Welcome to the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
How do you paint with encaustic medium?
Watch this video for a demonstration.
Waxing Poetic: Paintings by Phil Hershberger
9:00AM to 9:00PM - Main Main Gallery 110B
I recently began subscribing to Art Deadlines List, a collective site featuring monthly updates about national and international competitions in the visual arts. Sometimes there's even a writing competition thrown in.
This site lists...
Topeka Competition 29 submissions will be accepted through JULY 10.
As the academic year at many universities doesn't end until early to mid June, there's a mad rush to graduate, submit grades, clean out lockers and dorms, and transition into...
Bicycles in Steel and Copper: Sculptures by Robert Heintzelman
will be on display in the Library’s Rotunda starting Jul 6 and runs through Aug 31. Robert (gallery staff know him as Bob) has been been a volunteer in the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery...
The Sabatini Art Gallery will switch to emailing our exhibit announcements on January 1, 2011.
I personally love art exhibit postcard announcements. In college I used to cruise the bulletin board on the 3rd floor of KU's Art and Design building...
The Sabatini Art Gallery is located a short distance from the Library entrance, just to the right of the rotunda. Exhibits, programs and events are free, casual and open to the public.
Hours are the same as the Library, except when closed for change of exhibition.

Waxing Poetic
JUL 3 - AUG 14
Encaustic works by Topeka native, Philip Hershberger.
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Recent Acquisitions
SEP 4 - OCT 16
New works recently added to the Library's permanent fine art collection.
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Topeka Competition Biennial #29
NOV 6 - JAN 1
Our national, juried, 3D art competition; Joyce Jablonski, 2009 Guest Juror. Download entry form here.
The Alice C. Sabatini Gallery is one of many participating venues in Topeka’s First Fridays Art Walk. Download the artwalk map here or pick one up at the Sabatini Gallery, The Mulvane Art Museum or The Collective Gallery.
GO GREEN — carpool! Start your evening with us. We're centrally located with tons of parking space for groups wishing to visit galleries together. This event is organized by ARTSconnect.