Our current exhibit, Recent Acquisitions, features the work of 75 artists from the Library's permanent fine arts collection.

You can learn more about the people behind the pieces by clicking this link to our Artist Biographies. The list isn't complete, as some of the artists are relatively unknown or don't have a website available to browse, but there are plenty here to help you get started.

This list is available in hard copy at the Gallery desk, too. PS—if you haven't...

The books featured in the video below are housed in Special Collections at the Library, and are available for viewing. To arrange an appointment, email or call Brea Black, Special Collections Librarian, at:
bblack@tscpl.org
785-580-4510 / Topeka Room
785-580-4512 / Voicemail

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Fore-edge paintings are produced by fanning the pages of a book, clamping the covers down, and applying paint to the edges...

Altered books @ TSCPL  
September 27 – November 7, 2008
              
Click here to view photos of this year's entries.
Now in its 2nd year, the altered books project at TSCPL invited participants to express their creativity and recycle at the same time. Staff members Brea
Black and Kate Hughes taught a workshop in August that introduced techniques and materials that could be used to turn a discarded book into a work of art. At the end of the workshop, participants selected a...

Altering a book allows you to express your creativity and recycle at the same time. Paint, collage, cut, glue, rebind, rubber stamp, add to, take away… any artistic expression is encouraged.