Maya Stein, a curator of the Tiny Book Show with her partner Amy Tingle, both of New Jersey, helps Rachael Strycharz, of Sunderland, make her own tiny book at the Art Garden in Shelburne Falls Sunday, June 12. Beginning on July 7, the Tiny Book Show is traveling from the east coast across the country with their 1965 RV called the Creativity Caravan, to as far west as the San Francisco bay area. Their final stop is August 20 in Newport, PA.
Maya Stein, a curator of the Tiny Book Show with her partner Amy Tingle, both of New Jersey, helps Rachael Strycharz, of Sunderland, make her own tiny book at the Art Garden in Shelburne Falls Sunday, June 12. Beginning on July 7, the Tiny Book Show is traveling from the east coast across the country with their 1965 RV called the Creativity Caravan, to as far west as the San Francisco bay area. Their final stop is August 20 in Newport, PA. Credit: Recorder Staff/Matt Burkhartt

GREENFIELD — The Tiny Book Show, a mobile exhibition of miniature books housed inside a 1965 Covered Wagon travel trailer and curated by The Creativity Caravan, made a stop in Greenfield on Monday.

The stop included an unusual, hands-on bookmaking workshop at the Greenfield Public Library on the library back lawn and in the Greenfield Room.

The Tiny Book Show features hundreds of handmade books, each measuring no more than 3 inches in dimension, and made by artists of all ages from all over the world. This mobile exhibit is part of The Creativity Caravan’s program of offerings, including art workshops, online classes, school programs, and special events focusing on creativity, collaboration, and community.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Greenfield Cultural Council.

The stop in Greenfield is part of a summer-long cross country tour, including stops in Chicago, Salt Lake City, Portland, Los Angeles, and Atlanta. Poets and educators Maya Stein and Amy Tingle, are the founders of The Creativity Caravan, headquartered in northern New Jersey, and will run the workshops.