Monday - Friday from 10am to 4pm
Saturdays from 10am to 1pm
* the Hays Arts Center will be CLOSED Sat, Nov 9 *
Bits & Pieces, Painting with the Sun,
and Sunset Duets
on display now through November 26
Now through November 26, the Hays Arts Center is featuring three new exhibitions:
"Bits & Pieces" - featuring the mixed media assemblage & collage works of Shannon Trevethan & Tracy Hanzlick
"Painting with the Sun" - featuring the watercolor paintings of Margie Hammerschmidt
"Sunset Duets" - featuring photography by George Jerkovich & pastel by Debbie Wagner
This 41st Annual Five State Exhibition "call for entry" is now open. The Five State is a photography competition open to photographers in Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Missouri & Colorado. This year's juror, Dan White, will select the works to be featured in the exhibition and award $1,500 in total cash awards. Entry deadline is November 8. For more information and entry details, follow the link below.
A capital campaign is underway to renovate and expand the physical operations of the Hays Arts Council, which include the current Hays Arts Center building at 112 E. 11th and the HAC Annex at 1010 Main. For information on the project and ways to participate, follow the link below.
The Smoky Hill Art Exhibition is an annual statewide juried art competition open to Kansas artists. This year, 299 submissions were received, with 61 works selected by juror Mike Michaelis of Wichita, who also assigned $3,000 in cash awards. The exhibition opened as the anchor of the Spring Art Walk and will run through June 7.
Link to gallery and works images & info below.
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 1976 Swiss documentary on Hays, Kansas is now available for viewing, as is the 2015 sequel produced by one of the original filmmakers
The Hays Arts Council believes that the arts are essential to leading a full and productive life, and is committed to making the arts available to all, including those with physical and mental disabilities, as we work to assure the needs of all are taken into account in both physical and programming aspects of the HAC.
Monday - Friday: 10am - 4pm
Saturday - 10am - 1pm
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