muse and an incredible studio assistant, adding a touch of furry inspiration. Eliza's ultimate goal as an illustrator is to foster a welcoming and supportive community, providing a platform for collaboration. Her work radiates love, inspiration, and a sense of belonging to all who encounter her creations. To dive deeper into Eliza's creative world, explore her captivating YouTube channel, "Eliza Duudles," where she shares her artistic process.
ElizaDuudles.BigCartel.com | Instagram: @ElizaDuudles

Cathy Durso (she/her) is an artist based in western Massachusetts. She grew up in northwestern Connecticut and attended the Art Institute of Boston (now Lesley University College of Art and Design). Her paintings, drawings, and artist's books have been exhibited nationally. She is a 2020 recipient of an Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, and a 2018 recipient of the Next Step Fund Grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC)/McKnight Foundation. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications including Uppercase Magazine and can be found in the collections of the Hennepin County Public Library in Minneapolis and the Minnesota Historical Society, among others. Her artist's books are represented by Vamp & Tramp Booksellers in Birmingham, AL.
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Colleen Dwire’s (she/her) interest in printmaking began while researching the history of book illustration for a bachelor's degree thesis. This led to study and employment in pre-digital commercial printing. She has enjoyed and will continue working on fine letterpress printing projects with handset type and her wood engravings. This process is challenging and it's a welcome contrast to sitting at a computer. The world can use frequent doses of truth and humor, and she aims to offer both while evolving her skills in traditional and digital illustration media.

Emily (she/they) is a new media artist, science communicator, and writer. Their work questions the intersection of science, art, and technology—with particular interest in how those veins cross at the concept of empathy. Emily holds BAs in Psychological Science and Studio Art from Gustavus Adolphus College and studied Fine Arts Media at the Slade School of Fine Art. Their work takes the form of drawing, printmaking, writing, and new media; including code, virtual reality, 3D modeling, web-based media, sound, and video. Their work has been shown at the Target Gallery, the American Swedish Institute, Rosalux Gallery, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Gustavus Adolphus College, and the School of Visual Arts in New York. They have received funding through the National Science Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board, Springboard for the Arts, and Gustavus Adolphus College. Emily works in communications at the Bell Museum and as a studio manager at Second Shift Studio Space.
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Toni Easterson (she/her) stitches out the ordinary stories. But nothing is ordinary: exhibits, shows, awards, galleries, animal tracks, bird migrations, a note passed to a person across the room, her aunties's life given to her in the symbols on a buckskin jacket. Who was it who said that poets, artists, and singers of heart songs have all the answers? Because they do. She has no answers, but she listens and makes places for the words.

Monica Edwards Larson (she/her) is the proprietress of Sister Black Press—a private letterpress and book arts studio established in 2000 in Minneapolis, MN. She received a Master of Fine Arts in printmaking from Arizona State University and has taught printmaking, graphic design, and book arts to students of all ages. She recently started a new venture called Sister Black (Bike) Press—a mobile printing press that she pedals around the Twin Cities’ bike trails and streets, stopping to print at events in local parks, bike shops, bookstores, and libraries.

Mark Ehling (he/him) is a writer and artist living in Edina, Minnesota. He is the author of a book of short stories, River Dead of Minneapolis Scavenged by Teenagers, and he currently runs the Minneapolis Mail Club—a mail-art delivery service that sends handmade books and art to subscribers all over the world.
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Carmen Elate (she/her) is a book maker and fabric designer from Minneapolis, MN. Her designs rely on intuition and luck to create fun, inspiration, and joy. Her journals are colorful patchworks made with all kinds of fabric. She created a studio with her husband called atelier mamako that collaborates with other fabric loving artists. They love to travel and hope for chance encounters to give them creative energy. Every day un peu un peu-little by little.

ellbeedee (they/them) is a queer poet and witch from Minneapolis, MN. They make work inspired by their dreams, their magic, and their world. As a nonbinary adult finding their way in the artistic community, their creations reflect their experiences as someone who doesn't fit into any distinct category of identity or medium. Currently, they reside near St. Paul with their spouse, and have been focusing on embroidery and textile arts alongside their writing endeavors.

Charity Capili Ellis (she/her) is an American-Filipino artist born in the Philippines and raised in Southern California. She knew she wanted to be an artist ever since her clay dinosaur was exhibited at the county fair with her kindergarten class. She is inspired by the discipline of routines, stories, collections of things, words, and nature. She enjoys using her creative skills for good and is happiest when exploring new places or working with her hands. She currently resides in Southern California with her husband.
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Essence Enwere is queer & black graphic designer, photographer, and book artist based in the Twin Cities focused on typography, social commentary, and deep connections to humanity. Essence's goal is to create work that provokes social impact and sparks conversation; Essence aims to make the audience reflect and start a dialogue with themselves. As a whole Essence is about expanding on what people have never seen before, creating new insights and conversations, and doing so with high integrity.
Instagram: @E_Bylon

Torey Erin (she/her) is a Minneapolis-based curator, writer, and multidisciplinary artist who makes work about perspective, mortality, and the magic of the natural world. Torey creates installation, sculpture, prints, and analog films that are carried by the sense of time, place, and light. Torey holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Minnesota and was the recipient of the 2020 Minnesota Artist Initiative Grant, Springboard for the Arts Hinge Artist Residency, and the Blacklock Sanctuary Fellowship. Torey has exhibited at numerous galleries and film festivals and has an outdoor installation at Silverwood Park, MN. She is currently pursuing her Master of Landscape Architecture.

Lillianys Medina Escobar (1992) (she/her), is a puertorrican artist based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She completed a master's degree in architecture from the University of Puerto Rico. She has published in Revista Trasunto, Periódico Claridad, and in numerous independent publications in her country. Her first collection of poems, Palestra, was published in 2020. She is dedicated to writing, book arts and printmaking from her home studio, Taller Mocasines.
Instagram: @TallerMocasines

Sarah Evenson (they/them) is an agender printmaker/zinester with an interest in combining high craft and low-tech processes to create affordable, accessible zines and prints. As a 2020 fellow in the Jerome Emerging Artist program at MCBA, they developed and published "Queer Masses" in conjunction with Jade Juno, a quarterly zine project that explores the historical role of print media in the queer community and the function of the book as a social object.
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Since 1999, Jennifer Farrell (she/her) has operated Starshaped Press in Chicago, with a focus on designing and printing everything from business cards to posters, as well as custom commissions, wholesale ephemera, and limited edition prints and books. All work in the studio is created with metal and wood type, making Starshaped one of the few presses in the country producing commercial work while preserving antique type and related print materials. Jennifer’s work has been repeatedly recognized in books, magazines, and design blogs, and has appeared in poster shows throughout the US and Europe.

Erik Farseth (he/him) is a mixed-media artist specializing in hand cut paper collage, relief prints, and zine-making. His work has been featured in the Minneapolis Art Wraps project and in storefront art installations sponsored by Hennepin Theatre Trust (“Made Here MN”). Farseth is a three-time recipient of an Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board (2013, 2016, and 2019), and a 2000 recipient of an MCBA/Jerome Book Arts Fellowship from Minnesota Center for Book Arts.
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Heidi Ferguson (she/her) hand dyes 18/3 thread for bookbinders and others. She was tired of the limited palette of colors that thread came in. She has created over 700 Coptic journals and has used her thread on all of them.

Wendy Fernstrum (she/her) is a writer and visual artist. The artist's books that she creates range from installations to small devotional books featuring poems by mystics. She often combines various techniques, including letterpress, intaglio, monoprinting and screen printing, depending on the content and concept of the book. Wendy has received numerous awards, grants and residencies, and her work is exhibited and collected internationally. She resides in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Instagram: @WendyFernstrum

Magdéleine (she/her) is a french photographer/book artist who chose to study photography in Montréal. She then decided to travel the world. She exhibited "Tokyo dans mon Keitai" in Tokyo in 2009 (under the patronage of the French Embassy) and showed her photos during festivals and exhibitions internationally (Chambre07, La Fontaine Obscure in Arles, Polaroid festival, Valdez Museum, Gallery Le Lac Gelé, etc.). She explores feelings, matters, and existence from her own experiences: body/identity, human nature, time passing, and the natural world. Her projects are more and more brought to life through hand-made unique art books or different plastic art techniques; she up-cycles, makes, creates, mixing matter in her visual work.
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Tally Mark Press is artist / designer / printer Peter “Peet” Fetsch (he/him). Peet screen prints unique greeting cards, art prints, and posters. He lives and works in the Winona, Minnesota area. Peet's passion for graphic design and screen printing was sparked by a love for good, clever design especially music packaging and gig posters. After earning a BA from St. Olaf College, Peet earned a BFA in Visual Communication from the College of Visual Arts - which included a year abroad at the HAWK (Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst) in Hildesheim, Germany. After working as a designer in a number of Minneapolis graphic design firms and then running a design and print work space in downtown St. Paul, MN called Big Table Studio, Peet moved back to the Winona area, where he grew up. When Peet is not pulling screen prints in his studio, you will probably find him bicycling, camping, canoeing, cooking, or listening to his latest vinyl find.
Instagram: @TallyMarkPress

Fickle Hill Letterpress is a small print and design studio located in the northernmost corner of California. They specialize in humorous greeting cards and fine art prints. They design, illustrate, and print each piece themselves on one of their two vintage letterpresses, ably assisted by their two canine "printer's devils," Leo and Moxie.

Carly Frei (she/her) of Fiction Reshaped turns old books into works of art from her studio in St. Paul, MN. She creates folded book art, flower bouquets, magnets, greeting cards, and literary prints using recycled book pages. Carly has always been environmentally conscious about her impact on the world, and this is one of the reasons she wanted to work with vintage books and help make them into something new. She started collecting books that would otherwise be thrown away and extending the lives of these beautiful objects to give them new purpose. This book art adds whimsical elegance to any space; she hopes people will see the beauty in reusing an old, unwanted object.
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Sam Friedman (he/him) enjoys bookbinding as a hobby. His favorite materials for book covers come from found items and recycled books. He picked up the hobby in college when working in the art supplies section of the university book store. He has also been creating pop-up books to add another dimension to his work. His pop-ups draw inspiration from friends and family and music. He dreams of someday creating a pop-up book for some of his favorite albums by his favorite bands.

Emily Fritts (she/they) comes from Beaver Dam, WI, and lives in Saint Paul, MN. Her art examines personal aspects of her life, including an upbringing in poverty, trauma, and navigating adolescence. Fritts works primarily by mixing media, incorporating imagery representative of real memories, and using found objects in her compositions to create a sense of reality. Fritts has been featured in 20+ exhibitions including the Trout Museum of Art’s 2022 Contemporary Exhibition, The Racine Museum of Art’s Watercolor Wisconsin 2022 exhibition, Solidarity Street Gallery’s Faces of our Communities, and many others. Additionally, she has had work published in sources such as Wrath and Love Magazine, Lost/Found Edgewood College’s Creative Arts Magazine, The Little Book Project’s Artists IRL, Moody x Butterfly Collective Trans Joy Zine, etc.
Instagram: @FrittsArt

Christi Furnas (she/her) is a queer, self-taught cartoonist, illustrator, and oil painter. Her mini-comics explore the experience of living with a mental illness by following her protagonist, Fox Foxerson. She has exhibited in galleries and alternative spaces throughout Minnesota and in New York City. In 2016, Christi was awarded a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, and in 2021, the Creative Support for Individuals Grant. Her zines have been sold in stores and online, locally and nationally. She currently lives and creates in Minneapolis with her wife, two cats, and dog.
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Robin Garwood (he/him) is an artist and activist whose work explores haecceity (the “thisness” of an object or process, that which defines it in particular, rather than as a member of a category or type), empathy, ecology, and natural and algorithmic patterns. He works as a printmaker, installation artist, writer and storyteller. He lives in St. Paul. In 2022, he plans to canoe the length of the Mississippi River from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico, and use this trip as the basis for future artwork.
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Cindy Gipple (she/her) grew up on a small lake in the woods. Nature inspires her. She love to draw and write. She uses off-cast materials from other people and nature in her work. Off-cast denim from family members is her favorite fabric to use in cloth books. She collects off-cut papers from Minnesota Center for Book Arts artists to make baskets, books and collages. She collects and uses feathers, nests, rocks, and pot shards in her work.
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Evie Giaconia (she/her) is a queer multimedia artist and writer. Her work is inspired by myth, queerness, medieval history, and the natural world. Her artistic passions include printmaking and creating articulated paper dolls. Evie resides in Gainesville, Florida, where she works in a library and is often found knitting and reading interesting books turned in by patrons.
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Xena Goldman (she/her) is a painter, muralist, illustrator, comic artist and educator. As someone who struggles with ADHD and working memory deficits, Xena found how-to zine making as a solution to help retain information she learned. In doing so, she could teach herself and others by breaking information into simple terminology, and have a resource to look back on when she forgets. Drawing upon a background in fine arts, education and language, these zines have been the perfect combination of her skills and desire to share her passion for cycling, especially with others who may have also felt discouraged in the past. She graduated with a BA in Art from the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) and currently works freelance in art and art education. She grew up in the greater Chicago area, on Ojibwa, Odawa and Potawatomi land, and lives in Minneapolis, on Dakota and Anishinaabe land. In no particular order, she identifies as female, white, queer, Jewish, neurodivergent and a forever learner.
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Gravel Projects is an artist-run publishing platform that works collaboratively to produce publications and editions at the intersection of sound and language. Gravel Projects is directed by Audra Wolowiec (she/her), an interdisciplinary artist and educator based in New York
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Joni Graves (she/her) creates handmade blank and bespoke books for journaling, sketching, notes, and guest books. She is an accomplished bookbinder, using her adaptation of the ancient Coptic stitch. Although she occasionally uses other techniques, modified Coptic binding remains her favorite. Joni works with a variety of cover options, including handmade or marbled papers, digital designs, and photographs from clients (for custom orders) or made by her husband Rick Graves. His are tightly-focused, precisionist images of decay, neglect, repurpose, or refurbishment. In addition to making off-the-shelf books, she welcomes custom orders and collaborative projects with other artists.

