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


Dates & Deadlines

2011 – 2012 Calendar of Events

August 26-27, 2011

Fall Gallery Walk  –  6:30-9:30pm

August 26 – October 7

“Flowers: Real & Imagined” Exhibition

September 14

Kansas Citizens for the Arts Planning Meeting 6 pm at HAC

September 19-22

HAC Elementary School performing arts residency with Jay & Leslie Cady as “Laughing Matters” and their program “Juggling the Earth’s Resources” (12 elementary schools in Hays, Ellis, Victoria, Plainville, Russell)

September 19

McFamily Fun Night – 5:00-7:00pm
North Hays McDonalds

October

National Arts & Humanities Month

October 9

Anniversary of the founding of Hays Arts Council - October 9, 1967

October 22

Annual Meeting and Monte Selby Concert – Fox Pavilion

October 25 Wichita Children’s Theater residency:
12:45pm -  Beach/Schmidt: “Tom Sawyer” for 2nd & 3rd grades 4:00pm – Hays Public Library: Youth Acting Workshops
7:00pm in Beach/Schmidt: “Chicken Little” for the public, preceded by a Halloween Costume contest and parade

October 17

McFamily Fun Night – 5:00-7:00pm
North Hays McDonalds

November 4 Opening Reception – 7:00-9:00pm
Dan & Susan Koons exhibition
November 4 – December 1 Exhibitions:  “Through the Lens and Through the Fire” by Dan & Susan Koons of Liberal, and FHSU Advanced Printamaking Exhibition under the direction of Gordon Sherman
November 12 Entry Deadline
Five State Photography Competition
November 14 McFamily Fun Night – 5:00-7:00pm
North Hays McDonalds
November 21 Five State Photography Competition judging with Angela Feris Belt
November 24-26 Gallery Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
December 1 Educational Outreach collaboration with FHSU Encore Series:      “Three Mo’ Tenors” 12:45pm – 4th & 5th grades from Hays, Ellis, Victoria, Plainville, & Russell
December 9 Winter Gallery Walk – 7:00-9:00pm
& Opening Reception
Five State Photography Exhibition
December 9–
January 19
28th Annual Five State Photography Exhibition
December 23–26 Gallery Closed for Christmas Holiday
January 23–26, 2012 “Kansas Day” music residency with Aaron Fowler (12 elementary schools in Hays, Ellis, Victoria, Plainville, Russell)
February 13–March 30 Exhibition: “A Tribute: Works by Richard Starr”
March 5 McFamily Fun Night – 5:00-7:00pm
North Hays McDonalds
April 2 McFamily Fun Night – 5:00-7:00pm
North Hays McDonalds
April 17 “Are You My Mother?” by ArtsPower National Touring Theatre - 12:45pm for grades K & 1 (Hays, Ellis, Victoria, Plainville, Russell) - 7:00pm for the public performance – Beach/Schmidt PAC
April 27-28 Spring Gallery Walk & Opening Reception –
6:30 - 9:30pm
43rd Annual Smoky Hill Art Exhibition
April 27 – June 8 43rd Annual Smoky Hill Art Exhibition
April 29 Creative Writing Awards Ceremony & Reception  1:00pm,  FHSU Memorial Union Ballroom
May 4 Famous Figures Final Competition – 8:30am
12th Street Auditorium
May 7 McFamily Fun Night – 5:00-7:00pm
North Hays McDonalds
June - July Youth Summer Art Classes
June 15 Summer Gallery Walk
June 15 - August 10 Exhibition: “State of the Art: The Kansas 150 Exhibition” presented in collaboration with the SouthWind Gallery, Topeka, Kansas
August 24 - 26 Fall Gallery Walk
December 7 Winter Gallery Walk
Hays Arts Council 112 E 11th St
Hays Arts Council
112 E 11th St -  Hays, Kansas 67601
785-625-7522