Workshops In-Person Bookbinding I and II Intensive

Bookbinding I and II Intensive

Jun 1–5, 2026, 11am–5pm

with Maria Verónica San Martín

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Course Code: 26MBB150I

This five-day, in-person workshop takes place at CBA on Monday through Friday, June 1st - 5th, from 11:00AM to 5:00PM ET. 

  • Monday, June 1, 11:00 am-5:00 pm
  • Tuesday, June 2, 11:00 am-5:00 pm
  • Wednesday, June 3, 11:00 am-5:00 pm
  • Thursday, June 4, 11:00 am-5:00 pm
  • Friday, June 5, 11:00 am-5:00 pm

Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on May 24, at 11:59 pm.

About the Workshop:

This introductory yet comprehensive in-person intensive workshop, taught by CBA instructor Maria Verónica San Martín, offers students a deep dive into both softcover and hardcover bookbinding. Participants will explore non-adhesive structures, bindings for single sheets, and a variety of bindings that can be created with minimal specialized equipment.

Throughout the week, students will learn accordion structures, three different pamphlet bindings, French stitch, and a range of softcover bindings. The course also introduces the fundamentals of hardcover bookbinding, with particular attention to how internal structures influence the final book. Students will develop essential skills to create a variety of hardcover books, preparing them to pursue more complex structures such as inboard cloth-bound books.
 

Required Materials:

All other materials will be provided by Center for Book Arts at no additional cost.

About Maria Verónica San Martín

María Verónica San Martín (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 Booklyn 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.

Class size is limited to 12 participants to ensure an optimal participant to Instructor ratio. Register now before spots fill up! Registration for this workshop closes on May 24 at 11:59pm ET. Tuition for this course is $1,050 + a $25 materials fee. If you cannot comfortably pay tuition but are interested in taking this class, please consider filling out our financial assistance application here. We will notify you if you are selected to receive a scholarship before the start date of the class.

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