Rick Graves (he/him) makes tightly-focused, precisionist images of decay, neglect, repurpose, or refurbishment. In January 2020, he photographed Minnesota Center for Book Arts’s wonderful collection of antique typewriters. These images are available on blank notecards, the covers of books made by his wife Joni Graves, and by special order.

Michayla (she/her) is an illustrator from Wisconsin. She makes work inspired by pop culture, the Midwest, music, nature, and has a strong interest in exploring her voice in her work. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Illustration from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and is loving the vibrant art & illustration community in the Twin Cities.
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Marvel Gregoire (she/her) is a book artist from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has been a member of Minnesota Center for Book Arts for over ten years, where she has designed, printed, and bound several artist’s books. Her books are part of many private and public book collections.

Kara Faye Gregory (they/them) is a queer printmaker from Minneapolis, MN. Their work uses repetition and pattern with geometric forms, often with a little dark humor sprinkled in. Working predominantly in screen printing, relief, and intaglio while drawing inspiration from religious spaces and architecture familiar from their childhood. The work is a combination of simple messages utilizing text and abstract repetitions focusing on meditation and loss. They reside near St. Paul and are working towards their MFA at MCAD.
Instagram: @KaraFayeGregory

Sam Gregory (he/they) is a queer poet and mixed media artist. They strive to create artwork that speaks from the heart and connects people. While it may not be easy they believe the best thing they can do is be unapologetically themselves and hope that their art allows others to do and feel the same!
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Emer Griffin (she/her) is a printmaker and mixed media artist living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She grew up moving frequently and has spent time on both coasts, as well as in the desert and on the prairie before settling down by the lakes. Emer finds inspiration in the natural world, in the interactions between living things and their environment and how they shape each other.
Instagram: @EmerKateQ

Sophia Gunn (she/her) is a local artist. She currently resides in the highland neighborhood of St. Paul where she enjoys visiting coffee shops and taking her dog, Toast, on adventures. After starting her art practice in ceramic sculpture, she discovered and found her passion in relief printmaking. In her art, she enjoys exploring the human experience and the ways in which art and science come together. Her mission for her art practice is for people to feel seen in her pieces.
Instagram: @SophiaGunnStudios

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Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison (she/her & she/her) have been collaborating for over twenty years, making artists’ books, zines, collages, prints, and drawings. They are besotted still, it appears, with paper for its adaptable, foldable, cut-able, concealable, revealing nature, using an armory of play, the poetic, and the familiar, too, with the intention of luring you into their A(rtists’ books) to Z(ines).
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Nina Hagen (she/her) graduated from St. Olaf College in 2015 with a degree in English and a concentration in Women's and Gender Studies. Since then, she's worked within the realms of journalism and arts nonprofits with a focus on communication and design. She lives in St. Paul, where she is developing her textile arts and book arts practices.

Brad Hall (he/him) is an artist living and working out of a nineteenth century church in Granite Falls, Minnesota. He carves linoleum blocks, paints watercolors, and combines both mediums. He begins the process of creating a print by transferring a sketch onto a linoleum block. He then hand carves the linoleum block and prints the block with oil-based ink on watercolor paper. The prints are then individually watercolored, signed, and numbered, in limited editions. He also creates a two-color letterpress-printed calendar every year, along with his business partner Andy Kahmann at A to Z letterpress. Brad carves all 24 blocks, and Andy sets all the type and art by hand.

KC Hall (they/them) is a white, queer, disabled, and neurodivergent screenprinter. KC has been screenprinting for 10 years, and their work centers the themes of disability, embodiment, and belonging. They live on unceded Dakota land (“St Paul”) and they’re a studio fellow at MCBA.
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Kyle Harabedian (he/him) is a Minneapolis-based comic artist, illustrator and publisher. He received his MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2013. His work has been featured in publications such as Rock Ink Roll, Adventures in Comics, Split Lip and New Faith to New World. In 2015, Kyle began publishing the comic book anthology series Campfire Comics & Stories with fellow MCAD MFA alumnus Dennis Madamba.
Instagram: @KyleHarabedian

Patrick Harrington (he/him) is a writer and musician from Minneapolis, MN. Informed by his years working to expose the systemic racism and dysfunction of US prisons, his writing combines a critical eye and diligent research to explore the workings of the state and the interests it serves, as well as lighter topics like good music and baseball. In his work time he is a library cataloger and in his free time he can usually be found puttering around the kitchen or garden. He lives with this spouse and dog in south Minneapolis.
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Ren Harris (they/them) is a queer artist from Iowa. They work with themes of nature, conservation, vampirism, and fish. Lots of fish. As an artist, they play in a variety of print mediums as well as digital and watercolor painting. Their soul is haunted by paper peepshow books and will not rest until they have created one. They live in Minneapolis and can be found dreaming about fly fishing vampires and doodling muskies.
Instagram: @HellishScandinavian

Molly Hayes Baril (she/her) of MHB Prints celebrates the physicality and spirit of the natural world through meticulously-carved linocut prints and adapted screenprints inspired by the flora, fauna, and mythologies of the Upper Midwest, Ireland/UK, and Egypt/North Africa. Commissions from small children are her very favorite. Born and raised in Saint Paul, MN, she has lived in Egypt, Ireland, Washington, DC, and now lives in Minneapolis with her growing family.
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Ray He (雷) (she/her) is a narrative artist and illustrator based in Taipei. Wandering in and out, she has an innate longing for afar, and wishes to capture a personal timelessness from ephemeral moments in life. From traditional to digital drawing, photography to embroidery, her ways of creating underlie the consistent motif of spiritual connection between nature and humans. She lives as an introspective prism, refracting the beams of shimmering light which come alongside the journey of being. Her works explore the human-land relationship, fragmented musings of surroundings, and the original idea of ‘Inner-landscape’ within her consciousness.
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Lacey Prpić Hedtke (she/her) is a photographer, artist, and astrologer living in Minneapolis, MN. Her work is focused on the themes of history of place, protection, magic, and remembrance, and explores—and is shown in—unregulated and public spaces. Her creative practice includes processional banners, 19th century photography, astrology, performance and ritual. She founded The Future—a project space and storefront in South Minneapolis for artists working with magic.
Instagram: @LaceyPrpicHedtke

Madeline Helland (she/her) is a Los Angeles based bookbinder, letterpress printer, and illustrator. She graduated from Scripps College in Claremont, CA where she received her BA in art conservation and studio art, with a concentration in book arts and digital design. Under the moniker Aviatrix Press, she releases artist books and zines featuring found ephemera and her illustrations. When she’s not making books, Madeline works as a studio technician at Otis College of Art & Design’s Lab Press, where she spends her days enjoying the company of historic type and printing presses.
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Peter and Maria Hoey are brother-and-sister artists and illustrators. Since 2008, they have independently produced and published their comics, accordion-folds, and flip-books under the name COIN-OP. Their books have been recognized by Publishers Weekly and the Society of Illustrators, and their book, The French Drop, is included in the Spencer Collection of Illustrated Books and Manuscripts and Fine Bindings at the New York Public Library. Peter (he/him) lives in beautiful Northern California and Maria (she/her) lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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sen holiday (they/them) is an artist currently living on occupied Dakota and Anishinaabe land. They are the creator of Skyvein, a sci-fi/fantasy webcomic.
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Mary Holland is a retired teacher and has been doing Ebru marbling for over 25 years. As an affirmed paperaholic, she has dabbled in papermaking, monoprinting, and bookbinding. Along with paper and fabric, she has developed an interest in marbling, recycling, and repurposing objects such as ceramic tile, wood boxes, silk flowers, and leather. She has exhibited her work at Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Textile Center, and North Suburban Center for the Arts.

Erin Holt (she/they) is a multimedia artist and arts educator working in and around the Twin Cities. Their approach to art is one of intuitive spontaneity coupled with a life-long love of learning. They have a curious mind and ruminate on topics ranging from such lofty notions as the majestic course of evolution to the cozy and mundane experience of fishing for walleye on a hot summer morning. All of their creative work is handled like the crafting of a spell—full of purpose, intent, and the deliberate, careful cultivation of ingredients. Their work is featured in galleries and collections both domestic and abroad.
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Alexa Horochowski (she/her), a dual citizen of Argentina and the United States, works in sculpture, photography, and video. An artist residency at CASAPOLI, Coliúmo, Chile (2013) significantly impacted her material and geopolitical research into the interrelationship between the environment and humankind. Horochowski holds an MFA from the University of Michigan, and a BA in creative writing and journalism from the University of Missouri. Recent solo and group exhibitions include the Walker Art Center’s “Five Ways In: Themes from the Collection” (2020-2021); the Rochester Art Center, “Beautiful Sky” (2019); Highpoint Center for Printmaking “Vortex Drawings” (2017); The Soap Factory, “Club Disminución” (2014). Selected fellowships include a Warhol Visual Arts Fund (2022), Efroymson Artist Fellowship (2018), three McKnight Visual Artist Fellowships (2019/2014/2003), Artist Initiative Grants (2014/2012), and a Bush Artist Fellowship (2004). Horochowski has a live/work studio in Minneapolis and teaches studio arts at St. Cloud State University.
Instagram: @AlexaHorochowski

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Igloo Letterpress is the Chapman family print shop and bindery. Allison Chapman (she/her) has been printing since she was young, taught by her Granddad in his hobby print shop. She then spent over a decade at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts honing her craft. Allison founded Igloo Letterpress in '96 in Minnesota, and she moved to Ohio in 2008 and found a home in Old Worthington, where the one press grew to 10 presses, a retail shop, print studio, bookbindery, and hub for creativity. The retail shop in 2021 and Igloo has once again become a home-based business offering custom letterpress printing and hand bookbinding. John Chapman (he/him) is the son of a fine artist and an engineer, and is professionally trained as a librarian. Since 1996 he has been Press Wrangler and head mechanic for Igloo Letterpress. Adam Chapman (he/him) is the designer of one of Igloo’s most popular birthday cards, a printer-in-training and a card packaging maestro. Ava Chapman (she/her) has held many positions at Igloo. From a young age you could find her helping after school by working in the store or running the press. Ava is currently working in the book arts lab at her college.
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Irrelevant Press is a zine collective and internet shop creating, printing, publishing, and distributing zines and art of all sorts in Oakland, Brooklyn, and on the world wide web. Their own work centers around the internet and online culture, but they print, product, and distribute work of other artists that range from educational resources to photography.
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Italic Bookmarks are the first bookmarks specifically created to enhance your experience and involvement while reading. Each bookmark features a prominent textural component, which will enhance brain activity in the corresponding areas of the brain, helping to further 'immerse' the reader in their material. Each bookmark brings a unique style, and are selected, created, and distributed by lifelong readers.
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Jam (they/them) is a nonbinary illustrator from Washington state residing in Chicago with their pet snake, Cromis. Jam creates zines, stickers, illustrations, and comics that help people see themselves as part of an ecosystem. They particularly love drawing plants, bugs, and collages, focusing on texture, education, and surreal internal landscapes.
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JC Marbling was established in 2016 as a marbling and book arts studio, located in Kent, Ohio. They are a small studio specializing in unique books, experimental books and hand-marbled paper. JC Marbling consists of one full-time artist/marbler, Jenniffer Omaitz (she/her) and her apprentices. All of their marbled paper is hand made and their books are hand bound. At JC Marbling, they embrace the tradition of marbling in practice as it has originated in England, France, Italy Spain, and Turkey, but take risks with color and application. By exploring non-traditional color combinations and utilizing double and triple dip methods of marbling, they strive to bring this ancient art into the 21st century. They are committed to experimental designs, teaching the art of marbling and bookmaking, while holding a high standard for craftsmanship.
Instagram: @JC_Marbling

