April 4 – May 16, 2008
Cotter Hirschberg Room
Sabatini Gallery 

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Art at the Library

This exhibit traces the history of art collecting at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, shows examples of some of the first purchases and display spaces, and underscores the visionary role the Library has played, since its conception, in valuing art and arts education in a public library context. Curator: Zan Popp

What do Nicolas Lampert, Dr. Dre, the Beastie Boys, Pablo Picasso, mules, Dekalb corn, the Prius, George Braque, Girl Talk and the Chicago Police Department have in common? Find out in the Sabatini Gallery when Hybrid Visions opens June 6. Can't be here? View our online exhibit of Hybrid Visions.

April 4 — May 16, 2008
Main Gallery
Sabatini Gallery 

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Out of Sight/Out of Mind

"This exhibit belongs on every street corner!" Viewers weigh in on Out of Sight/Out of Mind which runs through May 16 in the Sabatini Gallery. Curated by Gallery Director, Sherry Best.

The collecting segment of the Topeka Kansas Archiving Project is behind us and over the next couple weeks I'll be sorting through submissions and making decisions about what to keep and what to release back to the "wild". This will be tough because many participants spent a considerable amount of time drawing and documenting their finds. But when faced with a potential acquisition, a museum must make decisions about what best fits the collection because they simply can't take everything. Why?

November 16, 2007 - January 7, 2008 Sabatini Gallery Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) learned metalworking from his father in Nuremberg, Germany. He later used similar skills to make meticulously wrought woodcuts and engravings. Dürer also learned art...