SAGA’s Mini Gems is a national, juried miniature print exhibition, held in our gallery in Union Square, NYC since 2022. This year we will show 200 miniature prints from artists across the country, on Saturdays from December 7, 2024 to January 4, 2025, giving over $1000 in awards. Stay tuned for more information.

Juror: Katie Michel,

founder & director of Planthouse Gallery, NYC.

Katie is a graphic designer, printer, and print publisher. Michel worked at the Grenfell Press from 1995–2017 a printer and publisher of artist’s books and limited edition prints. In 2013, Michel founded Planthouse Gallery, a project space located on the 28th street in New York City. Planthouse took its namesake from its original home, which represents the vibrant center of the city’s flower district. Michel is a member of the Victory Garden Collective, formed in 2016 in response to the presidential primaries. Their projects take cues from suffragette movements, with a mission to galvanize women to keep pushing for change. Grenfell Press and Planthouse publications are in the collections of The Getty Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, The New York Public Library, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, and The Whitney Museum of American Art. The archive of Planthouse can be found at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University.Michel serves on the board of Wave Hill, a public garden and cultural center in the Bronx. In addition, She is a trustee of the Jockey Hollow Foundation. She attended St. George’s School (’89) and Yale University (’93). She lives Riverdale, New York with her daughters Sadie and Claire.