If you asked Stacy Milrany two months ago if she was into dollhouses, she would’ve said no. But the Queen Anne artist now spends much of her day tal

At Seattle’s Little Free Art Gallery on Queen Anne, you can take a tiny piece of art or leave one

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2021-05-30 18:30:04

If you asked Stacy Milrany two months ago if she was into dollhouses, she would’ve said no. But the Queen Anne artist now spends much of her day talking to strangers outside the tiny, dollhouse-sized art gallery she installed on the median strip in front of her house in mid-December.

From the outside, it just looks like another Little Free Library, or a generously sized birdhouse. But behind a glass door, the 18-by-16-by-9-inch box contains a wooden floor, white walls, a small easel, tiny shelves, a tiny bench — and a rotating collection of artwork, with a cast of miniature people to witness it. This afternoon it’s a miniteacher. “It’s like a little theater,” says Milrany. “The people help bring it to life and tell the story.”

Anyone can leave a work of art in the Little Free Art Gallery and anyone can take a piece home — the only rule is that you can’t take the furniture or the patrons — and “it’s not an even exchange,” says Milrany, meaning you don’t have to leave something behind if you feel moved to take a piece home with you. You can just take it.