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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

Topeka Competition
You'll be amazed by 40 pieces of innovative artwork representing a wide range of techniques and media in the Topeka Competition exhibit March 14 - May 11, 2025. The only common thread among the pieces is that all the artists work in three dimensions – their art ranges from sculpture to ceramics to jewelry-making. This year’s Topeka Competition is juried by multidisciplinary visual artist Mona Cliff (A'aninin/Nakota Nations).
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Upcoming Exhibits

Dr. Drab's Lab: A Color Caper
May 31 - Aug 24, 2025
Oh no! Dr. Drab has stolen all the colors! Explore this hands-on, immersive summer art exhibit for children as we rescue colors from Dr. Drab's Lab.

Inked
Sept 12 - Nov 30, 2025

Gardens
Dec 12, 2025 - Feb 15, 2026

Upcoming art events

Events

Mar 6

Mar 6 | 05:00PM - 7:00PM Online to IRL Learning Center Mar 8 $Event Let's Make Bows & Arrows Image$ Mar 8 | 02:00PM - 4:00PM Let's Make Bows & Arrows Learning Center Mar 10

Mar 10 | 03:00PM - 5:00PM Teen Art Club Claire's Sunroom Mar 10

Event Holiday Happenings Spring Fling Image

Mar 10 | 03:45PM - 4:45PM Holiday Happenings Spring Fling Learning Center

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Recent Articles

February 27, 2025 · Brittany Keegan Topeka Competition showcases innovative 3D art You'll be amazed by 40 pieces of new three-dimensional artwork representing a wide range of techniques and media in the Topeka Competition exhibit March 14 - May 11, 2025. Read More

February 25, 2025 · Sherry Best Celebrate Youth Art Month View the work of K-12 student artists from all over Kansas at the library and vote for your favorite.

January 14, 2025 · Brea Black Artsy Crafty Library: Unique coiled yarn baskets

November 26, 2024 · Hayley Swisher Artsy Crafty Library: Watercolor Galaxy

November 25, 2024 · Brittany Keegan Immersed: A Walk Inside the Art

October 25, 2024 · Laura Anderson Art Recreations: Screen Printing

October 21, 2024 · Carrie Cummings Artsy Crafty Library: Sewing with bravery

portion of artwork Soaring by Marydorsey Wanless

October 3, 2024 · Travis Garwood Artsy Crafty Library: Discovering Cyanotype

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Past Exhibits

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!