Rachel Johnson is (she/her) an artist and mom of two living in Minneapolis. She is inspired by the beauty all around Minneapolis—from the quirky, old homes to all that the changing seasons bring. Her work is done via digital collage by layering different imagery. Sometimes it’s hand painted marks and sometimes it’s found objects from nature that have been scanned in. She works to bring a sense of rest and peace though the colors and textures she uses.
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JustAJar Design Press is a letterpress and design studio and storefront located in downtown Marietta, Ohio run by Bobby (he/him) & Sara (she/her) Rosenstock. They specialize in custom woodcut posters printed on a Vandercook press.
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Kris K (she/her) creates original analog collage artwork on the unceded lands of the Lenapehoking in Northeastern PA under the name artsnfartsnkris. Meticulously hand-cutting & pasting images sourced from periodicals and junk mail, Kris creates a colorful new story to inspire. Her work employs surrealist images, often incorporating celestial bodies and the natural world, as well as vintage pieces, creepy cut-up faces, and overall weirdness. Using just her personal experiences and paper ephemera, Kris hopes to showcase how accessible materials can be used for storytelling.
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Frankie (she/her) and Sophia (she/her) met in high school at the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, where they conspired to start a zine to capture the cool art their peers were making. They bonded over their love for theater, food, music, collaging, and Eastern European groceries as they became good friends as well as collaborators. Frankie goes to school in Bar Harbor, Maine, while Sophia goes to school in Chicago.
Instagram: @KaleidZine

Riley Kane (he/him) and Kelly Munson (she/her) are a designer/writer team. They've worked on many creative projects together, including launching Nice Ride bike-sharing, making ice birds to advocate for bird-safe glass at US Bank Stadium, and creating a human flashmob infographic to advocate for more biking and public transportation in Los Angeles. They both live in St. Paul and just found out their grandparents are related.
Instagram: @RileyKane

Seth Karp (he/him) is a Saint Paul-based literary translator, comic artist, zinester, and nudibranch enthusiast. His work reflects a deep love of the absurd, as well as his interests in zoology, foreign languages, and international genre fiction. When he’s not translating Chinese fantasy novels or coming up with his own content, he can typically be found rendering each individual strand of shoulder hair on an unflatteringly exaggerated self-portrait with loving attention to detail. He hopes to create a wider audience for his work, and to start (and finish) more ambitious projects over the next few years.
Instagram: @SethKarp

Cuyler (pronounced Ky-Ler) Keating (she/her) is a comic artist, print-maker, and illustrator. Her work is predominantly inspired by antiques and antiquity with a particular focus on the gothic and macabre. Raised with an appreciation for the old and strange, she has carried this interest over into her artistic practice, lending traditional styles her own touch. She currently lives in the mountains of Vermont with her fiance and her dog.
Instagram: @CuylerKeating

Charlie Kelley-Pegg (they/them) is a Colombian bookbinder, letterpress printer, poet, and arts educator. They are a current student of the Book Arts Certificate Program at Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Charlie’s work often explores the intersections of their queer, trans, neurodivergent, and transnational latine adoptee identities- all while blurring the line between visual and literary arts.
Instagram: @CharlieHorsePress

Marie Kelzer (she/her) is a bookbinder and paste paper maker extensively trained in the traditional family operated binderies, commercial trade library binderies, and academic institution’s Book and Paper Preservation labs. She discovered the ancient art of making paste papers while training to be a bookbinder. Marie’s paste paper designs, hand-bound books and expressive artist books are exhibited and collected worldwide. Originally from Minnesota, she lived in San Francisco for many years and now resides in Los Angeles. She combines her love of painting paste papers with her interest in making and designing hand-sewn and bound books. She has expanded into a variety of paper creations including paper bouquets, flower blooms and paste paper mache bowls. As of April 2019, Marie’s 60 Paste Papers along with biographical papers and tools of the trade and self-published books are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in NYC as part of the Paper Legacy Collection with other decorative papermakers from the 1960s to the present.
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Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. (he/him) is an award-winning printmaker, book artist, and papermaker based in Detroit. He is best known for social and political commentary, particularly in printed posters. One critic noted that Kennedy was “...unafraid of asking uncomfortable questions about race and artistic pretension.” In 2017, Minnesota Center for Book Arts had the honor of hosting Kennedy as printer-in-residence.
KennedyPrints.com | Instagram @KennedyPrints

Friedrich Kerksieck (he/him) started Small Fires Press in 2004 with the release of Matchbook Magazine. Since then, he has specialized in binding and letterpress printing artist’s books, broadsides, and commercial work.

Katie Kiesewetter is a Chicago-based artist, designer, writer, and zinester. Her studio practice explores myriad topics from care work and emotional labor in the service and hospitality industry to intersectional feminism, DIY, and Riot Grrrl. Commercially, she specializes in branding, print, and package design.
KatieKiesewetter.com | Instagram @RadKatDesign.

Claire Kiester (she/her) is a fiber artist, printmaker and educator from Chapel Hill, NC. She completed her BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2021 and now resides in Charlotte, NC. She uses printmaking and crochet techniques to reveal embedded personal memories hidden in everyday objects. Currently, she is publishing with her risograph press, Potato Bread Press and experimenting with papermaking.
ClaireKiester.com | Instagram: @Potato.Bread.Press

Karen Kinoshita’s (she/her) current artist’s books series, “Women’s Wordless Library,“ is reflected in the tiny blank books and journals she sells. She gives care to handmade books in various styles of binding, codex, accordion and single-pages. Some have deckle edges where drawn thoughts can organically float off the page. Some are ready for dreams worded by even the youngest of writers.

Kristin Knych (she/her) is a freelance designer and the creative mind behind doodle bird design, a line of bold and bright greeting cards designed and printed in Minneapolis. A native of northern Minnesota, Kristin is the owner of two cats and co-founder of a movie club. She is a thrift store-and-garage-sale junkie and a mini-golf-and-bingo-playing fool.

Emily Gray Koehler (she/her) was born and raised in Traverse City, MI. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking from Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI in 2006. After relocating to Minnesota in 2008, she opened her own print studio in Northeast Minneapolis. Koehler is a recipient of two Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative grants (2015, 2020) and a Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Next Step Fund grant (2017). Koehler’s work may be found in public and private collections across the United States and in Europe.
EmilyGrayKoehler.com | Facebook/Instagram: @StudioEGK

Lynne Kolze (she/her) grew up in suburban Chicago but now lives close to the Mississippi River in St, Paul. Before writing non-fiction, she earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental science from the University of Wisconsin and a master’s degree in public affairs from Indiana University. Lynne’s guiding passions in life have been environmental protection and public service, beginning her career at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and later working for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Lynne wrote, Please Write, because she has always believed that handwritten letters are one of the most authentic, joyful, and remarkable gifts one person can give to another. She hopes to inspire a revival in this creative and loving art form, especially because technology, isolation and loneliness have created a hunger for meaningful connections more than ever before.
LynneMKolze.com | Instagram: @Lynne.Kolze

Tiana Krahn (she/her) is a book artist and letterpress printer based in California. She believes that words are spells, that books are portals, and that love is the answer to every question. Her work is informed by her desire to build bridges between people, and her diverse background puts her in a unique position to do so. Tiana’s poetry books are set by hand and composed at the case.
TianaKrahn.com| Instagram: @TianaKrahn

Julia Kuhns (she/her) is the maker behind Dancing Armadillos Art. Based out of Aitkin, Minnesota, Julia has a passion to bring natural and recycled creations to the state. Her focus currently is on paper and fiber arts. She strives to have almost nothing new manufactured just for her business and seeks to find everything needed either recycled, repurposed, second hand or found in nature—from the main materials down to sewing machine needles. There is so much that has already been produced; let's give it a second life as something beautiful.
DancingArmadillosHenna.com | Instagram: @DancingArmadillos

Jennifer Kunin (she/her) is a seeker of that which is beyond the obvious; the deeper psyche, the mystical reality of who she is in seemingly each ordinary moment. She paints, sculpts, prints, and designs the figure into themes of nature spirits, goddesses, angels, and lovers.

kuwa jasiri (first name/beauty/theirs) is an intersex, multilingual Ghanaian artistic community organizer who educates internationally through zines, writing, Seed stewardship, and majick. Beauty is shaped from the compassion, patient storytelling and cultural sharing of Diné Elders, and carries these ideals into their work as a birthworker. kuwa jaisiri’s zines are found in prestigious places across Turtle Island including the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust LAND BACK ZINE COLLECTION, Broken Pencil 2021 Zine Awards, and in The Joyner Library at East Carolina University.
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Lin Lacy (she/her) creates images using her handmade and marbled papers. Her images often relate to nature and the elements that belong to it. Her words and images, combined with threads, are the tools she uses to bring her stories to life. Each piece has a story, whether you can see it or not. Lin invites you to look closely and use your imagination to find the possibilities that belong to you.
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Michelle Lee Lagerroos (she/her) has been teaching printmaking workshops to adults at Minnesota Center for Book Arts and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design since 2012. She has a background in publishing, works as a wrangler of two young children by day and a book designer/screen printer/printmaking instructor by night, and is the screen printer behind Angry Peanut Press. While her work has been shown locally at places such as the State Fair Fine Arts show, Altered Esthetics, and MCBA, she also loves simply making screen prints and giving them to people.

Miranda Melody LaMere (they/them) is a Brooklyn-based multimedia artist whose primary forms of expression include graphic design, printmaking, writing, music composition, and performance.
Instagram: @A_Mere_Melody

Sarah Jane Lapp (she/her) co-creates visually witty solutions to life’s un-funny challenges. Her visionary collaborators range from scientists to soulful contrabassists. Together they have made telematic animated production, PV solar installations, broadcast interstitials, illustration and surface designs for paper goods, puzzles, textiles, and magnetic/interactive Disco Cat clocks. In 2021, SJL and Mike Ferrier produced the world’s first multiplayer jigsaw app platforms, Puzzle Together and Puzlkind Jigsaw Puzzles. They are voice-driven places for people to puzzle, converse, and connect online. SJL uses these apps to curate transnational art-journeys and to assist her clinical and community workshops.
Instagram: @PuzlKind

Late Night Copies Press is a queer and trans run micro press based in Minneapolis, MN. They publish non-fiction, erotica, and informal research-based writing with an emphasis on local queer and trans history, community libraries, community archives, queer archival collections, arts organizing, and queer textiles. Their zines and pamphlets are produced with typewriters, photocopiers, and ephemeral inclusions; many include archival documents in facsimile.
Instagram: @LateNightCopies

Woodlin Latocki (she/her) is a multimedia artist and illustrator based in Minnesota. Her creative practice involves a range of analog and digital processes – drawing, printmaking, book art, animation, and video. Her work is primarily rooted in investigations of place as projections of wider states of change and human experience. The ongoing processes of looking, documenting, and filtering that propel her work serve as a grounding strategy in navigating personal relationships with place, class, and the future. She received an MFA in Illustration & Design from the University of Arizona in Tucson in 2022 and is currently building an independent illustration and print practice.
WoodlinLatocki.com | Instagram: @WoodlinL

Mary Lee (she/her) is a book artist who uses her studio name, Riverlark Studio, to identify her work. She believes that books and boxes, whether they are unique, useful, or simply decorative, should be strong enough to invite handling and play. Everyone is generally curious about what is in a box or book and should feel comfortable with that. She is particularly interested in the way that artist’s books combine structure, visual art, and text to make something entirely original. She has earned an Advanced Certificate in Book Arts from MCBA and studied with Julie Chen, Hedi Kyle, and Jody Williams, among others.
Instagram: @Riverlark_Studio

Mary Leikvold (she/her) teaches printmaking at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She is a practicing printmaker, book artist, and painter. She teaches printmaking and book structures at Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Mary is also active in community groups where she teaches and facilitates workshops and retreats on the topics of art and writing. Her work has been shown locally and nationally and is in several private collections. (BA/University of Minnesota)

Samael Leopold-Sullivan (they/them) creates visceral creatures in dialogue with industrial spaces, deepening self-understanding and reflection within the viewer. They graduated Cum Laude from Macalester College in 2014 with a B.A. in Studio Art and Environmental Studies, and completed an M.F.A. in Sculpture/Dimensional Studies at Alfred University in 2019. Leopold-Sullivan has outdoor sculpture installed at Salem Art Works and Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum, and their work is carried at the Nokomis Gallery, XII Vultures, AZ Gallery, Trash Lamb Gallery, and Dare Minneapolis. Recent solo exhibitions include Un(Mother and child) at the Sears Gallery at Macalester College and Seeking Space at Red Garage Studio, and Holding Pattern at Squirrel Haus. Leopold-Sullivan is a teaching artist at Chicago Ave Fire Arts Center.
SamaelLeopoldSullivan.com | Instagram: @SLeopoldSullivan

