Artistic expression need not only be in the form of a sweeping canvas or large dramatic piece of pottery, an exhibition on all of May at The Palisades Cafe is demonstrating.
Called a Teeny Tiny Art Show, more than 200 individual submissions from 63 participants from Smithers to Burns Lake, are on display.
All age groups are represented in showcasing creativity with the condition the result can be no larger than three inches by three inches, says show host Elizabeth Watson from the Palisades.
The idea was introduced by Gillian Hestad, with Divergent North, as a fun and unique approach to an art exhibit, Watson continued.
Tiny art shows have been popping up and gaining popularity in larger centres as they allow for out-of-the-box thinking an creativity, Watson added.
"The starting point is already a new experience for most artists," she said.
If tiny art is an expression of creativity, so was inviting submissions, a process that not only involved posters but videos featuring a mouse producing pottery, painting, photography and more.
Next up in June, in collaboration with Houston Link to Learning, is a community art show that is also in support of Pride.
"We usually host a monthly rotating feature artist, but we hope to showcase two to three community-based art shows this year," said Watson.
As part of its goal of showcasing local and regional art, The Palisades stages featured artists and has hosted multiple Artists Alive exhibits. The latter has a group of artists vote on a photo and then use that photo as inspiration for their own piece in their own choice of media.
