Minnesota Chaw Rau Cov Ntawv Nyeem yog qhov loj tshaj plaws thiab feem ntau qhov chaw ntawm nws lub hom phiaj nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb. MCBA txhawb cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv txhua lub hnub nyoog thiab keeb kwm nrog cov phau ntawv Askiv, uas tau tshaj tawm cov phau ntawv kev sib tw, cov ntaub ntawv, kev luam ntawv, kev tsim, thiab hom tshuaj. Tam sim no hauv nws lub xyoo 30, MCBA tos txais 70,000 tawm ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm, cov menyuam kawm ntawv, thiab neeg tuaj xyuas txhua xyoo. McKnight Cov Kev Kawm Txuj Ci qhia MCBA nrog kev khiav hauj lwm dav dav rau lawv txoj haujlwm hauv kev tsim peev txheej thiab kev ua haujlwm rau cov kws ua yeeb yam. Cov txiaj ntsig ntawm qhov peev txheej no tuaj yeem pom ncaj qha rau hauv lub zej zog uas tsis tau muaj kev nkag mus rau MCBA tus kws qhia yeeb yaj duab.
"Yog hais tias nws tsis yog qhov chaw thiab kev txhawb nqa ntawm Co-op, Kuv yuav tsis xav ua zoo li ib tus kws kos duab." -LAURA BROWN
Kev txhawb zog los ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm pabcuam dawb, MCBA tus Qhib Cov Haujlwm Qhib Kev Qhia Ntawv muaj kev pabcuam pejxeem zoo rau nws cov luam ntawv, kev sibcuab, thiab cov ntaub ntaw papermaking. "Cov kws ua yeeb yam tuaj rau Open Studios to experiment, kawm kom paub txog dab tsi nyob ntawm no, thiab nrog lwm cov neeg ua yeeb yam," studio monitor Sally Power notes. "Feem ntau cov neeg ua yeeb yam tsis muaj peev xwm them taus cov peev ntawm ib phau ntawv kawm sab nraud. MCBA yog ib qho tshwj xeeb uas muab qhov kev nkag mus rau qhov no. "Los ntawm MCBA tus kws tshaj lij Artist Cooperative, cov tswv cuab tau txais cov cuab yeej siv, sib qhia kev txawj ntse, txhawb nqa thiab txais haujlwm, thiab sib koom tes hauv cov kev ua yeeb yam hauv phau ntawv. Tus Thawj Xib Fwb Yawg Laura Brown tau hais tias, "Ua kom kuv txoj hauj lwm zoo nkauj thaum MCBA yog qhov hloov ntawm lub neej tiag tiag. Yog hais tias nws tsis yog qhov chaw thiab kev txhawb nqa ntawm Co-op, kuv yuav tsis ua zoo li ib tus kws kos duab. "
MCBA's Artist-in-Residence Program muab cov kws tsim yeeb yaj kiab los xaiv qhov chaw thiab nyiaj txiag los tsim cov haujlwm tshiab. Julia Gualtieri tau hais txog qhov qub, "Kuv saib lub sijhawm kom muaj sijhawm ntau los mus tsom rau ib qhov project. Kuv revisited mediums (papermaking, typesetting, bookbinding) uas kuv tsis tau ua haujlwm rau ntau xyoo. Lub khoos kas no yog qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws uas kuv tau tsim-nws yuav tsis tau yog tias tsis muaj kev txhawb nqa ntawm qhov chaw nyob. "MCBA ua kom pom tseeb tias muaj txiaj ntsim zoo thiab kev paub txog txuj ci zoo nkauj-phau ntawv-tseem yog ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm lub ntiaj teb , thiab ib tus uas muaj txiaj ntsim hauv zej zog thoob plaws hauv xeev Minnesota.
