Once again, Great Bend’s annual Art & Wine Walk returns Friday, May 5 to downtown. Shoppers are invited to visit shops and businesses from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. to sample wine and enjoy works by area artists. More than two dozen artists will participate at 24 locations.

The Great Bend Tribune, located at 2012 Forest Ave., will feature two  artists:

Bob Mix, Great Bend

Bob Mix turned his day job as a metal fabricator to his imaginative purposes to create whimsical machines and creatures from metal scraps and cast-offs. Mix has been an artist since 1983 and his works can be found throughout Kansas and beyond. He is a featured artist at the Grassroots Art Center in Lucas and his art can be seen daily at the Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo.

Ron Weathers, Great Bend

Ron Weathers has been doing landscape and scenic photography since 1995, selling his works at festivals in northern New Mexico as well as online.

He started in 1977 at Brannon’s Studio in Great Bend as a custom black-and-white printer and continued when Dale and Betty Riggs purchased the place.

“It was a good situation, getting to work under an old master and then a younger Brooks Institute grad,” Weathers said. “I went on to other jobs until 1993 when I escaped the corporate world and moved to Red River, New Mexico.”

Ron and his wife Lisa purchased a hotel in 2007 and after its sale bought a house here in Great Bend where they spend a good part of their time.

Here are the stores participating in Friday’s Art & Wine Walk, and the featured artists:

• Rosewood Furniture Gallery - 1607 Main

Alisha Markley - Personalized items, vases, lamps

• That Hipster Place - 1519 Main

Jordon Willinger - Ceramics, dream catchers, mix media

• Kustom Floor Designs - 1515 Main

Barry Bowers - Wood carvings

• Rana Luna Boutique - 1910 Broadway

Kynslee White - Canvas and framed drawings

• Yeraldi’s Boutique - 1908 Broadway

Mackenzie Perez - Handmade jewelry

• Renue Salon, Spa and Fashion Boutique - 1419-B Main

Laura Klima - Jewelry

• Rooted Gypsy - Corner of Forest & Main (vendor)

Shop the unique items for sale in the trailer

• Great Bend Tribune - 2012 Forest Ave.

Bob Mix – Animal featured metal art

Ron Weathers - Photography

• Forest Avenue Antiques - 2025 Forest Ave.

Christy Tustin - Paper folding and book art

• Poppy Petals Boutique - 2015 Suite 101 Forest Ave.

Variety of locals - Beauty of Great Bend photos

• Equity Bank - 1321 Main

Jennifer Christiansen - Pottery

• The Buckle - 1313 Main

Angela Chill - Painting and metal art

• Dawson Jewelers - 1301 Main

Cristen Markovich - String art, folded books, paintings

• Bling - 2019 Lakin

Rachel Miller - Mixed media, painting, print making

• Yours Truly Gifts & Flower Shoppe - 2017 Lakin Ave.

Yuchen Wang Boswell - Handmade clay jewelry

• Great Bend Coffee Co. - 2015 Lakin Ave.

Don Crouse - Ceramics

• Rosewood Bargain Barn - 1215 Main

Dana Allison - Handmade pottery

• A440 Music - 1207 Main

Jane Lear and Patrick Heath - Acrylic, watercolor, ink and prints

• Dilly and Doc - 1119 Main

Emilee Nelson - Handmade blankets

• Golden Belt Bicycle Co. - 1111 Main

Ashley Burdick & Zoo Animals - Photography and canvas

• Heart of Kansas Mercantile & Miss Pretty Pickles 1212/1214 Main

Crystal Cross - Woodburning and yarn pieces

• The Wright Place - 1913 Lakin Ave.

Marcia McCraw - Crochet items, T-shirt and miscellaneous

•  Great Bend Community Theatre and Primus Sterilizer Co. - At the Crest Theater, 1905 Lakin Ave.

Rebecca Wason - Blacklight art and fluid paintings

Adalee Kirmer - Blacklight art

Central Kansas Threadbenders – raffle quilt by Margaret Evers

• Rosewood Wine Cellar - 1901 Lakin Ave.

Various Rosewood artists