Rita Blitt: Around and Round by Connie Gibbons Hardcover Book

Description: Rita Blitt: Around and Round by Connie Gibbons, Mulvane Art Museum Rita Blitt: Around and Round is a full-color, beautifully produced collection of works by internationally renowned artist Rita Blitt. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The works showcased span 60 years and represent the many forms this internationally acclaimed American artist works in—paintings, drawings, sculpture, video, and more. Essays by critics, scholars, and colleagues accompany the art. The book celebrates the establishment of the Rita Blitt Legacy Collection at Washburn Universitys Mulvane Art Museum. Rita Blitt: Around and Round is a full-color, beautifully produced collection of works by internationally renowned artist Rita Blitt. The works gathered in these pages are selections from Rita Blitts output from 1958 to the present and represent the many forms she works in—painting, drawing, sculpture, video, and interdisciplinary collaboration. This collection of her work and contextual essays by scholars is being published to commemorate the establishment of the Rita Blitt Legacy Collection at Washburn University. Blitts words "Kindness is contagious. Catch it!" have inspired thousands of people all over the world. Her works are included in many museums and private collections. Her monumental sculpture can be found in Australia, Israel, Japan, Singapore, and the United States. This book is produced in collaboration with the Mulvane Art Museum at Washburn University. Author Biography The Mulvane Art Museum at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, houses Rita Blitts legacy collection of more than 2,500 paintings, drawings, sculpture, and archival material, and is home to the Rita Blitt Gallery and Sculpture Garden. The oldest art museum in Kansas, Mulvane Art Museum opened in 1924 and houses a collection that is international in scope but focuses on the works of artists from Kansas and the Mountain Plains. In addition to Rita Blitt, the museum recently acquired the collection I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Brian Lanker (1947–2011). The museums objective is for the Rita Blitt collection to be a resource for students, faculty, and guest curators to create exhibitions, performances, and more.Connie Gibbons has more than three decades of experience overseeing and guiding art and museum institutions in exhibition, collection, and educational activities. She has an MFA in art, and is the director of the Mulvane Art Museum at Washburn University. Gibbons serves as the chief curator of the Rita Blitt Legacy Collection and Archive. She has worked closely with Rita Blitt to transition the collection and archive into an active educational resource for students, faculty, artists, and scholars. Review "Rita Blitt: Around and Round is a richly satisfying book, not least because it spans seven decades in the career of this artist, from the 1950s up until the present, including paintings from 2019. At nearly 90 years of age, Blitt has revealed herself to be a prolific, dynamic and varied artist, comfortable working with different media and on vastly different scales. What unites her body of work is first and foremost that she is essentially an affirmative artist. Her work is joyous, celebratory, and even a search for the sublime." --Sam Ben-Meir, a regular contributor to Blitz, is a professor of philosophy and world religions at Mercy College in New York City Long Description The works showcased span 60 years and represent the many forms this internationally acclaimed American artist works in--paintings, drawings, sculpture, video, and more. Essays by critics, scholars, and colleagues accompany the art. The book celebrates the establishment of the Rita Blitt Legacy Collection at Washburn Universitys Mulvane Art Museum. Rita Blitt: Around and Round is a full-color, beautifully produced collection of works by internationally renowned artist Rita Blitt. The works gathered in these pages are selections from Rita Blitts output from 1958 to the present and represent the many forms she works in--painting, drawing, sculpture, video, and interdisciplinary collaboration. This collection of her work and contextual essays by scholars is being published to commemorate the establishment of the Rita Blitt Legacy Collection at Washburn University. Blitts words "Kindness is contagious. Catch it!" have inspired thousands of people all over the world. Her works are included in many museums and private collections. Her monumental sculpture can be found in Australia, Israel, Japan, Singapore, and the United States. This book is produced in collaboration with the Mulvane Art Museum at Washburn University. Review Quote " Rita Blitt: Around and Round is a richly satisfying book, not least because it spans seven decades in the career of this artist, from the 1950s up until the present, including paintings from 2019. At nearly 90 years of age, Blitt has revealed herself to be a prolific, dynamic and varied artist, comfortable working with different media and on vastly different scales. What unites her body of work is first and foremost that she is essentially an affirmative artist. Her work is joyous, celebratory, and even a search for the sublime." --Sam Ben-Meir, a regular contributor to Blitz, is a professor of philosophy and world religions at Mercy College in New York City Description for Sales People Internationally renowned painter, sculptor, and filmmaker Gorgeous coffee table book for anyone interested in art. Also available are two postcard books with Rita Blitts art, making the three books a great gift set or themed gift for a trio (Share a Smile 9781951412562 and Li Po 9781951412579) Rita is a Jewish artist who has been featured in Jewish media including Hadassah Magazine and the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, among others Her works have been featured in over 70 solo exhibitions Selected installations: Mulvane Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS Kansas University, Edwards Campus, Overland Park, KS Skywalk Memorial, Kansas City, MO Park University, Parkville, MO William Jewell College, Liberty, MO KVC Health Systems, Olathe, KS Midwest Foster Care and Adoption Association, Independence, MO The Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City, Overland Park, KS Encore School of the Arts, Overland Park, KS Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center, Kansas City, MO Cancer Center of Kansas University Hospital, Fairway, KS Longview Community College, Lees Summit, MO Touro Universities, Vallejo, CA and Las Vegas, NV Southeast Community Center, Kansas City, MO Avila College, Kansas City, MO; Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Springfield, VT Mt. San Antonio Community College, Walnut, CA University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO Time Arrow, Laguna Beach, CA Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO Kansas University Medical/Heart Center, Kansas City, KS Lewis and Shirley White Theatre, Overland Park, KS Plaza Library, Kansas City, MO White Recital Hall, Kansas City, MO Research Mental Health Services Building, Lees Summit, MO Temple Bnai Jehudah, Kansas City, MO Penn Valley College, Kansas City, MO Gold Coast Regional Art Center Sculpture Park, Australia Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Compass Corporate Details ISBN1685550398 Publisher The Collective Book Studio Format Hardcover Pages 144 Year 2023 ISBN-13 9781685550394 Imprint The Collective Book Studio Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2023-01-10 NZ Release Date 2023-01-10 UK Release Date 2023-01-10 Edited by Connie Gibbons ISBN-10 1685550398 Author Mulvane Art Museum DEWEY 709.2 Audience General Publication Date 2023-01-10 US Release Date 2023-01-10 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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