Sage Liskey (any pronouns) is an artist, author, poet, and public speaker focused on uplifting lives and re-imagining society with practical information and neuroscience. Sage founded the Rad Cat Press and is the bestselling author of You Are A Great And Powerful Wizard: Self-Care Magic for Modern Mortals.
SageLiskey.com | Instagram: @Sage.Liskey

Doris Liu (she/her) is a graphic designer/artist based in NYC. While her practice goes across multiple media and disciplines, she is mostly a book maniac. Believing in the power of physicality in the digital age, she enjoys creating enchanting experiences of reading and viewing. She is also obsessed with storytelling and fiction-making with objects, places, symbols and memories, and weaves her personal writing and photography into the realm of design. Throughout all her work, she endeavors to communicate layered narratives that resonate with all types of audiences and push the boundaries of design.
DesignDorisLiu.cargo.site | Instagram: @Shirorie_3

Lane Lloyd (any pronouns) is an artist and writer from New Hampshire. Lane's approach to printmaking and poetry is based in doing what feels right in the moment, taking inspiration from the natural messiness and comfort of flora, fauna, water, and LGBT experiences.
Etsy.Com/Shop/CoyoteSnout | Instagram: @CoyoteSnout

Stuart Loughridge (pronounced Lock-ridge) (he/him) is a full-time painter and printmaker based in Saint Paul. He carries with him a small watercolor kit which he uses to capture the scenes around him, and these little gems are the seeds for more thoughtful works of art created in the studio. He is fascinated by composition and drawing. Stuart primarily paints landscapes (truthful and imaginary), and also portraits.
Instagram: @StuartLoughridge

Low (they/them) is a Mixed Race Asian American, queer creator living on occupied Dakota and Anishinaabe land in so-called Minneapolis, Minnesota. They specialize in zines about cats, biking, death, and food. Many of their zines are collaborative projects, mostly partnering with Queer, Trans, BIPOC artists. In addition to designing, writing, and editing zines, they love consulting with artists to manage their zine projects.
PickleWitch.org/Merch-Store | @YolowZines

Sharma Luedke (she/her) is an artist based in Princeton, MN, that specializes in fine art painting, mostly wildlife and portraits in oils and acrylics. She strives to bring out the unique beauty and character inherent in every animal and person she paints. She has been an artist her whole life, and enjoys woodworking and gardening, and avoids social media. Sharma also experiments with a variety of mediums. Her journals, which she creates using pyrography and paint on wooden covers, have a variety of papers and different types of binding stitches.
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Claire Marcus (she/her) has a special interest in landscapes’ power to evoke memory and narrative. Born and raised in New York, she lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with access to industrial and rural subjects. She creates work in book formats and mixed media with photography, printmaking, papermaking, and textile techniques.
ClaireMarcusFineArts.com | Instagram: @ClaireBMarcusArt

Erin Maurelli (she/her) is a Twin Cities-based artist and educator who specializes in book arts and printmaking. Her recent focus has been a deep dive into boxes and their construction. Follow Erin on Instagram and send a direct message to inquire about a custom built box to hold your treasures.
Instagram: @ErinMaurelli

Tender-Heart Press was founded by E. “Oscar” Maynard (they/them) in 2017 in Oakland, CA . Oscar makes letterpress posters rooted in heart wisdom, collective healing, and liberatory spellwork. Since 2017 their work has been printed in various print shops across the country including Berkeley, Santa Fe, Silver City, Detroit, Houston & Atlanta. In 2020, they bought a Vandercook SP-20, which began its life as a proof press for a Newspaper in Wisconsin. Oscar loves the smell of the ink and the slow process of laying type by hand.
CountryCounterCulture.com/Tender-Heartpress | Instagram: @TenderHeartPress

Jeanne McGee (she/her) is a printmaker from Minneapolis, MN. She loves to print on a variety of surfaces: paper, fabric and wood. Her work is influenced by the natural world and the many hours she spends outside camping, hiking and gardening.
JeanneMcgee.com | Instagram: @JeanneMcGeeArt

Robert McGrady (he/him) is an artist from Minneapolis, MN. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2020 with a degree in Studio Art and Theatre. His work consists of printmaking, illustration, and performance. He has a background in editorial cartoons and comics, which he applies to his fine art practice. He draws from archetypal imagery to cast a critical lens towards masculinity and queer identity.
RobertMcGrady.com | Instagram: @_RobertMcGrady

Bridget McGraw (she/her) spent her first 29 years in Minneapolis. She then lived and worked in New York City, Australia, The Philippines, Canada, and Kenya before finding a home-sweet-home in Oakland. She co-edits the Guild of Book Workers bimonthly newsletter. Unanswerable questions lurk in her work. Can a 21st-century book artist transform thoughts and materials that emerged from the minds, hands, and machines of our ancestors into compelling artwork? How might the exactitude of digital tools and processes prompt people to appreciate the fragility of materiality and the strength of ideas? Most of her bookworks pay homage to—or grapple with—the notion of subjectivity and truth. Even as people become more reliant on untrustworthy digital infrastructures that pretend to proffer truth, humans remain mammals seeking facts.
Thingfully.com | Instagram: @Thingfully

evan (they/them) is a non-binary punk and interdisciplinary artist from minneapolis, mn. their work is centered around the exploration of sense of self and the beauty and hardships of life as queer and radical. Like their identity, their work does not fit into neat boxes. their work is focused in printmaking and sculpture based around grief and loss of all kinds. they also have an ongoing zine practice that ranges from intensely personal to historical and political.
Instagram: @Carpet.Technician

Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder (she/her) is a book artist based in San Antonio, Texas. She produces limited-edition artist’s books under the imprint of Coyote Bones Press, and teaches at various institutions. Keri produces Books in the Wild Podcast, and co-owns and designs enamel pins as The Paper Carnival. Schroeder holds an MFA in Book Art & Creative Writing from Mills College, worked as a studio assistant for Julie Chen at Flying Fish Press in Berkeley, CA, and as an edition bookbinder at BookLab II in San Marcos, TX. Her research-based book works incorporate sculptural book structures and found objects, combining traditional and contemporary bookbinding and printing techniques. Her books are held in prominent collections including UC Berkeley, Bainbridge Island Art Museum, Harvard, Stanford, RISD, and The British Library.
KeriSchroeder.com | @CoyoteBonesPress

Christine (she/her), known online as MilkStreetStudio, is a Twin Cities asked illustrator and artist. She uses bright colors and a cute whimsical style in her art to spread joy. Her work draws heavily from her culture and heritage as a Chinese-American woman, as well as her love of cats and food puns.
Instagram: @MilkStreetStudio

Janelle Miller (she/her) is the original Warrior Printress. She has been creating art her entire life and has a BFA in studio art. More than a decade ago, she became interested in the art of letterpress and had the good fortune of being taken under the wing of Rick Allen and Marian Lansky at Kenspeckle Letterpress. In 2012, she ventured out of the nest to begin her own custom printing business. In the summer of 2018, she joined forces with graphic artist Stacie Renné (she/her). Stacie has an MFA in design strategy and innovation, a BFA in fine art, and has been working as a graphic designer for over 30 years. Together, their skills combine to create quality letterpress products with a unique flair.
Instagram: @Warrior_Printress_Letterpress

Hannah Moog (she/her) is an artist and illustrator from Burke, Virginia. She graduated with a BFA in General Fine Arts and a minor in Book Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Spring 2021. Hannah works in a variety of mediums to bring her whimsical characters into the physical world, often utilizing book arts and garments to do so. She makes humorous, intimate and interactive work with the intention of immersing her audience in her imagined world that is full of mysterious but caring characters. Her work is influenced by folk art, quilting traditions and hugs.
HannahMoog.com | Instagram: @H_Moog

Erin Moore (they/them) is a printmaker and designer from Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. In 2022 they graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in Printmaking and a Book Arts Minor. Their printmaking practice is largely research-based, working with found typography and images from queer archives. They have worked with Second State Press, Globe Collection and Press, and Women's Studio Workshop. They are based in Portland, Oregon.
EMoore.design | Instagram: @BugPrints

Ricardo Levins Morales (he/him) is an artist and organizer based in Minneapolis. He uses his art as a form of political medicine to support individual and collective healing from the injuries and ongoing reality of oppression. He was born into the anti-colonial movement in his native Puerto Rico and was drawn into activism in Chicago when his family moved there in 1967. Ricardo left high school early and worked in various industries, and over time began to use his art as part of his movement work. This activism has included support work for the Black Panthers and Young Lords and participating in or acting in solidarity with farmers, environmental, labor, racial justice, antiwar and other struggles for peoples empowerment. He was a founding member of the Northland Poster Collective (1979-2009). He also leads workshops on creative organizing, social justice strategy and sustainable activism, and mentors and supports organizers.
Instagram: @RicardoLevinsMorales

Rumpelstiltskin Morgan (they/them) is a neurodivergent social practice artist currently living on unceded Haudenosaunee land, also known as Syracuse, NY. Engaging facilitated gatherings, text based methodologies, and dog agility, they work with re-socialization and shaping as a way of developing sustained ecological consciousness; the awareness and intention of interconnectivity of beings that influences decision making. They are the founder of the Companion Species Artist Gathering Series, and co-founder of the Visual Arts Experimental Garden + Lab (VAEG). Morgan received an MFA in Studio Arts from Syracuse University in 2023 and a BFA from Rutgers University in 2017. Their work has been featured in publications by Lint Art Collective and Pinky Thinker Press.
RamPractice.com | Instagram: @RamPractice

As a dedicated parent, Joel Morris (he/him) saw an opportunity to make something special where he could do his part to make the world a better place for the next generation. He envisioned a product that everyone could enjoy, that was educational, fun, hands on, and screenless. At the same time, he envisioned a company with heart, that made products locally, and that desired to go beyond zero-waste. Having grown up in Roseville, Minnesota, Joel is proud that every Cuble is currently manufactured in the Twin Cities, MN.

Morphic Rooms is a collaborative collage laboratory founded in 2021 by allison anne (they/them) (Minneapolis, Minnesota) and Jeremy P. Bushnell (he/him) (Dedham, Massachusetts). They produce layered, abstract work that utilizes systematic parameters, creative rulesets, chance operations, and collaborative interplay as tools for radically reimagining a collection of images, texts, ephemera, and detritus, drawn from centuries of cultural accretion and mechanical reproduction. Together, they support the expansion of the public domain, cast a critical eye on the mechanisms of capitalized acquisition, aspire to produce convivial tools for the making of art, and work to make these tools accessible to all.
Instagram: @MorphicRooms

Ellen Mueller (she/her) has exhibited nationally and internationally as an interdisciplinary artist exploring issues related to the environment and capitalism as it affects daily life. She lives and works in Minneapolis, MN, received her MFA from University of South Florida, and has authored multiple zines, artist books, and textbooks.
EllenMueller.com | @EllenMMueller

Scott K. Murphy (he/him) is a book artist who, under the nom de plume The Befuddled Press, produces handmade paper, artist books, broadsides, and photographs exploring the beauty, absurdity, simplicity, and complexity of existence. His often philosophical artwork combines traditional bookmaking techniques, like letterpress printing and hand-papermaking, with contemporary digital technologies. The combination of digital and analog methods is used to create artworks that have a textural quality, providing an experience for the hands as well as the eyes. You can find his work in more than thirty-five public collections, mostly in library special collections. He lives with his partner and cats in a secure, undisclosed location in central Minnesota.
BefuddledPress.com | Instagram: @BefuddledPress

Nance Musinguzi (he/him/they/them) is a first-generation, non-binary/trans Ugandan/Liberian-American multidisciplinary storyteller, researcher and artist. For the past 8 years, he has dedicated his storytelling and ethnographic research practice to documenting and investigating contemporary American life, identity and culture, and how everyday people define home and belonging. Since 2014, they have installed solo and group exhibitions and guest curated gallery shows in collaboration with early-career and emerging artists, community organizations and foundations, universities, high schools, and youth-led collectives.
Instagram: @Moosinguzi

