1205 Main - Hays, Kansas 67601

Adult Dept - (785) 625-9014

Children's Dept - (785) 625-5916

Children's Used Books Sale

The Friends of the Library will hold a sale of used children's books in the story hour room (located in the Children's Department). The sale will be open Friday, May 23rd (9am to 6pm) and Saturday, May 24th (9am to 1pm). There will be a very large quantity and variety of used children's and young adult books available.

Cutting-Edge Art Quilt Exhibition

Elements from the Front Range Contemporary Quilters, opening on July 5th at the Hays Public Library, is a dazzling survey of some of the most innovative quilt work being done today. Many of these contemporary quilt artists incorporate highly unconventional materials in their work, such as paint, paper, beads, metal, and wood. Today's art quilts show a wide range of creativity that melds ideas of home and hearth with cutting-edge technologies of the digital age. Elements from the Front Range Contemporary Quilters is toured by ExhibitsUSA, which is the national touring division of Mid-America Arts Alliance, a non-profit regional arts organization based in Kansas City, Missouri.

Juror Robert Shaw, author of The Art Quilt, has selected 40 new works for this exhibition from members of the Front Range Contemporary Quilters, one of the oldest art quilt guilds in the United States. Front Range Contemporary Quilters is made up of artists, both women and men, from Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Kansas, and has sponsored annual juried exhibitions since its inception in 1988. The members of Front Range Contemporary Quilters share a common interest not only in the art of quilting, but also in a prevailing theme surrounding the elements themselves. Weather, water fluctuations, wildfires, and expanding population, among other challenges, heavily impact the Front Range area. The natural elements – earth, air, fire, and water – intertwine with the locality and geography of the group to provide both poetic and practical subject matter.

Elements from the Front Range Contemporary Quilters is curated by Lorri Flint and showcases the guild's dedication to promoting innovative quilt making and fiber art.

Admission is free. The Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday from 9:00 to 9:00, Friday 9:00 to 6:00, Saturday 9:00 to 5:00, and Sunday 1:00 to 5:00.