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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
Threading Body & Space at the Sabatini Gallery Gives Everyday Objects New Meaning
Threading Body & Space, an exhibit by Carol Ann Carter, offers a mix of painting, drawing, papier mâché, sewing, digital imaging and non-traditional quilting for your exploration and reflection at the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery inside the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. Opening reception will be 5:30pm April 6 during Topeka’s First Friday ArtWalk. [...]
Have you eaten a good book lately?
Join the fun at the 6th Annual Edible Book Festival. Create an edible masterpiece based on the content or shape of a book, see other edible works of art and vote for your favorites.
Art and Healing (The Waiting Room)
Making art lets us articulate things that are bothering us. In doing so, it helps us heal.
Curate This!
Curate This! is a pilot program at the Sabatini Gallery in 2012 for high school students that have been recommended by their high school art instructors.
Where the art is stored at Your Library
Have you ever wondered where the library keeps all its art? Let’s take a look at Special Collection Storage down in the basement of the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library.
The Waiting Room: An Interview
Why I Like It: Art Review of The Waiting Room
Using crochet and tear-shaped beads, artist Stephanie Lanter created a Victorian-style opera glove to complement the Melancholia chair tableau – and convey the psychological weight of depression.
Is That a Book?
Artists’ books encourage us to look outside the binding to see what a book can be. Bottle cap pages, metal covers, and sanded and shaped text blocks are just a few of the possibilities.
What is installation art?
Some viewers have been puzzled by this installation as art.
Woven Wonders
Woven glass—that’s right woven glass. We are all used to seeing woven rugs or woven blankets, but glass?
