Tiny Gallery Montclair

Tiny Gallery, a must-see destination in Montclair, is a miniature art gallery featuring small works, ranging from two to four inches high, by nationally and locally known artists. Gallerist and curator Francesca Castagnoli installed the gallery on her front lawn to create small, meaningful connections with art and storytelling in an unexpected way. Tiny Gallery not only connects Castagnoli's neighbors and passers-by with a sense of wonder, it allows art lovers, whose walls may already be full, to continue to collect art in a more intimate and accessible way.

“There’s a real stop-and-stare moment to the gallery where you are busy rushing through your day—but then suddenly there’s this exquisite, tiny thing that takes you out of your head and shifts your perspective. It's like stumbling on a robin’s egg in the street. It feels serendipitous, and it has its own magic,” Castagnoli says.

During Garden State Art Weekend, Tiny Gallery will be featuring several collections from Tiny Gallery artists.

Gorgeous Nothings, a constellation of miniature night photographs taken in the gardens of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Oakland by Allyson Hollingsworth

When the Mermaids and Kittens Swim Around the Sharks, 30 miniature self-portraits by artists under 5

What It Means to Be a Central American Unicorn, miniature mixed-media works by Sofia Batres, who is currently enrolled in Tisch School of the Arts at NYU

Nothing Is Too Wonderful to Be True, miniature paper collage landscapes by Paula Stark

All in the Family, a miniature field guide to mythological creatures in Jewish folklore by Sophie Bugat, a student at Rhode Island School of Design

A Sense of Place, colorful and bold miniature iPad prints by Debbie Gallant

Rendezvous, miniature watercolor and ink portraits by Kendra Shedenhelm

Winter Night Montclair, a miniature site-specific installation made expressly for Tiny Gallery

Plus, additional works by Val Dial of Savannah College of Art and Design, Alex Kraus the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and more.

Original works, limited editions, and prints will be available for sale.

Tiny Gallery is located at 8 Stanford Place, on Castagnoli’s front lawn.

Parking will be available on Stanford Place, Grove Street, and Euclid Street.