In Size Matters: Notes towards a Better Understanding of the Value, Operation and Potential of Small Visual Arts Organisations, Sarah Thelwall seeks to articulate the value of the small-scale visual arts sector within the wider arts ecology. The paper explores the significance potential small-scale organisations have in the present cultural landscape and economy, also detailing the operational and investment challenges they face in realising this. Finally, it advocates a reconsideration of present assessment and investment practices.