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In 2012, note-ist began as a small local business in Minneapolis. The business name reflects its first product—handmade cards ("photo notes"). When its beloved paper supplier closed its doors, its focus shifted to producing prints. As Laurel (she/her) explains, "We believe that people who most deserve to be recognized are often the ones who go unnoticed. We hope that our note-ist images inspire you to acknowledge those who shouldn't go un-note-ist."
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Theo N’Daou (they/them) is an artist and writer from Chicago, Illinois. They are a queer, disabled, and Black Indigenous creative who focuses on zines and art that honor what matters in their world. Some of these things include making space for grief, worldbuilding, trauma informed practices, and disability advocacy. Their work is made for sensitive souls or delicate flowers (inspired by a phrase their mother used to describe them since childhood). They create poetry zines, perzines, short story chapbooks, and mini zines that are intended to help their readers show themselves grace. They use stickers and prints to make their art more accessible, and focus on themes of nature and affirmation.
MateriaMundus.com | Instagram: @MateriaMundus

Lisa Nebenzahl (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist from Minneapolis, MN. Her work explores fragility, resilience, loss, persistence and the passage of time using shadow, light and manipulation of the natural world of plants, flowers, water and sky. Through her practice, Lisa seeks to affirm the beauty and melancholy of change and express the temporal nature of life. Her work embraces chance and surprise, weaving these elements into her practice as she observes and responds to the natural world. Lisa is a 2020 McKnight Book Arts fellow and a three-time recipient of the Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative grant.
Instagram: @LisaNebenzahl

Vanessa “Nessa” Nguyễn (she/her) is a Vietnamese-American illustrator & designer born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Nessa’s work focuses on their Vietnamese upbringing and how we can bond cross-culturally over food, cheeky designs, intergenerational healing, and self-awareness. By staying true to their personal journey growing up in a first-generation immigrant household, Nessa’s relatable storytelling inspires us to be real with ourselves and each other by exploring themes of diaspora, playfulness, and vulnerability. In their spare time, they can be found scouring Chinatown for the tastiest dumpling deals.
NessaNguyen.net | Instagram: @NessaFiesta

Steve Nusbaum (he/him) prints from his home-based, family-owned shop, Kiss Letterpress Company. After 35 years in commercial printing, he now prints greeting cards, coasters, and stationery, and creates small journals, notepads, and tiny books for retail sale.
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Bridget O'Malley (she/her) is a papermaker, printmaker, and book artist from Minneapolis, MN. She has been exploring the book as art and as conduit for personal expression for many years. As a maker, folding sheets of beautifully dyed handmade paper and joining them together with a simple thread is deeply satisfying. The resulting journals and sketchbooks have traveled the world capturing the thoughts, ideas, and sketches of their owners.

Kimberly Obee (she/her) is a bookmaking and printmaker living and working in Asheville, NC. She founded Wishing Flower Press & Bindery in 2021 and specializes in handprinted letterpress stationery, prints, handbound books, and paper toys. All her imagery begins as drawings that are recorded in her sketchbook before being made into prints through reduction linoleum blocks or photopolymer plates. Wishing Flower Press' mission is to bring attention to the beauty of everyday landscapes, wildflowers, and roadside weeds. And to encourage the quiet moment of handwriting a note and post-marking it, snail-mail style to someone special.
WishingFlowerPress.com | Instagram: @WishingFlowerPress

Asuka Ohsawa (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based visual storyteller who works primarily in the medium of printmaking, artist’s books, and drawing. Her graphic works fuse elements of popular culture, found images, and comics to reveal personal narratives that mine the wonders and worries of her world. She received a BFA from California State University, Long Beach, and an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. She is a Lecturer in the Department of Print, Paper, and Graphic Arts at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston, MA.

Marie Olofsdotter (she/her) is a Swedish artist who lives in Minneapolis where she paints, writes poetry, creates picture books and works in mixed media. Her accolades include a Minnesota Book Award, a Loft Mentor Series Award in Poetry, and grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Jerome Foundation, and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. Marie’s work as a teaching artist has inspired young and old alike to be creative for over 25 years.
MarieOlofsdotter.com | Instagram: @MarieMarusika

Angelica Ong (she/her) is a Singaporean artist working primarily in photography and bookmaking. Two main aspects of her practice are slow art and language. She is intrigued by ephemera, the human body, everyday subject matter (like trees, birds, eggs, and light), multilingualism, and translation. Effusing fragility and a meditative quality, her work acts as pause, breath, and space, inviting the audience to wander, examine the world closely, and discover monumentality in minutiae. Angelica seeks to decentralize the primacy of the English language through providing titles in multiple languages, which are oftentimes not translations of each other. Ong has exhibited work in solo and group shows at SAIC SITE Sharp Gallery (Chicago), W. Gallery (Chicago), Mana Contemporary (Chicago), and starch (Singapore) and has been named one of the Top 26 to Watch for the Lenscratch Student Prize 2023.
Instagram: @CatchingSunlight_

Monica Ong (she/her) is the author of Silent Anatomies, winner of the Kore Press First Book Award. A Kundiman poetry fellow, Ong's visual poetry is exhibited widely at special collections and galleries including the Center for Book Arts (NYC) and the Poetry Foundation (Chicago). Planetaria, her recent exhibition of visual art, has been exhibited at the POETRY Foundation and the Hunterdon Art Museum. You can find her work in POETRY Magazine, Scientific American, Tab Journal, and ctrl+v. In 2021, Ong founded Proxima Vera, a micropress specializing in literary art & objects, which are now part of many distinguished institutional collections worldwide.
ProximaVera.com | Instagram: @ProximaVera

OPTICTUNA (they/them) is a trans printmaker from southern Indiana. Currently residing in Minneapolis, they dedicate much of their time to filling the world with weird things and community organizing. They are endlessly fascinated by the ability of zines to subvert form and expectations, while still retaining their ability to be folded up, placed in a pocket, lost beneath dressers, hidden between the pages of books. All works are implicitly about their experience as being a transsexual person in america, and many also revolve around the topics of sexual assault and the complicated path of healing. 20% of all sales go to mutual aid in the twin cities.
OPTICTUNA.com | Instagram: @Optictuna

Otto (he/him) is a graphic artist, screen printer and book artist. He has been making screen printed artists books since 1996, and has been exhibiting at artists’ book fairs in the UK, Germany, France and the US. So far, Otto has published around 100 titles. His aim is to develop and refine the practice in order to produce innovative work. As a book artist he is primarily interested in graphics and alternative narratives. When making a book, he works on all its aspects as a unit, combining book form, content, printing and binding. In 2019, Otto won the V O Stomps Förderpreis, Mainzer Minipressenmesse, Gutenberg Museum for the titles Camino de Santiago, Voyage Fantastic, We Will Rule The World. In 2020, he moved from the UK to Brittany where he set up a screen printing and book making workshop.
Instagram: @OttoGraphic

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Founded in 2020, Paranoid Tree Press is a monthly zine publication, specializing in fully illustrated micro-stories. Their tiny team of four publishes flash fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction with the specific goal of paying all of our artists and writers. Through a monthly subscription community, they're able to make this goal happen. Their story submissions will always be open and will always be free.
Instagram: @ParanoidXTree

Sharon Parker (she/her) is a zine maker, book artist, and illustrator working mainly with pen and watercolor on paper. She creates the Useful Calendar every year, featuring art and information related to the Lunar year zodiac animal. Her Etsy shop is called Sharon's Compendium.
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Simone Parker (she/her) is a collage artist and poet. She is Jewish, bisexual, and unapologetically midwestern. Her recent work has appeared in Tusitala, the winnow, and the independently published Poets Igniting Change Zine. She has been a featured poet at the Poetry Foundation’s The Open Door reading series in Chicago. She lives in Minneapolis.
Instagram: @SingedFingers

Growing concern for the survival of natural areas and the need she perceives in people to understand their relationship to the environment have encouraged Anna Marie Pavlik (she/her) to work with nature-related themes. Her images are focused on revealing and presenting how nature has functioned. She extracts the concepts that she visually explores from her observations of natural sites, science publications, and maps. By creating these works, she hopes to direct the viewer’s attention to the irreplaceable value, sublime beauty, and mystery found within the natural environment.

Rachel Payne (she/her) is a contemporary design bookbinder and box maker based in Minneapolis, MN. Her art is characterized by a blend of beauty and utility, where she navigates the balance between traditional methods with modern materials and innovative techniques. She is best known for her design leather bindings, and her "Magic Box," a creation that exemplifies her exploration of structure and the unexpected. Her work is in private collections. She works out of her home studio and enjoys amateur nature photography.
SagaBookbinding.com | Instagram: @Saga_Bookbinding

LM Pederson (they/them) is a North Dakotan digital artist who makes zines, lucky charms, tarot decks, vending machines, and all manner of illustrated works. Most of their creations are aimed to be something people delight in finding or that adds a little mystery and magic to one’s day. Their work draws inspiration from gothic cathedrals, dusty Zoltar machines, sword and sorcery, anime, and fortune telling.
LMPederson.com | Instagram: @Resubee

Priya Pereira (she/her) is a book artist from Mumbai, India. Starting in 1993, working with her partner and husband Tony Pereira, she began to make Artists' Books. These books are called Pixie Bks, as she is called Pixie at home. She believes this is her ‘calling’ and negotiating a way to survive has become a way of life. Making Artists’ Books has been a slow but invaluable experience that has taken 30 years. As of today, the books are in 77 collections all over the world, but the best compliment she has received is the query, “But where is the book?”
PixieBks.com | Instagram: @PixieBks

Leslie Perrine (she/her) is an illustrator and book artist living in Saint Paul, MN. She loves making up creatures and the worlds in which they live. Leslie creates comics, zines, pop up books, clay creatures, illustrations and anything that can tell a small story. Her love of the arts has spanned through decades of arts organizing (founding the Chicago Zine Fest in 2009), tabling at events and exhibiting in shows. When she's not sharing and making art she loves spending time with her cat and partner while drinking coffee or walking to the ice cream shop near their little house.
LesliePerrine.com | Instagram: @LesliePerrine

Sam Peskie (she/her) is an illustrator from Wisconsin, recently relocated to the Twin Cities. She specializes in children's book illustration, zines, and comix. All of her work is made with the goal of making viewers feel like they can "sit down and rest awhile" through healthy, imaginative escapism. Many themes in her work concern emotional connection, stillness, womanhood, childhood, and community.
SamPeskie.Cargo.Site | Instagram: @WhatHappenedToSamPeskie

G. Picconatto (they/them) is a queer jack-of-all-trades, but they are a scientist by academic study. They moonlight as a poet and a creator of silly zines (mostly about monsters). Picconatto features their work primarily on their Instagram, but they have work on the website TransJoy and an article in Forensic Science International. Picconatto lives in Minneapolis with their beloved canine companion, Bailey AKA Pig.
Instagram: @Pisces_Witxh

Molly Poganski (she/her) is a letterpress printer and graphic designer originally from Louisville, Kentucky. She learned to print while earning a BFA in Graphic Design from Indiana University, and has sixteen years of printing and design experience. She works as the Studio Technician at MCBA. She is a cyclist, two-step enthusiast, musician, avid home cook, mama, and identifies as a hugger. She runs a hobby print shop, Dandy Horse Press, from her basement in South Minneapolis.
MollyPoganski.com | Instagram: @DandyHorsePress

Sally Power (she/her) has been marbling for about twenty years, and she teaches many marbling classes at MCBA. She particularly likes to marble patterns that are traditionally used for book covers and end pages. She also enjoys experimenting with the process to produce different kinds of effects, which you can see in the prints available in the Shop at MCBA.

Joanne Price (she/her) is the founder and artist of Starpointe Studio. She specializes in wood engraving and book arts, and collaborates with letterpress folks like Larkspur Press, including illustrating books for authors such as Wendell Berry, Barbara Kingsolver, Frank X Walker, and more. Price exhibits nationally and internationally and is honored to have works included in collections at Yale University, Guangdong Museum of Art, and many more. Price is an elected member of the Society of Wood Engravers and President of the Wood Engravers’ Network Emeritus (2014-2020).
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Alex Prince (she/her), also known as "The Art of A Prince" is a Twin Cities mixed-media artist. Her work primarily explores the colors, products, and stories found in catalogs, magazines, and cookbooks from the 1940s–1960s. In these printed materials, themes of family, home life, and beauty are always present. Just recently, animals and plants have also become special subjects of interest in her work. All of these themes make frequent appearances in Alex's prints, collages, and paintings.
Etsy.com/Shop/TheArtOfAPrince | Instagram: @TheArtOfAPrince

Jana Pullman (she/her) makes books and boxes and also teaches classes about making books and boxes.

