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Graduate study opportunities
The UICB offers an MFA degree and a graduate certificate in book studies or book arts.
The Center for the Book is an innovative arts and research program dedicated to the past, present, and future of the book. The Center pursues a distinctive mission, integrating practice in the art of the book with a study of the book in society. We offer curricula in the arts of printing, binding, papermaking, and calligraphy, in the history and culture of books as a field of study, and in the expressive power of the book form. The Center also supports an active program of visiting lectures and workshops with renowned book scholars and artists.
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Poojana Prasanna's MFA Thesis Exhibition "A Portrait of Home"
Poojana Prasanna's MFA Thesis Exhibition, A Portrait of Home
Exhibition Dates: March 8–13th 2026
Reception: March 10, 5–7pm
Three years ago, I moved from India to Iowa City to pursue the MFA in Book Arts. As I settled down in this new place, the river by the department, the tree behind the Old Capitol, the vibrant colours of fall, the great sugar maple tree I walk past every day, the morphing of days into days and nights into nights on opposite sides of Earth all anchored me to the new life I...
Poojana Prasanna's MFA Thesis Exhibition "A Portrait of Home"
Poojana Prasanna's MFA Thesis Exhibition, A Portrait of Home
Exhibition Dates: March 8–13th 2026
Reception: March 10, 5–7pm
Three years ago, I moved from India to Iowa City to pursue the MFA in Book Arts. As I settled down in this new place, the river by the department, the tree behind the Old Capitol, the vibrant colours of fall, the great sugar maple tree I walk past every day, the morphing of days into days and nights into nights on opposite sides of Earth all anchored me to the new life I...