 Hicks often lectured on Miniature Art and was President of the Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington from 1983 to 1988.In 1993 she published a miniature book on the topic — measuring just 2 7/8 by 2 5/8 inches — called "Art in Miniature".As a collector of miniature books, Hicks "felt it would make a lot of sense" to do a miniature book on art in miniature.