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Lib Ramos (she/her) is a graphic designer from Greenville, SC. She started Good Printed Things after realizing that her favorite kinds of design projects were collaborative ones. Lib believes that tangible printed objects play an important role in our digital world. She's also the co-founder of The Makers Collective, an arts non-profit that exists to support creative entrepreneurs.
Instagram: @GoodPrintedThings

Bethany C. Rahn (she/they) is an artist, designer, and educator originally from Madison, WI. Her interdisciplinary approach to design often explores concepts of identity and addresses concerns within our contemporary society. Rahn received her MFA from Indiana University in Graphic Design. Her work has been shown in various group and solo exhibitions across the United States. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Art and Art History Department at St. Catherine University and teaches letterpress workshops at Minnesota Center for Book Arts.
Instagram: @BethanyCRahn

Laura Richens (she/her) is an artist living and working in New Orleans, LA. She works primarily in relief prints, letterpress, handmade books, and other works on paper, as well as printing on fabric. She is inspired by the flora and fauna around her, as well as that of distant lands, real and imagined. Music and text are also frequent sources of inspiration, and may lead to collaborative projects under her Vanishing Point Press imprint. She serves as Curator of the Carroll Gallery in the Newcomb Art Department of Tulane University, where she is also an adjunct professor. Laura has also taught letterpress and relief printmaking at Penland School of Craft.
LauraRichens.com | Instagram: @VanishingPointPress

Cindy Rinne (she/her) is a fiber artist, poet, and performer who lives in San Bernardino, CA. Cindy enjoys the immediacy of zines as an expression of magical realism using mixed media. She is a storyteller for ancient/present voices inspired by nature and cultures around the world. Her zines include: "Find My Place in the Groovy World," "Distress," "possible futures," "Sadness/Wonder," and more. Cindy is the author of several poetry books: Dancing Through the Fire Door, Guided Journeys of Poetry and Art (forthcoming, Nauset Press), The Feather Ladder (Picture Show Press), and more. Her visual poetry appeared in: Stirring Lit, swifts & slows, Unpsychology Magazine Aji Magazine, among others.
FiberVerse.com | Instagram: @FiberVerse

Taylor Robers (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist with roots in drawing, sculpture, land art, zines, photography, and sound. She seeks to restore our relationships with forests by bringing our attention to the organisms and relationships that support these ecosystems. Her work has been shown at the Minneapolis Institute for Art, Gamut Gallery, and CEPA in Buffalo, NY. Robers was raised between the farmland, prairies, and forests of Minnesota, and te wetlands and forests of Northern Wisconsin. She received her BFA from the University of Minnesota and MFA from SUNY University at Buffalo.
TaylorRobersArt.com | Instagram: @TRobers_Art

Rachel Robison (they/them) is a transmasculine non-binary artist living in Minneapolis, MN. Their mediums of choice include collage, graphic design, experimental photography, analytical essay, & paper mache. Relying on their penchant for strong opinions, novelty, and mad-scientist-type creative scheming (rather than any particularly diligent artistic practice), their projects are sporadic but true. A longtime admirer of zines and zinesters, they recently wrote their first: My Transness Eats Itself Alive. Written end-to-end in roughly a week, it blends personal history and cultural criticism to argue in favor of a trans understanding of Self that is inconsistent, active, and monstrous — all in very good ways.
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Nicky Rodriguez (she/her) is a disabled, queer Puerto Rican comic artist and colorist. She is the creator of the ongoing webcomic, The Unlucky Ones and the Edge of Nowhere, and the illustrator of Con Papá/With Papá. Starting with autobio zines that explored mental health, the impermanence of time and memory, existential ennui, and the meaning of home, Nicky continued to explore these themes in her fiction comics. She is currently focused on her graphic novel endeavors and new zines about living with migraine and occipital neuralgia. Nicky is represented by Emmy Nordstrom Higdon of Westwood Creative Artists.
ArtOfNickyRodriguez.com | Instagram: @ArtOfNickyRodriguez

Leo Rodriguez (they/them) is a nonbinary lesbian writer and artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They received a B.F.A. in Theatre from Viterbo University and work in the industry as a wardrobe technician. When not working or writing, they enjoy painting, reading queer theory, and listening to punk rock. Their work has been featured in the Indianapolis Review, The Bitchin' Kitsch, healthline zine, oranges journal, and elsewhere.
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Jacob Romm (he/him) is a Ph.D. student in Renaissance Studies, a translator of French, Yiddish and Hebrew, and the founder of Letter and Spirit Press, where he prints chapbooks, broadsides, and ephemera from moveable type. Although his work often draws on the visual conventions of early modern printing, Jacob is committed to using the art of letterpress to amplify queer and trans voices, both historical and contemporary. He lives, studies, and prints in New Haven, CT.
LetterAndSpiritPress.org | Instagram: @LetterAndSpiritPress

Alyssa Rose (she/her) is a wildlife-loving artist living in Northeast Minneapolis. She combines her experience in art and archaeology with her deep love and appreciation of the natural world. Her hand-carved prints depicting Minnesota native creatures let you take a tiny piece of that world home with you! She creates her prints from hand-carved linoleum blocks stamped onto mulberry paper. Through her work, Alyssa encourages the viewer to take the time to look closely at the natural world and think deeply about the little things that are vital to our shared environment.
Instagram: @AlyssaRoseCreates

Susan Rosemurgy is an author, illustrator, and art teacher. She teaches art at Calumet High School in the Keweenaw Peninsula of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Her Thrift Shop Paper Doll kits are made for everyone who likes to create and design with vintage book paper and reflect her two lifelong obsessions—paper dolls and vintage book paper! In her quest to connect people to book art, she has also designed a series of bookmaking kits called Tablespoon Books in Boxes. These kits include all the materials to make Japanese-bound books nested in origami boxes.
SusanRosemurgy.com | Instagram: @TablespoonBooks

Isabella Rotman (she/her) is a cartoonist and illustrator from Maine. Her art is usually about the ocean, mermaids, crushing loneliness, people in the woods, or sex. She is the author of A Quick and Easy Guide to Consent, illustrator and co-author of Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up, and Artist-in-Residence at Scarleteen.com. Isabella was nominated for the Promising New Talent Ignatz award in 2017, and her comic “Like the Tide,” was nominated for Outstanding Online Comic in 2020. Isabella is the creator of This Might Hurt Tarot, a modern and queer 78-card tarot deck based on the historic deck by Rider-Waite-Smith.
Instagram: @This_Might_Hurt

Laura Rowley (she/they) is a teaching book artist from upstate New York. Laura operates Illuminated Press, a micro press that crafts books by hand and explores the complexities of our sociopolitical and ecological fabric. With the press, Laura is part artist—publishing their own work, and part publisher—accepting submissions and publishing work from other writers and artists. Laura lives in Trumansburg with their partner in an off-grid tiny house while making books in community studios.
IlluminatedPress.org | Instagram: @IlluminatedPress

A graduate of MCBA’s Book Arts Certificate program, Karine Rupp-Stanko (she/her) is a visual storyteller, paper and ink lover, and an avid zinester. Her main goal is to connect and bring people together through food, movement, and zines. She left Minnesota in 2021 and currently lives with her husband and son in Asheville, North Carolina. She has been translating Japanese graphic novels and comic books for Glénat, a renowned French publisher, since 2010.
Instagram: @Up_And_Down_Asheville

Regula Russelle (she/her) happily makes tiny books and zines—work that addresses themes of community and culture making. She has been recognized with a Minnesota Book Artist Award for her body of work and contributions to the books arts community, and has received support for her work from the MN State Arts Board, Jerome Foundation, and McKnight Foundation. Her work can be found in public collections, on kitchen bulletin boards, and in the occasional handbag. She loves the color yellow, hand-lettering, kindness, and singing (alone, with others, and with her three-quarter sized guitar). Texts of poems and of a couple other tiny books are available on her website.
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Brian Sago is a writer, artist and teacher. Originally from St. Louis, he has lived in Minnesota half of his life. He is the author of several small books, including "Butter Princess," a roleplaying game about stealing the 90-pound butter sculptures from the Minnesota State Fair. He is also an illustrator with work in Trophy Dark, The Wassailing of Claus Manor, and Pick Me. In his art, Brian combines a love of science, math, botany and social studies. The images are often inspired by dreams. He is a champion at remembering dreams and will get out of bed in the wee hours of the morning to write them down.
Instagram: @Oxsago

Pámela Vigo Sánchez (she/her) is a contemporary equine artist based out of El Paso, Texas. Pámela has a bachelor in art degree from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), and is a member of the Paard Verzameld collective. The artist is also an avid equestrian, using her experience as a horse owner, rider, and enthusiast to influence her work, style, and artistic process.
Instagram: @SilverPickStudios

Kerri (Mulcare) Sandve (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist and writer from St. Paul, MN working under the imprint Carbon Copy Co. Press. She creates printed matter in the form of artist books, zines, and screen prints, as well as sculptural paper works and collages. Her work resides in multiple collections across the United States, including the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN), and the Newberry Library (Chicago, IL). She holds a BFA in Print, Paper, and Book Arts from Minneapolis College of Art and Design and is a teaching artist.
CarbonCopyCoPress.com | Instagram: @Carbon_Copy_Co | Patreon.com/CarbonCopyCo

rhiannon salt (they/he/she) is a disabled non-binary artist living on Ojibwe, Potawatomi and Odawa land (Chicago) with their partner and many, many plants. Through their experiences of having autism, OCD, and chronic illness, they are passionate about their often very glittery and holographic work centering empowerment, storytelling, and joy for their LGBTQ+ and disability communities. They also love Pokémon, Kirby, and Bluey at the moment, and make a lot of fan art.
Instagram: @Kirby.CST | Etsy: KirbyCST

Cheri Satre (she/her) lives in Sauk Rapids, MN with her husband and two daughters, who are quickly approaching adulthood. She studied art at Luther College and the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has taught art classes, art- journaled, painted, printed, and batiked. She went to her first Twin Cities zine fest and was hooked on creating tiny books.
Instagram: @CJKSatre.Art | Etsy: CJKSatre

Gaylord Schanilec (he/him), noted for his color wood engravings, established his own press, Midnight Paper Sales, in 1980. Since then he has published more than 25 books under his imprint, as well as accepted numerous commissions including works for The Gregynog Press in Wales and the Grolier Club of New York. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Carl Hertzog award for excellence in book design, and the Greynog prize. He is an Honorary Member of the Double Crown Club, and an active member of the Ampersand Club and the Fine Press Book Association. His work is represented in most major book arts collections in the United States and in the United Kingdom, and the archive of his working materials is held at the University of Minnesota.

Anika Hsiung Schneider (she/her) is a narrative artist who draws on lived experiences, memory, and family history. With an Asian Mixed female identity, she resides in a highly racialized body that also exists in a liminal state. This connection to a liminal state of being closely connects her work to themes of loss, transitional spaces, and visualizing the intangible. Anika received her MFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD). She currently serves as the Director of Exhibitions and Artist Programs at Minnesota Center for Book Arts and adjunct faculty at MCAD. Anika’s work has been exhibited nationally at galleries such as Soo Visual Arts Center, Rosalux Gallery, Gallery B St Paul, Circle Gallery, Visarts, Dumbarton Concert Gallery, and Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture. Anika has also participated in residencies in Wolfsville, Nova Scotia and Solomons Island, Maryland. She has also been awarded with a Windgate University Fellowship, Gettysburg College Provost Grant, and the InCahoots residency Boost Prize full grant. Anika currently lives and works in Minneapolis where she enjoys giving a home to secondhand furniture and hiking with her dog Wolly.
Instagram: @Anika.H.Schneider

August Schultz (he/they) is a screen printer and oversharer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their print work ruminates on being trans, stubbornness, and sobriety through repetitive, layered processes. When he is not printing he can be found riding his bicycle.
AugustMSchultz.com | Instagram: @AugustMSchultz

John Schulz (he/him), originally from Superior, WI, taught relief printmaking and drawing at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston from 1995 to 2021. Appointed Professor of the Practice Emeritus in 2021, he has since returned to the Upper Midwest where he maintains a full-time studio practice in St. Paul, MN. His current work makes use of chance operations, systems, and cut-ups to form new, unforeseen narratives. As an obsessive collector of printed matter and other graphic detritus, his work is deeply involved with some of the lower common denominators of visual culture. At once enigmatic, strangely beautiful, and vaguely threatening, these images, fragments of images, and text are jerked out of context and thrust together as in “the chance meeting of a sewing machine and an umbrella on a dissecting table.” – Comte de Lautréamont, The Songs of Maldoror, Canto VI, Verse 3, (1869), and the rubber gloves and artichokes in the paintings of deChirico.
Instagram: @jschulzdrawprint

Elana Schwartzman (she/her) is a letterpress printer in Minneapolis, MN. Her work focuses on using hand-set type to create messages that connect and inspire.
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The SEAD Project (Southeast Asian Diaspora) is a community organization on a mission to be an accessible creative hub that provides streamlined workshops and tools to engage and share knowledge in Khmer, Hmong, Lao and Viet diaspora communities. Through safe and welcoming spaces, we hope to grow empowerment to plant the seeds of hope and possibility, locally and globally.
TheSEADProject.org | Instagram: @TheSEADProject

Natia Ser (she/her) is a photography-based artist from Hong Kong whose work explores image-making through print and lens-based media, artist books, and installation. Based in Chicago, her practice draws from her experience as an itinerant to investigate notions of familiarity and estrangement in a foreign country and her home. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in photography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she was awarded the Presidential Scholarship, Fred Endsley Memorial Fellowship and Graduating Student Leadership Award. She is also a recipient of the Luminarts Visual Arts Fellowship (Finalist), LeiRoy Neiman Fellowship and Award for Excellence in Illinois College Newspapers (1st Place Feature Photo and 2nd Place Photo Essay).
NatiaSer.com | @Arkaaive

Jean Shannon (she/her) lived in Japan for ten years and studied sosaku hanga woodblock printmaking, a self-carved, self-printed style that uses water-based pigments and often includes monoprint techniques. She enjoys making screen prints, too! Her work his been shown at Lola, the Longfellow neighborhood art crawl.
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Short stories by Edward Sheehy (he/him) have appeared in the Boston Literary Magazine, The Write Launch, and Lake Street Stories (Flexible Press). A novel, Cade’s Rebellion, was published in 2018 (Dog Ear Publishing). A selection of his poetry was featured in Jerry Jazz Musician magazine celebrating the music of Miles Davis. He was baptized in the Delaware River before the eyes of the Lord and several catfish. He lives in Minneapolis.

