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artblog: life in the 700s
Life in the 700s is about everything from early cave drawings and fertility figures to the issues and shifting boundaries art generates and experiments with today. It reports from a world dominated by grey area, few answers and endless questions. It is also about exchanging ideas and information, and having a forum in which to respond to the Arts around us, both local and global.
In 1876, Melvil Dewey invented a system of library classification which attempted to organize all of human knowledge into ten major areas, one of which encompasses the Arts: the 700s. This category begins with the Arts in general then migrates to Landscaping/Area planning (710s), Architecture (720s), Sculpture/Ceramics/Metalwork (730s), Drawing/Decorative Arts (740s), Painting (750s), Graphic Arts (760s), Photography/Computer Art (770s), Music (780s) and wraps with Sports/Games/Entertainment (790s).
Recent Posts
Two Passions, One List: KU Art Librarian Susan Craig Shares Her KS Artist Dictionary
In true DIY fashion, Susan Craig wrote her own dictionary when the one she needed didn't exist.
Recent Acquisitions: Comments from the guestbook!
Once again, our visitors weigh in on the current exhibition. I look forward to reading these and posting them at the close of every exhibit.
Recent Acquisitions is now closed. We'll be down for a couple weeks installing the next show, the Topeka Competition 29, and will open again for First Fridays, November 6 at 9AM. If you missed this show, remember, you can catch them all at our Flickr page. Enjoy!
Altered Books project 2009
September 15 - November 9, 2009
Library atrium (open space between youth and adult areas)
View photos of this year's entries.
Now in its 3rd year, the altered books project at TSCPL invited participants to express their creativity and...
What’s a Gallery Talk?
It's an informal tour of the art exhibit, led by someone who put the exhibit together.
Tonight, from 7 - 8:30 pm, I will lead a tour of "Recent Acquisitions." This exhibit features some of the art that we've added to the library's art collection...
Open call for BEST NEW ART
The Fall Solo Show is an international open call for dynamic, inventive and provocative work of all mediums: sculpture, photography, painting, printmaking, illustration, installation, graphic design, video, and more!
Judges: Priska Juschka/Founder of Priska C. Juschka Art and CK Swett of Christie's. All submissions must be recieved by October 22, 2009 at 11:59 PM/EST.
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.
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
1515 SW 10th Ave Topeka, KS 66604-1374 (785) 580-4400
www.tscpl.org
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