Monday - Friday from 10am to 4pm
Saturdays from 10am to 1pm
exhibitions of work by
John C. Thorns, Jr. & Doloris Pederson
February 23 ~ April 16
The 55th Annual Smoky Hill Art Competition "Call for Entry" is open to all Kansas artists. Our 2024 juror is Michael D. Michaelis, who will select the works and determine cash awards totaling $3,000.
Visit our Smoky Hill Exhibition page to view gallery and individual works images. Smoky Hill entry is done online this year.
Find information, registration and entry in the link below.
"A Creative Legacy" - a collection of mixed-media collage works by John C. Thorns, Jr., and "First Chapters in a Visual Biography" - early drawings and watercolor paintings by Doloris Pederson, continue at the Hays Arts Center through April 16. Link below for images and infol
This 40th Annual Five State Exhibition was curated from a competition open to photographers in Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Missouri & Colorado. This year, 671 photographs were submitted, with 160 selected for exhibition by Juror Charlie Riedel, Associated Press photographer.
Now through February 9. Link below for exhibition albums & project info.
Open to 5th grade students in Ellis County public & private schools, this "living history" project promotes the use of research skills, awareness of, and appreciation for, the positive role models, thinking and writing in a creative manner, and developing acting and public speaking skills. Follow the link for 2024 info and 2023 photos, video, & winners.
Ellis County students in Kindergarten through 12th grade, through their teachers or independently, are invited to submit prose & poetry works to this annual competition. The FHSU English Department serves as the judging panel and an award ceremony is held in late spring. Follow the link below for 2024 project info & winning entries of the past 2 years.
The Hays Arts Council Fall Art Walk exhibition celebrating female imagery featuring paintings, sculpture, photography, drawings, silk screen, encaustic and etchings by local & regional artists.
(August 25 - October 4, 2023)
The 1976 Swiss documentary on Hays, Kansas is now available for viewing, as is the 2015 sequel produced by one of the original filmmakers
Monday - Friday: 10am - 4pm
Saturday - 10am - 1pm
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