BY KAREN BOSSICK

The beauty of organic materials and diamond dust will accent the artwork that can be seen on tonight’s Gallery Walk.

The free Gallery Walk will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. tonight—Friday, Dec. 26—at a variety of galleries in town. Visitors are invited to peruse the art, have a sip of wine and, in some cases, visit with the artists themselves.

Here are some of the highlights:

Caleb Meyer’s “A Pleasant Ride” can be seen at Kneeland Gallery.

KNEELAND GALLERY, 4th Street and Leadville Avenue, is featuring the work of Hailey native CALEB MEYER. As a child he loved all kinds of art, but it was in college that he discovered a passion for oil painting. He apprenticed with nationally recognized oil painter Robert Moore after graduating from Boise State University 2006. And he is now an accomplished artist in his own right with vibrant, textural paintings in public and private collections.

BROSCHOFSKY GALLERY, 360 East Avenue in The Courtyard, is showcasing unique spray paint on panel works by RUDI BROSCHOFSKY. Look also for oil on linen works by RUSSELL CHATHAM, a screen print of John Wayne by ANDY WARHOL and western works by BILLY SCHENCK and DAVID YARROW.

SADDLETREE GALLERY, 360 East Avenue in The Courtyard, is featuring some new works by JULES FRAZIER, a Seattle-based photographer who was crowned a rodeo queen of the Hailey Days of the Old West and now photographs images of the rodeo world. Frazier will be at the reception.

SUN VALLEY CONTEMPORARY, 360 East Avenue in The Courtyard, is showcasing screen prints by RUSSELL YOUNG made with diamond dust and dripping Bouquet works from SAGE BARNES.

Charlotte Hemmings addresses the rodeo in her “Phantom West” exhibition at Hemmings Gallery.

GAIL SEVERN GALLERY, 400 First Avenue North, is showcasing works by artists who have long been featured at the gallery. Among them: JOSEPH ROSSANO, who created his “Of Water” exhibit to speak to the plight of the salmon, and the late MARCIA MYERS’ abstractions inspired by Roman frescoes dating back to the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

GILMAN CONTEMPORARY, 661 Sun Valley Road, is featuring works exploring the beauty of organic materials by Arizona artist MAYME KRATZ in an exhibition called “The Length of Daylight.” The works are composed of dried grasses, seeds, shells and even insects she collects in the Arizona desert and encases in resin.

Also being featured: ALIA ALI, a Yemeni/Bosnian artist who works in textiles and photography to explore the themes of language, identity and cultural belonging. She upholsters handmade frames with fabrics made by artisans from around the world as she invites viewers to consider how borders and histories shape who we are.

MESH GALLERY, 4th and Leadville, is featuring photographer Jeffrey Lubeck’s fall colors during this Gallery Walk.

“Circle Dream,” which can be seen at Gilman Contemporary, was created by Mayme Kratz out of Mexican buckeye seeds.

GRAHAM GALLERIES, 660 Sun Valley Road, features a variety of large-scale oil paintings and sculptures, including works by James Bourret and Helen Mehra Peterson. They cover the gamut from bison to freestyle skiers.

HEMMINGS GALLERY, 340 Walnut Ave., is featuring the bold, action-packed paintings of Charlotte Hemmings, who grew up as an actor and artist in the Wood River Valley. Learn more in today’s Eye on Sun Valley story “Charlotte Hemmings Probes the Mythology of the American West.”

Caleb Meyer’s “A Light So Bright,” is a 36-by-72-inch oil on canvas.