It’s not easy to make a living as an artist. That’s why Lilyan Lauzon, an artist herself, wanted to find a way to make it easier for people to discover new art. She came up with a vending machine that sells tiny artworks.

A vending machine is a machine that sells something—usually food, but not always. A customer puts cash into the machine or scans a credit card. The customer then presses a button to select the item they want, and the machine releases the item.

Located inside Inkwell Booksellers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Lauzon’s vending machine is filled with “mini art” created by local artists. An artist can contact Lauzon to have their artwork placed in the machine for free. Each artist’s work is placed in its own row, where information about the artist is displayed. Artists receive all the money from the sale of their work.

“I just wanted it to be as easy as possible for artists to get into the vending machine,” Lauzon told Mpls.St.Paul Magazine. “That’s why I set it up the way I did. To make it…easy for any artist to get their art featured, but also easy for community members to…support a local artist and have some small little local art in their homes.”

Each piece of mini art is placed inside an envelope. Customers select an artist but don’t know what they’re buying until they’ve already paid for it. But the artwork is only one dollar. That means most people can afford to take a chance and possibly discover a new favorite artist.

Customers love it. More than 80 artists have been featured in the mini art machine so far. Together, they’ve made more than $3,000!