Course Code: 26MBB001I
This 4 day, in-person workshop takes place at CBA Monday - Thursday, June 8th–June 11th, 2026 from 11:00AM to 2:45PM.
- Monday, June 8th, 11AM to 2:45PM ET
- Tuesday, June 9th, 11AM to 2:45PM ET
- Wednesday, June 10th, 11AM to 2:45PM ET
- Thursday, June 11th, 11AM to 2:45PM ET
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on June 1, 2026 at 11:59 pm.
About the Workshop:
This in-person workshop is taught by CBA instructor María Verónica San Martín.
In this intensive, project-based course taught by CBA instructor María Verónica San Martín and offered as part of the Bookbinding Certificate Program, students will explore the artist book as a creative and expressive medium while developing their own original work over four sessions.
The course begins with an inspiring introduction to the history and possibilities of artist books, featuring a presentation of contemporary examples to spark ideas and conversation, along with a close look at selected artist books from the Center for Book Arts collection, produced using letterpress and printmaking techniques as well as handmade binding structures.
Students will then move into hands-on making, learning the fundamentals of constructing an accordion book with hardcover and embossed design, as well as a three-dimensional flag book, with plenty of room for experimentation and personal expression.
Throughout the course, each student will develop an artist book guided by individual feedback and group discussion, with a focus on concept, narrative, media, and material choices.
The course concludes with a supportive final critique and conversation, offering students the opportunity to share their work, reflect on their process, and learn from one another.
About Maria Veronica San Martin
Maria Veronica San Martin (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist, educator and printmaker working with archives, artist books, and performance art. She is a Whitney Museum ISP fellow artist, a board member of Brooklyn Art and teaches at Parsons, The New School (NY), Mixteca (NY), Penland School of Craft (NC), and Miami University (OH). She has received two New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) grants, three Chilean government grants, and a Sustainable Arts grant. Maria has exhibited widely nationally and internationally, with four solo exhibitions in 2023, a commission for the National Museum of Women in the Arts, a recent performance at Lincoln Center, a public artwork at Rockefeller Center, and a participation at New York Immigrant Artist Biennial. Her work is part of more than 80 collections highlighting the MET, the Whitney Museum, The Walker Art Center, the Pompidou Center and the Museum Meermanno
San Martín is currently exhibiting at the Polygraphic Triennial of Puerto Rico, the National Museum of Women in the Arts and Governors Island in the US, the National Center for Contemporary Art and the Museum of Memory in Chile, while preparing her next solo show in New York and Spain, continue printing series “Moving Memorials” composed of 203 artist books and working for her next workshops at the MET with New Latin Wave.
All images courtesy of the instructor.