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The Alice C. Sabatini Gallery is your connection to the arts and curates four main exhibits each year including the Summer Art Exhibit for Children. In addition to the large exhibits, gallery staff curate several exhibits throughout the library each year giving visitors opportunities to explore a wide variety of art and artists.

Exhibits

Current Exhibit

Inked
Explore the artistry and techniques of tattooing. As tattoos are a collaboration between an artist and a client, this exhibition teams the gallery with Topeka artists to tell the past, present and future of tattooing.

Upcoming Exhibits

Up From the Roots: Growing Our Connection with Nature
Dec 12, 2025 - Feb 15, 2026

Upcoming art events

Events

Sep 4

Sep 4 | 05:30PM - 7:30PM Online to IRL Learning Center Sep 5

Sep 5 | 06:30PM - 7:30PM Coding Club Learning Center Sep 6

Sep 6 | 03:00PM - 4:00PM Coding Club Learning Center Sep 9

Sep 9 | 03:45PM - 4:45PM Create Itty Bitty Art Learning Center

more events

Recent Articles

August 29, 2025 · Cadie Maas Artsy Crafty Library: Films to inspire & nurture creativity Discover documentaries and dramas to explore your creative side, learn about your favorite artists, deepen your understanding of art and immerse yourself in visual storytelling. Read More Read More

August 26, 2025 · Brittany Keegan Inked: Explore the art of tattooing As tattoos are a collaboration between an artist and a client, this exhibition teams the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery with Topeka artists to tell the past, present and future of tattooing.

July 24, 2025 · Brea Black Artsy Crafty Library: Unwind with slow stitching

July 3, 2025 · Travis Garwood Artsy Crafty Library: Inexpensive pottery for beginners

Artsy Crafty with paint chip butterflies

May 14, 2025 · Kate Hughes Artsy Crafty Library: Paint chip creations

2025 Topeka Competition

Innovative 3D Art

2024/2025 Immersed

A Walk Inside Art

graphic camera lens that looks like an eye

2024 Through The Lens

Photographic art exhibit

2024 The Floor is Lava

Annual Art Exhibit for Children

2024 Our Stories & Sorting Out Race

his exhibit celebrates and honors generations of African Americans in Topeka.

2024 Light and Shadow

Discover how light ad the human eye work together.

2023 DoPiKa A Land Acknowledgment

Explore art and culture of the Indigenous people and artists.

2023 Unexpected Friends

Art exhibit for kids

2023 Shades of Greatness

Art Inspired by Negro Leagues Baseball

2022 Melting Point

Explore the work of Studio Glass artists who create colorful and intricate work.

2022 Forming Fiber

Sculptural fiber art is one of the most innovative forms of contemporary art.

2022 Oceans

Discover how we all impact the world’s oceans.

2022 Resilience

Learn about the internment of Japanese Americans during WW II and its effect on following generations.

2021-2022 BLUE

Explore the depths of the color Blue with the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery! From a light robin's egg blue to the rich “new blue,” you will discover how blue is made and how it's seen. We’ll even try renaming a few shades of blue!