Paul Shortt (he/him) received his MFA in New Media Art from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his BFA in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute. He has participated in over 80 group and solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally. He has participated in over 40 Art Book and Zine fairs including Printed Matter Art Book Fair’s in New York City, NY and Los Angeles, CA in addition to art book fairs in Vienna, Austria, Toronto, Canada, and Baltimore, MD. His artist books are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of Art, and Yale University. Shortt has spoken about his work at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, China, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri and the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shortt is currently based Gainesville, Florida.
PaulShortt.com | Instagram: @Paul_E_Shortt

The philosopher Anaxagoras said it is by having hands that humans are the smartest of all animals. Todd (he/him) (aka Sign of the Two Ravens Press) knows this to be true, because his mind is fully alive when he works with his hands. Inspired by medieval manuscripts and early printed books from the 15th century, he hand-sets historic typefaces and creates printing blocks to pay homage to the fifteen hundred year old tradition of book arts. Todd uses his own writings & his encounters with the denizens of the greenwood at the edges of Duluth to give other old book arts traditions, drollery & fable, a modern touch.
Instagram: @SignOfTheTwoRavensPress

Noam Sienna (he/him) is a letterpress printer, book artist, and historian living in South Minneapolis. He received his PhD in Jewish History and Museum Studies from the University of Minnesota, focusing on early modern Jewish book history. He is a postdoctoral research scholar with the University of Toronto’s project “Hidden Stories: New Approaches to the Local and Global History of the Book,” and a Junior Fellow with the Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography. His printing work (under the imprint of Folkshule Press) explores the intersections of diverse languages, alphabets, and texts across the wide span of Jewish history, and brings together historical and contemporary expressions of Jewish visual and textual culture.
SiennaJewishArts.com | Instagram: @SiennaJewishArts

Rachel Simmons is an American artist-educator who specializes in book arts & printmaking, and her diverse studio practice is informed by environmental activism, language and personal narratives. Endlessly curious about the natural world and our relationship with it, Rachel often collaborates with scholars from other academic disciplines and communities to create new work. She has traveled to Antarctica, Iceland, Namibia, the Galapagos Islands and many of the US National Parks to research environmental issues pertaining to these projects.
RachelSimmons.net | Instagram: @BearWithJetPack

Kate S. (she/her) is a writer and artist from Richmond, VA. Her writing is either hilarious or troubling (or a bit of both). Her artwork utilizes recent nostalgia, turning vintage pattern books, retro catalogues, other ephemera into brightly colored, slightly surly risograph prints. She finds inspiration in how terrible the world can be and in old cartoons.
Instagram: @4StarPower

Olivia Mae Sinclair (she/her) is a textile-book artist. Her intuitive and trauma-based practice is guided by sloppy craft and imperfection. She is addicted to infatuation and Redbull. She is a maker of books, love and other grotesque things. She is a graduate of OCAD University's Interdisciplinary Master's in Art, Media and Design program. She also earned her Bachelor's degree in Craft and Design at Sheridan College and is Artist in Residence at Harbourfront Centre. Typically, books made from fabric are intended for children and infants. Olivia Mae Sinclair’s books, however, are made for lovers, survivors, artists, her, him, them and herself.
Instagram: @OliviaMaeSinclair

Smashing Press is the collaborative self-publishing project of nif (she/her) and Anthony Hodgson (he/him). Anthony writes and illustrates short stories. Nif prints prints and binds books. Working in Los Angeles, Smashing Press uses antique and modern tools to explore fine art and fun through not-so-usual narratives.

Snake Hair (Vin Caponigro) (they/them) is an independent publisher of zines, handmade ritual multiples, and folk magic, currently based on occupied Narragansett, Wampanoag, and Pokanoket land (so-called Providence RI). They are invested in dismantling the white supremacist cis het patriarchy and dedicated to recognizing how those in power have used storytelling and reproducible media to control history, and how marginalized communities have used independent publishing to tell their own stories and fight back against oppressive systems. Committed to the inherent egalitarian nature of print, a portion of all of their proceeds are redistributed to groups working to create a more equitable society.
SnakeHair.com | Instagram: @Snake_Hair

Paulina Solakhava (she/her) is a Minnesota based illustrator who is inspired by childlike wonder and nature. She strives to create comfort and magic for kids and adults alike through her work. When she's not drawing, Paulina can be found spending time with her sisters, cooking, going on walks and reading.
PaulinaSolakhava.WixSite.com/ThistleBug | Instagram: @Thistle.Bug

Since 2017, Solstice Handmade has been working with other local artists and small businesses to create unique offerings made with their hand pulled prints. From natural dye artists, to leather workers, to quilters and ceramicists, they invest in their friends and neighbors and believe more can be accomplished together. Whenever they can, we they local help, organic fabrics, natural colors, secondhand garments, and use up every scrap of material. Their illustrations and prints are often inspired by the creepy crawly, the slimy, the overlooked, the in-between stages of growth and decomposition, beginnings and endings. Education and exploration are at the heart of these images, and of our classes that bring together art and science. Through in-person workshops and virtual classes, they aim to make art approachable and start conversations about conservation and place. The murals they create put specific species and systems in the spotlight, hoping to inspire stewardship and curiosity in the world around us.
Instagram: @SolsticeHandmade

Erica Spitzer Rasmussen (she/her) is an artist who creates one-of-a-kind and limited-edition hand-bound books. She received her BFA and MFA at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis). Her work explores family stories and issues of identity. Rasmussen is a recipient of the 2018 Minnesota Book Artist Award and various grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board. Other professional highlights include a papermaking residency in Vienna, Austria (2010), a solo exhibition in Mexico City, Mexico (2012) and bookbinding residencies in Venice, Italy (2016, 2018, 2022). Her work has been featured in such magazines as FiberArts, Surface Design Journal, American Craft and Hand Papermaking. Rasmussen teaches studio arts at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the sole proprietor of Hot Tomato Press.
EricaSpitzerRasmussen.com | Instagram: @Erica_Spitzer_Rasmussen

Raychel Steinbach (she/her) created Current Location Press as a brand to create fine art prints and stationery inspired by nature. Place- and nature-based work has been a common theme throughout Raychel’s work. Current Location Press strives to bring that sensibility out of the gallery box and into people’s lives. By embracing traditional methods of letterpress printing’s movable type, Raychel is able to assemble and reassemble the same collection of wood type scaps endlessly throughout her work. The prints are created by arranging small rectangular scraps from the wood type manufacturing process as if they were pieces of traditional type. Think of precisely finished tiny wood blocks that are arranged amongst hundreds of pieces of metal spacing which holds them in place. This creates the abstract color layers behind the illustrative hand-carved block throughout the series of prints-on-paper. While this process is much more time consuming than carving another block or having a polymer plate made, it allows Raychel to recycle the same small collection endlessly into new prints while creating no additional waste. Current Location Press is rooted in sustainability. By using low-VOC materials, paper produced in the Midwest with hydropower, and reusing or composting all waste material, Current Location Press is dedicated to taking care of the beautiful environment our work is based upon.
CurrentLocationPress.com | Instagram: @CurrentLocationPress

Richard Stephens (he/him) is a member of the MCBA Artist Collective. His primary art form is printmaking—reductive linocut, letterpress, flat prints, and small-edition artist’s books. Outside of the print studio, a sketch book is always at hand. His work is in many collections, including at the Hennepin County Library, Minnesota Historical Society, Walker Art Center, Columbia University, and Library of Congress.

Lorna Stevens (she/her) is a mixed media artist whose work centers on integrating material and technique to represent subject matter. Her books include Paradise Drive, a book combining sonnets and watercolors; The Scrapbook of Endangered and Extinct Birds, a compilation of memorabilia related to loss of species; The Broomstick Story, a tale of transformation from one thing to another; Huia, an altered book chronicling the demise of this extinct bird and The Humor Rag, a collection of humor submitted by artists and office workers. The Brooklyn Museum, the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the New York Public Library, the Numakunai Sculpture Garden in Iwate, Japan, and the SF MOMA Research Library have acquired her work. She received her MFA from Columbia University. and teaches at City College of San Francisco.
Instagram: @LornaStevens3

Alex Stoner (he/they) is a sophomore at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, primarily focusing on printmaking, photography, and mixed media, with an interest in film as well. Searching for the story beneath the project, Alex observes the underlying narratives of past experiences to compose his work. By picking up the scattered pieces of a composition, and weaving them together into a continuous story, he brings touching emotion to his art. Recently, he has been exploring ideas regarding patterns, as well as writing and bookmaking.
LinkTr.ee/Itwasaki | Instagram: @Aki_Ga_Ochiru

Amber Dawn Stoner (she/her) is a writer and book artist in Minnesota. As a child, she wrote in a tree by the Mississippi River. As an adult, writing in and about nature continues to deepen her connection to people, places, plants and all sorts of critters. Her monthly column, Nature Nearby, appears in the Eden Prairie Local News (eplocalnews.org). She is at work on her first memoir, titled Go to the River.
AmberDStoner.com | Instagram: @AmberDStoner

Artist Carolyn Swiszcz (she/her) started publishing a zine, "Zebra Cat Zebra," in May 2017 as a way to satisfy more narrative ideas that she couldn’t express in her paintings. The name was inspired by hearing her father spell out their last name to people on the phone: “Z as in zebra, C as in cat, Z as in zebra!” She writes about childhood memories, her neighborhood, and other personal observations. She lives in West St. Paul with her husband and daughter.
Instagram: @Carolyn_Swiszcz

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Quinn Thomson (he/they) is a cartoonist from Walpole, NH. He primarily creates lighthearted, slice-of-life comics featuring unconventional characters in sci-fi/fantasy settings. His current big project is Zero Point, an ongoing comic series following the misadventures of an interstellar freighter crew. He currently lives in the heavily-wooded outskirts of Walpole with his loving and supportive family (and cat.)
Quinn-Thomson.com | Instagram: @Quinn10121012

Greg Thompson (he/him) is a photographer who uses zines and hand-made books to place images in a dynamic, narrative context. Layout and pagination become part of the art and play of a photography-based project, and an opportunity to transmit experiences intimately to a reader/viewer. He lives and works in Minneapolis, MN, and most projects take place close to home.
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Todd (he/him) is a letterpress printer and book artist based in Minneapolis, MN. His books are based on exploration through ergodic experiences; that is, requiring effort from the reader to interpret the deeper meaning of the work as well as fear of the other in our society. He works with both fiction and science-based narratives. He is working on a book based on an artist residency in the Arctic Circle and hopes to travel to Antarctica for research on future books. Todd lives in Minneapolis with his lovely wife and paints and sculpts in his spare time.
Instagram: @AngelBomb

Tiny Art by LRG is an Asian woman owned art business specializing in handmade stationery, watercolors and original artwork. Lily (she/her) finds inspiration in nature and loves all things tiny. As an Asian woman, Lily is passionate about promoting Black, Indigenous and People of Color’s representation in the art world. Currently, she lives in St. Paul with her partner and two cats and works as a full time public health professional. She has recently been focusing on developing her watercolor skills and making handmade watercolor paint.
Instagram: @TinyArtByLRG

Thu Tran is an artist who makes drawings, videos, and video games. She is the author/illustrator of Dust Pam, published by Peow Studios, and the illustrator of Weed: Everything You Wanted To Know... by Michelle Lhooq, published by Random House. Her comics have also been published in anthologies by Kuš Komiks, Colorama Clubhouse, and Lifted Brow. She has created and hosted experimental cooking shows for IFC and MTV, ('Food Party', 'Late Night Munchies') and has made short-form videos for Adult Swim, SuperDeluxe.

