If you’ve never seen what Main Street has to offer in terms of art, you might want to check out the annual “Spring Art Walk,” to be held tomorrow from 5-8 p.m.

Letitia Hansen, shop manager of The Octagon Shop, 427 Douglas, is this year’s art walk coordinator.

This is Hansen’s third year as coordinator, and she said there’s a lot going on downtown during the event.

“It’s basically a time to feature the art-related businesses downtown,” Hansen said. “We have demonstrations, artist receptions and refreshments in the various stores,” she said.

Over a dozen businesses take part in the art walk in some way or another.

Wall to Wall Gallery, 101 Main Street, will feature canvas works by Thomas Kinkade.

Walkers will recieve a postcard print of his new release, “Summer Gate.”

Area photographers Carol Cartwright Good, Helen Gunderson, Ngaire Hemmen and Jim Sillars will have their work featured at The Octagon. In addition, the third floor galleries will be open from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Worldly Goods, 223 Main Street, will feature drummers performing on instruments from India, Latin America, Africa and Asia.

Other shops participating in the art walk include Memories on Main, From Gifted Hands and Gallery 319, plus many more.

Three area restaurants are also participating in the event.

Lucullans, 400 Main St., will be featuring summer salads, cajun pasta and desserts.

In addition, walkers will be able to take a guided tour of the new public art sculptures on 5th Street.

Tours will begin at 6:30 p.m. and leave every fifteen minutes from Big Table Books, 330 Main St.

Big Table will also host a reception kicking off the 1999 “Art Around the Corner” project.

There will also be entertainment throughout the evening.

The “Suzuki Violinists of Ames” will be performing at Tom Evans Park at 5:30 p.m., the Ames Choral Society will perform on the corner of Main and Douglas at 6:00 p.m. and the Onion Creek Cloggers Band will perform at Tom Evans Park at 6:30 p.m.

Hansen said although there is a lot of construction going on downtown, she believes the event will be successful.

“We thought about whether or not to do it, but we want people to come downtown,” she said. “The sidewalks are open. You may just have to take a few extra steps one way or another.”

Hansen said that for more information people can pick up a pamphlet at any of the participating businesses.