June 1 – July 13, 2012

Main Gallery | A Cut Above / 11th Annual Art Exhibit For Children

In a story, anything is possible. A bird can live on the moon. A dinosaur could be in someone’s apartment building. An old woman can live in a shoe. Angie Pickman, Béatrice Coron, Clay Rice, Nikki McClure and Cindy Ferguson delight in stories. They create small worlds, waiting to be explored. You’ll have fun picking out details. Learn More >>

Hirschberg Gallery | Curate This! The Good, The Bed & The Ugly

What does a dream look like? This exhibit includes a variety of intriguing, scary and weird artworks from the Library’s permanent collection that we dreamt of putting together to illustrate our dreams and nightmares. Learn More >>

L to R: Béatrice Coron, Nikki McClure, Clay Rice, Angie Pickman and Cindy Ferguson

We all fall asleep—what happens next is up to the dreamer. Featured work from the TSCPL permanent collection (left to right): "Wizard's Joy" by Julia Fulkerson, "Teachers" by Walter Hatke, and "Caustic Beauty" by Caroline Kahler.

Previous Exhibitions

  • Curate This! The Good, The Bed & The Ugly: We all fall asleep—what happens next is up to the dreamer...
  • Picture This! Symbol & Meaning in Chinese Decorative Arts: The Chinese language influenced the development of symbolism, and one character can embody an entire thought.
  • Threading Body & Space: Artist Carol Ann Carter fuses history and memory as seen through the accumulated material of everyday life.
  • The Waiting Room: Lost and Found: We all spend time in waiting rooms. Sitting, waiting; sitting, waiting; sitting and waiting for our names to be called, waiting to pass through the next doorway to the diagnostic or treatment room, waiting for a family member to reemerge, waiting for the doctor to come out with an update...What are you waiting for?
  • Call of Duty: Kansans in World War II: Call of Duty is dedicated to the men and women who answered their nation's call to serve on either the front lines or the home front during World War II, and will feature photographs, stories, military artifacts and original works of art.
  • Kansas Masters Invitational Art Exhibit: This exhibit features Kansas artists who have made and are making significant marks, figuratively and literally, on this state.
  • One World, Many Stories: In conjunction with Summerfest 2011, we are proud to feature National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson's "One World, Many Stories" for the Sabatini Gallery's 10th Annual Art Exhibit for Children.
  • The Topeka Competition 30: Celebrating national artists working in 3-dimensional media, the Topeka Competition offers visitors an opportunity to view new and innovative work in contemporary arts and crafts.
  • Kansas 150/150: As part of the statewide initiative commemorating the 150th anniversary of Kansas’ statehood, the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery presents Kansas 150/150. This exhibit features 150 objects from the fine art and Special Collections of the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, which tell Topeka’s story throughout our history.
  • Printed Image 3: The Sabatini Gallery has grown in many ways since I came aboard in 2004, but I have to say, one of our best ideas ever was to establish our biennial printmaking competition.