Brush the Bricks brings new murals to Hays
Hays Daily News
Old West figures from Hays past, a colorful Chinese dragon and Special Olympics athletes competing will be among images highlighted on eight to 10 artworks to be created over the next two years in the city s downtown area.
The project titled Brush the Bricks, a Mural Movement is a partnership involving the Downtown Hays Development Corp., Hays Arts Council, Hays Convention & Visitors Bureau and Fort Hays State University.
The effort seeks to transform blank canvases, our buildings, into spectacular, world-class artwork that invigorates tourism and community pride, according to its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/brushthebricks
Hays sister cities launches young artists and authors showcase
Hays CVB press release
For decades, Sister Cities International has leveraged the power that art has to transform societies and transcend cultural boundaries through their Young Artists and Authors Showcase (YAAS), giving youth the opportunity to express their vision for a more unified, peaceful world through original art and literature.
“United in Hope” is the theme for this year’s Young Artists and Authors Showcase.
The COVID-19 pandemic is a unique phenomenon in that it has affected every country around the globe. However, as is common in tragedy, hope shines through for those who persevere. Hope is a uniting force during this time as people struggle to cope with its ongoing effects and once again start to imagine a life without social distancing or wearing a mask.
Hays Daily News
Filled with anticipation for the new semester and re-energized after taking advantage of the privilege to rest and enjoy a long winter break, I find myself thinking about some of the people I admire and/or have gotten to know better this past year because of the pandemic. Here are just a few: our Hays city commissioners, our county health administrator and a group I refer to as our city rallying team.
Our city commissioners – Michael Berges, Sandy Jacobs, Ron Mellick, Shaun Musil and Mason Ruder – have always had important, and sometimes controversial, decisions to make, but who could have prepared for 2020? Just when the emotionally-charged debates over the roundabouts began to settle, along came the pandemic, and among the many critical decisions that had to be made was the mask ordinance.