If you walk into the Greeley Creative Arts Center this month, you might feel like you’ve grown overnight. Their latest exhibition challenged local artists to present work that’s only three inches by three inches – no bigger than the size of a Rubik’s cube.
“We’ve just been experimenting with how to use our large scale art rails to display very small pieces of art,” Greeley Creative District Executive Director Becca Vaclavik said. “I think we’re actually going to end up just using a lot of command strips rather than our giant art rails.”
The Micro Art Festival features more than 100 tiny pieces of art created by more than 30 local artists throughout Northern Colorado. They range from teenagers all the way up to artists in their 80s, providing everything from fiber arts to sculptures to watercolor. And every piece is up for auction.
The district came up with the idea after seeing Post-It Note art shows and wanting to do something similar. Several artists from the community said they’d participate if they broadened the mediums. The goal was not only to give artists something new to try, but to make art more accessible to everyone…