Gretchen Treuting (she/her) started her graphic design career when one still had to “spec” type for the typographer and hope it would fit. When desktop publishing changed her field, she enjoyed the convenience of fine-tuning type herself and creating precise vector illustrations. As design migrated completely to the computer, Gretchen missed the hands-on work from earlier times. Fortunately, she discovered book art and could incorporate her typography and illustrations into the delightful world of hand-made books. She could return to x-acto knives, thread, glue, inks, folding, and the feel of papers and book cloth. Her books have been exhibited in San Francisco, New York City, Denver, and Minneapolis. She lives in Costa Rica and has introduced artist books to local ex-pats through presentations and workshops.
Instagram: @GT23Graphics

Azania Tripp (she/her) is a Black/African American, Singaporean Eurasian, pansexual woman residing in South Minneapolis. She is an analog collagist who hand cuts designs from donated paper. ​Joy is what she aspires to provide in her whimsical, one-of-a-kind, multi-disciplinary wearable art. Since 2015, she has been creating​ ​​narrative art​ jewelry, facilitating wearable artmaking workshops for the community, and designing multimedia visual pieces. Currently, she lives with her two cats and her brother, who is a local comedian.
Instagram: @ObsidianPause_WearablePaperArt

Delia Touché (she/they) was born in Devils Lake, ND and is part of the Spirit Lake Nation. She is a Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota and Assiniboine artist based in the Midwest. She has been exhibited across the United States at venues such as M Contemporary Art (Ferndale, MI), Plains Art Museum (Fargo, ND), The Art Galleries at Austin Community College (Austin, TX), Cranbrook Art Museum (Bloomfield Hills, MI) among others. Delia has her work in permanent art collections at the University of North Dakota, St. Olaf College's Special Collections Department, and Walker Art Center. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing from Minnesota State University Moorhead and a Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking from Cranbrook Academy of Art, where she received the Gilbert Fellowship.
Instagram: @Deleeuhhh

Adam Turman (he/him) grew up in the Twin Cities, and got his start as an artist by making gig posters for bands coming through popular Twin Cities venues. He drew influence from the bold, graphic style of 80s art and comics. After working as an in-house graphic designer for the University of Minnesota, Adam took his studio practice full-time in 2003. Since then, he has become one of Minnesota’s most popular artists. Approaching projects from a graphic design perspective, Adam connects with art lovers through his collection of colorful screenprints, and creates commissioned pieces in the form of logos, illustrations, murals, and paintings. Clients use his work to advertise events, connect with local audiences, and celebrate their organizations. He has worked with companies like Target, SPAM, Indian Motorcycles, and the Children’s Hospitals of Minnesota.
AdamTurman.com | Instagram: @AdamTurman

Formed in late 2018, the Twin Cities Collage Collective strives to provide an inclusive, safe space for individuals at all levels of creative ability to learn about collage. The group fosters a community of creative people who support each other and bring attention to collage as an art form. By providing a forum to share ideas, techniques, and our work, the Collective is intended to be a positive force in the world of collage, its history, and cultivation.
TwinCitiesCollageCollective.com | Instagram: @TwinCitiesCollageCollective

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Jennifer Universe (she/her) is an award-winning author and illustrator. She is guided by curiosity and connection. She thinks vegetables are cool and has designed a line of clothing that says just that. Jennifer enjoys cooking, eating, laughing, and writing. Her words and illustrations have been featured in USA Today Sports Media Group, SB Nation, and FanSided. She has a habit of re-reading her favorite books even when she knows there’s so many other wonderful ones out there. She does, however, hope you re-read her books, Make It A Good Day, The Caiman, and The Butterfly. She’s excited to write more. Jennifer is still not sure what she wants to be when she grows up and she’s okay with that.
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Kadi Vail (she/her) is a queer writer, film photographer and birth doula from Minnesota. She is drawn towards creating art that holds the paradox of grief and joy and how those two opposites sit together, especially in relation to motherhood and matrescence. She currently lives on a small acreage in Saint Paul with her partner and two young daughters.
VailArt.co | Instagram: @VailArtCo

London Vale (she/her) is an artist and actress from Minnesota who grew up climbing her parents’ apple trees at Minnesota Harvest Apple Orchard. She has always had a love for the performing and visual arts, and currently resides in Los Angeles where her studio is set up to alternate between both. She enjoys sharing her love for traditional printing methods and book arts with others as a docent at the International Printing Museum, and prints at home with an 1895 Golding Pearl restored by the museum. Her favorite food in the whole world just might be the cheese curds at the Minnesota State Fair.
LondonValeInk.com | Instagram: @LondonValeInk

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Babette Wagenvoort (she/her) is a Dutch visual artist, illustrator, curator, and tutor, with contemporary drawing as a foundation of her practice. Babette graduated from The Royal College of Art, London and lives in The Hague, Netherlands. She has enjoyed teaching fine art drawing and illustration at many academies and universities and gives online drawing workshops through Minnesota Center for Book Arts.

Melissa Wagner-Lawler (she/her) is an artist and Teaching Faculty in the Printmaking & Book Arts department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She received her BFA from Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and MFA in Visual Studies from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. For over a decade, Wagner-Lawler’s practice has been dedicated to artist books and exploring the intricacies of the format. Her artist books use letterpress and other printmaking techniques to investigate elements of tension, the breakdown of information and the fragility of circumstance. To date, she has produced 15 editioned book works, all of which are housed within collections around the country.
RedThreadLetterpress.com | Instagram: @RedThreadLetter_Press

Sophie Wang (or Shuf, she/her) is a researcher, educator, artist, and zine gremlin currently based in the Twin Cities. She makes zines/comics/art that bring a critical power lens to science, technology, epistemology, and forms of knowledge-making, and an experiential lens to her second generation Chinese American experience and other parts of her life. Her work covers topics ranging from equity and exclusion in science museums to campaign demands against predictive policing in LA. She is a co-founder of Free Radicals, an activist collective at the intersection of science and social justice. You can find her offline looking at leaves by the water or baking plum crumble.
WangShuf.com | Instagram: @SophCal

Ben Weaver (he/him) is a poet, songwriter, letterpress printer/book maker, public speaker and endurance cyclist. He creates work that breaks down the emotional and systemic structures separating humans from the ability to feel connections to the greater web of life and each other.

Lily Wenndt (they/them) is a chronically queer, and disabled illustrator living in Minneapolis! Their work centers around joy and their personal experiences as a disabled gender queer human! Their work often pairs social issues with a sense of humor, and often pokes fun at societal structures. You can find more of their art, stickers, and more on their website!
LilyWenndt.com | Instagram: @LilyWenndt

Aurora Whittet Best (she/her) is a national award-winning designer, illustrator, and author, featured in HOW Magazine, Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, Art & Creativity Graphics, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards, and Eric Hoffer Book Awards. She is a visual storyteller delighting in colored pencil portraiture with an empowering twist. She An instructor at the Loft Literary Society in Minneapolis and resides in St. Louis Park with her family.
RedOrganic.com | @AuroraWhittet

Wide Eyed Outside is Haleigh Ziebol (they/them) - a science educator who enjoys the smaller things in life like mushrooms, lichens, mosses and microbes. They facilitate intro to mushroom foraging and natural dyeing workshops, and guide bog tours! Haleigh lives on occupied Dakota territory with their partner and snow-loving cat.
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Based in the Twin Cities, MN, Dawn Wing (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist and educator with interests in illustration, book arts, painting, printmaking and collage. She enjoys experimenting with mixed media in visual narratives and comic poetry.
WaterPigPress.com | Instagram: @ComixDawn

Josh Winkler (he/him) works from his home studio (SKS Press) in rural Minnesota. He primarily utilizes printmaking processes. He loves the democratic nature of multiple impressions, the portability of paper, and the rich history of commentary and dissemination in these media. “Personal experience in the landscape, historical research, and the magic and mystery of the natural world drive my creative practice. Half of his recent projects reflect on environmental conflict and destruction. The other half focus on positivity, and the potency of personal connection to the land. These parallel forces of hope and despair are emblematic of the present. Josh feels we must look at Nature as a unifying cultural force.
JoshkWinkler.com | Instagram: @WinkJosh

Jennifer Rose Wolken (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist and designer. A native of the Missouri Ozarks region, she received her MFA in visual studies from Missouri State University. Jennifer’s line of functional sketchbooks and journals are inspired by a love of craftsmanship from centuries past, the beauty of materials, and a lifelong habit of keeping a sketchbook. Her current body of sculptural work is inspired by her own challenges coping with chronic illness, as well as themes of renewal, recycling, and community connection. These sculptural artist’s books have shown in international juried shows in San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans, Minneapolis, and Pennsylvania. They have also been acquired by several private collectors including university libraries.
Instagram: @TheArtistStudioLLC and @JenniferRoseWolkenArtist

Christine Wong Yap (she/they) is a visual artist and social practitioner working in community engagement, drawing, printmaking, publishing, and public art. She partners with organizations to conduct participatory research projects to explore dimensions of psychological wellbeing such as belonging, resilience, interdependence, and collaboration. She has participated in over a dozen residencies and studio programs. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area after a decade of living in New York City.
ChristineWongYap.com | Instagram: @ChristineWongYap

Nanette Wylde (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and cultural worker making socially reflective and often language-based works using a variety of hybrid media. Wylde has a BA in behavioral science from San José State University. Her MFA is in interactive multimedia and printmaking from Ohio State University. Her artist’s books, prints, and electronic works are included in significant international collections. Wylde’s interests include: language, personality, difference, beliefs, systems, ideas, movement, reflection, identity, perceptions, structures, stories, socialization, definitions, context, memory, experience, the natural world, change, and residue.

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Imin Yeh (she/her) is a project based artist working with sculpture, installation, artist publications and participatory projects expanding the role paper and print played in the recording, copying, and spreading of the human story for more than a millenia. Paper is the most recurrent material in her work, in its transformation from commonplace material into a precious art object. Some of her exhibitions include Bass and Rainer (San Francisco), Grizzly Grizzly (Philadelphia), San Jose Museum of Art, Asian Art Museum (San Francisco), and The Contemporary Jewish Museum (San Francisco). As for awards, she has recieved a creative development award from the Heinz Foundation, a Eureka Fellowship from the Fleishhacker Foundation and an Individual Artist Grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission. She is an Associate Professor of Print Media at Carnegie Mellon University School of Art and based in Pittsburgh, PA.
Instagram: @IminYeh

Chantal Zakari (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist, designer and a Professor of the Practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. In her work, she draws upon contemporary social issues by making connections through personal narratives, history and popular culture. Her studio practice freely combines research methodologies and artistic strategies borrowed from various disciplines such as photography, documentary, performance, storytelling, installation, graphic design and social interventions. Her projects often culminate in an artist’s publication. Her work is in the collection of Yale University, The Addison Gallery of American Art, Getty Research Institute Library and many other artist’s book libraries.
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Leda Zawacki (she/her) is a queer cartoonist who has been making comics for over fifteen years. She received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2007. She currently lives in White River Junction, Vermont where she received her MFA at the Center for Cartoon Studies in 2022. Her publications include Little Gods, a graphic novel published by Tinto Press in 2017; written contributions to the award-nominated Votes for Women anthology in 2020; and the Ignatz-nominated mini comic "The Drain Pipe" in 2021. She is also a two-time MICE Mini Grant winner for "The Swinging Bridge" in 2018, and "The Stain" in 2021.
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Zephyr (she/they) is a queer, Quaker-ish, artist, maker, and bike mechanic who grew up on a hill in Northern Virginia. She has a background in filmmaking but has moved to book arts as a result of looking for more intimate mediums to express herself. Zephyr's art and creative projects are influenced by family history, longing, and their identity as a queer, butch woman. Their work is often playful and comes from the heart more than any other place. They enjoy making things for and about people they love. They have lived in Minneapolis since 2019 and are settling into being an infrequent, but intentional and thoughtful maker of art things, while working on bikes pretty much full time.
Zephyrs.Format.com | @ButcherPaperr

Iggy (He/Him) is a queer and trans artist who creates under the name Zygomatic Arches, which came from a high school inside joke he no longer remembers. His art tends to focus on portraiture and domestic scenes with reverence for shared history and experiences. Originally from rural Minnesota, he has happily found his home in the Twin Cities and now spends his days walking by the river or having coffee with friends at a local cafe.
Instagram: @ZygomaticArches