March 9, 2018, Friday - MN Book Artist Award Winner Reception & Artist Presentation

Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave S

MN Book Artist Award Winner Reception & Artist Presentation

Erica Spitzer Rasmussen is the 2018 Book Artist Award recipient for her piece The Love Affair, a mixed-media sculptural book handcrafted from pieces of old family letters.

View the award-winning piece and hear the artist discuss her work at this special reception, hosted by Minnesota Center for Book Arts. This event is free and open to the public. 

Rasmussen will also be recognized at the 30th annual Minnesota Book Awards Ceremony on Saturday, April 21 at the InterContinental Hotel in Saint Paul. 

Sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group, this annual award is presented as part of the Minnesota Book Awards with the Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA), and recognizes a Minnesota book artist or book artist collaborative group for excellence of a new artistic work. The Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota, is a statewide, year-round outreach program of The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library. 

This event is FREE and open to the public.

Visit www.thefriends.org/MNBA for more information about the Minnesota Book Awards.