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Mark your calendars for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 30, when Jana’s Campaign will host an exhibit as a part of the Hays Art Council’s Spring Art Walk at Styles Dance Studio, 1501 Main. Students and community members are welcome.
Jana’s Campaign’s spring interns, Brooklyn Burk and Sydney Boxberger, have led the efforts to organize this exhibit, which will include various artwork from local students and community artists. The exhibition will focus on education, prevention, and awareness of domestic and relationship violence. Drawings, paintings, graphic designs, poetry, and forensic/dance performances that reflect these topics will be showcased.
Artwork from Victim to Survivor, which is a Namibian nonprofit organization, also will be displayed among local artwork. Victim to Survivor is aimed at educating the community and Namibian youth on the impact of domestic abuse. The Namibia Africa exhibit is titled “In the Name of Love.”
“Due to the event being held at the end of April, to wrap up Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we felt it was important to raise further awareness of these issues in our local community," Boxberger said. "Everyone is worthy of a healthy relationship, and raising awareness of the red flags of unhealthy relationships is important because we all deserve to feel safe and loved."
In addition to the art being shown, Sigma Sigma Sigma, a sorority at Fort Hays State University, will host Jana’s Jewelry — a bracelet-making station. The bracelets made through this project are provided to middle and high school students as a resource to better recognize and speak out against dating and sexual violence.
Community members who visit the exhibit will be greeted with free popcorn provided by AMC Classic Hays 8 movie theater and cookies provided by Burk and Boxberger/
Have artwork you would like to feature at this exhibit? Email [email protected] today.