Hays Arts Council is set to host this year’s fall art walk in downtown on Friday, starting at 6:30 p.m. Events include Allen Craven’s, associate professor of art at Fort Hays State University, sabbatical exhibition, photography by Leon Staab, and paintings by Paint the Towne owners Carly Miller and Jessie Sterling.

“It’s just such a wonderful, wonderful, good time, and this one is going to be amazing,” said Brenda Meder, director of the Hays Arts Council. “There’s going to be over two dozen places that you can go to (to view local art).”

One of the exhibits Meder is particularly excited about is the floral themed exhibition, “Flowers: Real and Imagined,” hosted in the Hays Arts Council building.

Along with the artists’ work, four local Ellis Co. florists – Flowers by Frances, Regina’s at CS Post, Flowers by Dillon’s, and Big Creek Floral & Gifts in Ellis – will be bringing in live floral creations and sculptures.

“It’s not bouquets or arrangements. These are wonderful, glorious, innovative, unique things and they are magnificent,” Meder said.

Along with the art exhibits there will also be a Community Acoustic Jam Session at Union Pacific Park at 10th and Main where anyone is invited to sit in and play.

“It’s just an amazing opportunity for not only our community,” Meder said, “but guests from outside our community to have one of the most glorious art, culture, and community filled nights you can ever experience in Hays.”

For the full 2015 Art Walk schedule click here.