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Art

The latest news on exhibits at the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, programs, and cool things around Topeka in our arts community, opportunities for artists, posts about art books and video and photos from exhibits you may have missed.

Recent Art Blog Posts

Henry Herreman - Cars and Trucks and Things that Go

2011 Edible Book Festival Results!

And the winners are… Best in Show: Cars and Trucks and Things that Go by Henry Herreman           1st Runner-Up: The Princess and the Pea by Kenya Birzer           Best Play on Words: Nessa Johnson – Lord of the Flies         Most Likely to [...]

Edible Books banner ad. Visit the Edible Books Festival April 1 at your library

Have you eaten a good book lately?

Edible Book Festival is just around the corner! Open another chapter in your culinary accomplishments. Participate in our 5th annual Edible Book Festival.  All ages are encouraged to create a culinary masterpiece based on the content or shape of a book—from puns to literal interpretations. Join the festivities starting at 5:30 pm on Friday, April 1 (April [...]

52 for 150: What’s So Special About Your Library’s Hirschberg African Art Collection?

As Black History Month comes to a close, we’re taking a closer look at our Hirschberg African art collection for week nine of our Kansas sesquicentennial series. Dr. Cotter Hirschberg was director of training and child psychiatry as well as the first dean of the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas. From 1969 [...]