Pint-Sized Art At The Brea Art Gallery

Kids like small things, right? Small erasers, small toys, tiny dollhouse furniture and miniature origami. Some kids like to sharpen a pencil down to the nib and make it as puny as possible. For those kids, here's a place to go.

There are quite a few artists displayed and many types of art - everything from glass, mixed media, ceramic, painting, pen and pencil drawing, to felt, jewelry, tilt-shifted video, and sculpture. Although every piece is smaller scaled not every piece was pint-sized enough for my kids. We were looking for real pipsqueak pieces. And there are a few gems that are truly tiny. You might even need a magnifying glass to get a closer look. (And the gallery has a few on hand to lend out.)

There are some fanciful fish cars along with colorful depictions of cryptids like Loch Ness, Chupacabra, and Yeti.

My daughter liked the miniature robots with zipper mouths and the miniature robots coloring book that was about the size of a postage stamp when closed. 

The pencil sculptures were really interesting. I wanted to touch and hold the black sea urchin. It was like a school supply tidal pool. 

This tiny ice cream in the park sculpture caught my daughter's eye. She mentioned how real and alive it looked. Like a moment frozen in time. She noticed under the fake grass there's a layer of hidden soil that you can only see if you look close with your magnifying glass. 

My favorite was a set of matchbooks with tiny, detailed drawings on the inside of the covers. It reminded me of trying to draw tiny passengers, luggage, and pilots on the inside fold of my small paper airplanes when I was a kid. .

Before we left we noticed the Styrofoam cup art work. Also known as bored at the party art.

Head over to the gallery before the end of this week, The exhibition only runs until July 13th. By the way, much of the work is for sale at reasonable prices. So grab a Miniature Robots Coloring Book for $5 or splurge and take home this Styrofoam cup art for just over $1,000. 

Brea Art Gallery 1 Civic Center Circle Brea, CA 92821 714-990-7731. Open Wed-Sun 12-5 during exhibitions. $2 admission fee or free for Brea residents and kids 12 and under.