HUTCH
You may have seen Little Free Libraries popping up in your neighbourhood. The “take a book, leave a book” exchange libraries have inspired a new version: tiny galleries.
Some tiny galleries show collections of artists’ work. Others operate as, a “take an artwork, leave an artwork” concept. HUTCH has spaces for both. There is a tiny show up top and some art supplies down below. Occasionally, the upper cabinet will be a special show of one artist’s work, but most of the time, it will be an exchange. You can add your work to the show if you like.
Visit HUTCH at 23740 Fern Crescent, on the Allouette River.
Theo Castro
January, Featuring Theo Castro
HUTCH will feature the work of an exciting local artist. Theo Castro is a multi-media artist based in Maple Ridge, Vancouver and Toronto. He makes paintings, prints and paper installations that revolve around the relationships between natural and synthetic materials. When he is not working in his atelier, Theo is an educator in visual arts, philosophy and ethics.
Join Colleen every other Tuesday night at Albion Community Centre to work on arts and crafts with your neighbours. From February to April, we will work with local seeds and plants to prepare for spring. We talk about the work we are showing at HUTCH at craft nights, but you are welcome to work on any project you like.
November is cloud month at hutch
There’s a storm brewing at HUTCH this month. Set rainy thoughts and cloudy ideas free at the tiny gallery. Join us in making weather works at Albion Community Centre every Tuesday night in November, 6:30-8pm.
October is Land Month at Hutch
We are starting Land Month with Poems for Stones.
Please add a few words for a stone at HUTCH.
Don't live nearby? Send me a poem, and I will search for the perfect stone to match your poem.
Sedimentary
Your story happened while you were sedentary.
We will also be doing some print making using plants in October. If you would like to make prints with the plants in your own backyard you can try these eco-prints.
September is River Month at HUTCH
There are little boats you can float down the river and materials at HUTCH for you to make your own boat. Come to Albion on Tuesdays for arts and crafts night to get inspired by your neighbours.
Inaugural Exhibition - mid-July to mid-August, 2024
Zed Payne
Zed (he/she/they) is a multidisciplenary artist with over 40 years of experience. Painting, woodworking, stained glass, felting, ceramics, story telling and quilting have been their focuses, so far.
They draw their inspiration from the natural world, but lean towards amped up colours and abstract forms.
“Art in its many forms is a crucial part of any community and has the ability to bring people together in a world that could certainly use more unity and joy. I hope this tiny exhibition brings a smile to you and provides an imaginative springboard for all the exhibitions in this space to come.”
Instagram @zedpayne23
Instagram @tiny_art_house
Facebook @Zed Payne
Submissions:
Want to show your work at HUTCH? Contact the curator, Colleen Brown. The upper cabinet is 28 inches wide by 16 inches deep and 17 inches high.
Tiny Alternative Art Spaces
Tiny galleries are pretty new, but artists have been showing work in unusually small spaces for a long time. Some of my favourites are Shelfed, a single shelf in Jamie Hilder’s home, Boot, work displayed in the trunk of Lee Plested’s car and that wonderful man who showed work in the small patch of space that didn’t grow hair in his beard. If anyone knows this person’s name, please let me know. The works he showed in his beard included a tiny painting, a pat of butter, and a long shock of grey hair with Sontag somewhere in the title.
Check out some of the other tiny galleries near and far:
Can’t get to the Allouette? Consider having an imaginary seat in the rooftop garden.