Meet 20 of Susan Gainen's whimsical watercolor small friends who will hang on the upstairs wall at Hopkins Center for the Arts from June 24 to July 13, 2012. The opening reception will be on Sunday June 24 from 4 to 6 p.m.

Each of these whimsical creatures has a story which is included in the The Small Friends' Chronicles. Among the friends at the show will be Flightless Flora, The Frogs' Square Dance Team, Darren Dragon, Daryl Dragon, 2 Orange Flamingos Walking into a Bar, Herbert Hippopotamidae Papyrus (Herbert Paper Mosaic from the newly discovered Genus Papyrus), Bessie The Bead-Bellied Block Feather, Gerald The Running Glass Dot Elephant, Jerry The Jade Elephant, Hippo Marble Peter, The Great Leafy Bunny of New Hampshire, Tommy Tiny Brown Bear, and Wall Street Zebra.