The Courtney-Spalding Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will host an exhibition of Santa Fe Trail paintings by Cally Krallman from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday in the Hays Arts Council Annex in conjunction with the Hays Arts Council’s Fall Art Walk. The exhibit also will be open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The Santa Fe Trail, which begins in Independence, Mo., and ends in Santa Fe, N.M., is commemorating its 200th anniversary this year. In 1910 the NSDAR marked the 800-mile Trail with 23 monuments. Nineteen monuments remain.
A native of Goodland, Krallman lives in Topeka, and began work on the Santa Fe series in 2015 seeking out “inspirational scenes and documenting them with photographs or studies,” she wrote in an email.
Pieces in the current exhibit are owned by private collectors.
Krallman will be awarded the Kansas DAR Women in the Arts Recognition, recognizing and honoring a woman who has exhibited excellence in her chosen genre, at the KSDAR State Meeting in September.