Sherry Best
Director & Curator
785/580-4516
sbest@tscpl.org

ABOUT ME | I joined the library in 2003 from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, where I taught photography, art history and was the director of the Greenlease Gallery. I have been a photographer for more than twenty years, and exhibited my photographic work in the Midwest. I hold a master's degree in photography and a masters in art history from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, because I am a glutton for punishment. I have been drawing since I was four years old. If you start drawing at four and never stop, by the time you graduate college you've got twenty years of art experience.

Zan Popp
Collections Manager
& Lead Associate Curator
785/580-4586
zpopp@tscpl.org

ABOUT ME | I have been at the Sabatini Gallery for four fun-filled years, and yes, my name is really Zan. I am originally from St. Paul, MN. I'm an art historian and received my M.A. from The George Washington University in Washington DC and B.A. in art history and a minor in printmaking from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI. I really enjoy ancient, medieval, Renaissance and 19th-century art. When not in work mode, I like to curl up with a good book or, if a book can’t be found, watch Project Runway.

Heather Kearns
Associate Curator
& Digital Branch Services
785/580-4589
hkearns@tscpl.org

ABOUT ME | My career at the Library began in 2001 and I joined the Sabatini in 2004. My education is a blended University of Kansas–Washburn University B.F.A. with a focus in Painting & Printmaking and a minor in English literature. My work consists of research, curating exhibits, contributing to the digital branch (blog, myspace, artist file, gallery webpage, video demo production), educational outreach, programming, public speaking / relations, reference, graphic design and assisting with the maintenence of our permanent collection. Interests include: very old dogs, honey & bumblebees, horses, the bose-einstein condensate, illuminated marginalia, antlers, vintage taxidermy, handwritten letters, mutual soundtracks, the smell of frankincense, mat cutters and altering my environment as often as possible. Find me on LinkedIn.

Trish Nixon
Associate Curator
& Volunteers/Education
785/580-4577
tnixon@tscpl.org

ABOUT ME | I came to the Sabatini Gallery in the spring of 2006. I lead the Volunteer and Education program in the gallery and am an Associate Curator as well as a full time artist. I received a B.F.A in photography from Memphis College of Art in 2003. My background is in fine art photography and modern & contemporary art history. Prior to the Sabatini Gallery, I was an artist-in-residence on a three month fellowship at the Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams, MA. Drawing is pretty much my passion and I love Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits.