HYATTSVILLE WIRE:
Another little free art gallery has come to the Route 1 corridor.
Located just off the Mount Rainier circle next to city hall on Municipal Place, the freestanding wooden structure contains a tiny gallery where residents can put their own miniature paintings.
It’s similar to little free art galleries in University Park, Edmonston and Brentwood.
The city worked with Maryland nonprofit Operation ARTS Foundation, which aims to foster community interaction through art, to build the gallery, called Art MAGNET, short for Mini Art Gallery Neighborhood Entertainment Tour.
The motto: “Make tiny art. Take tiny art.”
On a shelf at the bottom of the gallery are free two-by-three inch boards that can be used as canvases for your own art. The panels can be used with oil or acrylic paints, chalks, crayons, pencils, markets, glue or glitter and are good for stamping, block printing and collage as well.
The art magnet display was made possible with support from Maryland Milestones and the Prince Georges Arts and Humanities Council and sponsorship from the town of Edmonston and the Gateway Community Development Corporation.
Apart from the little free art galleries, the Route 1 corridor is also home to dozens of Little Free Libraries, several little free food pantries and even a Little Free Art Shop for people looking for art supplies.
