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Hays Arts Center Gallery
112 E. 11th St.
Hays, Kansas 67601
785-625-7522
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Gallery Hours
Monday - Friday 10 am - 4 pm
Saturday 10 am - 1 pm

 


Competitions
 

39th Annual Smoky Hill Art Exhibition

Sponsored by
Emprise Bank, AT&T, and the Kansas Arts Commission

JUROR - Warren Taylor, professor of art at Midland College for the past 29 years, has juried various art exhibitions throughout the country including those in Los Angeles, Indianapolis, Phoenix and Louisville. As an artist, his own work is in museum, corporate, university and private collections across America, having been shown in over 250 competitive, invitational, and solo exhibitions. Most recently, his work was included in the Parkland College ‘State of the Art’ Exhibition featuring ten outstanding contemporary painters in watercolor.

CATALOG - A catalog listing the accepted works and photographs of winning works will be published. Each accepted entrant will receive a copy of the catalog when the works are returned. Copies are available to any entrant upon request.

OPENING RECEPTION - All artists and their guests are invited to the opening and reception, which was held Friday, April 25 from 7 to 9 pm at the Hays Arts Center   

Below is a sampling of the exhibition
Click on any photo to enlarge

 
Photos (Left to Right)
1 - "Berry Berry" - Peter Wilkin, Olathe  Juror's Merit Recognition
2 - "Cease to Linger & Where I Shall Be" - Amanda Harkness, Hays  Juror's Merit
3 - "Studio Ghost 1" - Gordon Sherman, Hays  $300 Cash Award
4 - "4 Seasons" - Kathleen Kuchar, Hays  $200 Cash Award


Photos (Left to Right)
1 - "Practice, Practice, Practice" - Mike Fell, Winfield  $200 Cash Award
2 - "Kandinski Vessel" - Jean Wender, Kansas City  $150 Cash Award
3 - "Mask" - Michael Jilg, Hays  $150 Cash Award
4 - "Night Shadows" - Jane Slimon, Emporia  $150 Cash Award
5- "Securifera Moth on Phormium" - John Cody, Hays  $200 Cash Award


Photos (Left to Right)
1 - "High Tide and the Heron Dived" - Richard Slimon, Emporia  $250 Cash Award
2 - "On Guard" - Dale Ficken, Hays  Juror's Merit Recognition
3 - "MWS: ADE, Crow" - Barbara Waterman-Peters, Topeka  $250 Cash Award
4 - "Old House and Storm #5" - Michael Duane, Overland Park  $150 Cash Award
 


  Download the Entire 2008 Smoky Hill Art Exhibition Catalog


 

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112 E. 11th Street, Hays, Kansas 67601  785-625-7522