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Rita Deanin Abbey
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Discover a multidisciplinary artist known for painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, porcelain enamel fired on steel, stained glass, and computer art. Abbey is known for her abstract expressionism, figures, landscapes, and non-objective subject matter.
UNLV College of Fine Arts will induct Rita Deanin Abbey into the 2024 Hall of Fame Awards on April 2, 2024 at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Along with Rita, this year`s inductees include David Copperfield, Shecky Greene, Keith Thompson, and Cecilia Violeta López. The College of Fine Arts is committed to educating, empowering, and engaging creative individuals to become visionary change-makers in the arts through imaginative acts.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/whats-new-on-the-strip-a-unlv-event-honoring-entertainers-3024492/
UNLV College of Fine Arts will induct Rita Deanin Abbey into the 2024 Hall of Fame Awards on April 2, 2024 at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Along with Rita, this year`s inductees include David Copperfield, Shecky Greene, Keith Thompson, and Cecilia Violeta López. The College of Fine Arts is committed to educating, empowering, and engaging creative individuals to become visionary change-makers in the arts through imaginative acts.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/whats-new-on-the-strip-a-unlv-event-honoring-entertainers-3024492/
The Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum will hold creative writing workshops led by emerging poet JM Huck every Sunday in April to celebrate National Poetry Month.
Be inspired by the Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum, a breathtaking space that celebrates the life`s work of a passionate artist. Whether you`re an experienced poet or just starting your creative journey, visit the museum to draw inspiration.
Join poet JM Huck as she guides you through Abbey`s mesmerizing artworks based on the human figure. Engage in writing poems or stories, drawing from themes of exuberance and exploring the nuances of ability and disability.
🔹 No prior experience needed.
🔹 Bring: Notebook, pen/pencil, and comfortable shoes.
🔹 Enjoy extra time in the museum and sculpture garden post-workshop.
Morning sessions will cover themes of exuberance.
Sun, Apr 7 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Sun, Apr 21 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Afternoon sessions will cover topics of ability and disability in the body.
Sun, Apr 14 - 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Sun, Apr 28 - 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Tickets to the Body as Muse” workshop cost $20 each.
Space is limited, and tickets must be purchased in advance by visiting https://rda-museum.square.site/events.
#ArtMeetsPoetry #CreativeWorkshop #RitaDeaninAbbeyArtMuseum #Inspiration #Imagination #ExpressYourself #poetrymonth #nationalpoetrymonth
The Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum will hold creative writing workshops led by emerging poet JM Huck every Sunday in April to celebrate National Poetry Month.
Be inspired by the Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum, a breathtaking space that celebrates the life`s work of a passionate artist. Whether you`re an experienced poet or just starting your creative journey, visit the museum to draw inspiration.
Join poet JM Huck as she guides you through Abbey`s mesmerizing artworks based on the human figure. Engage in writing poems or stories, drawing from themes of exuberance and exploring the nuances of ability and disability.
🔹 No prior experience needed.
🔹 Bring: Notebook, pen/pencil, and comfortable shoes.
🔹 Enjoy extra time in the museum and sculpture garden post-workshop.
Morning sessions will cover themes of exuberance.
Sun, Apr 7 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Sun, Apr 21 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Afternoon sessions will cover topics of ability and disability in the body.
Sun, Apr 14 - 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Sun, Apr 28 - 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Tickets to the Body as Muse” workshop cost $20 each.
Space is limited, and tickets must be purchased in advance by visiting https://rda-museum.square.site/events.
#ArtMeetsPoetry #CreativeWorkshop #RitaDeaninAbbeyArtMuseum #Inspiration #Imagination #ExpressYourself #poetrymonth #nationalpoetrymonth
Don`t miss the captivating art series "From Desert to Bible Vistas" at the Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum. The artist`s innovative approach is truly inspiring.
Rita Deanin Abbey with “Daybreak in a Region Almost Empty” at UNLV in 1980. “Emergence” (1987) and “Jacobs Ladder” (1987).
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation.
#nevadaartists #lasvegasartist #lasvegasart #lasvegasmuseum #abstractart #artmuseum #lasvegas #20thcenturyart #ritadeaninabbey #ritadeaninabbeyartmuesum
Don`t miss the captivating art series "From Desert to Bible Vistas" at the Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum. The artist`s innovative approach is truly inspiring.
Rita Deanin Abbey with “Daybreak in a Region Almost Empty” at UNLV in 1980. “Emergence” (1987) and “Jacobs Ladder” (1987).
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation.
#nevadaartists #lasvegasartist #lasvegasart #lasvegasmuseum #abstractart #artmuseum #lasvegas #20thcenturyart #ritadeaninabbey #ritadeaninabbeyartmuesum
On International Women’s Day we honor Rita Deanin Abbey and her legacy.
Rita Deanin Abbey (American, 1930-2021)
Spirit Tower, 1993
Cor-ten Steel
20’ x 12’ 10“ x 15’ 3” (H x W x D)
22,000 lbs. (11 tons)
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation
Symbolically, the “Tower” is a guardian of nature, knowledge, enlightenment, and mankind’s achievements. It must remind us that we are the guardians of the planet and must strive together. And the “Spirit” is that of the search, the struggle of the process to become the best humanity can be. “Spirit Tower” as a symbol appropriately represents the library, the performing arts center, and a community gathering place for its most aspiring creative human goals.
Abstract structural forms in the sculpture conceptually relate to forms in nature that result from geological processes. There are fractures, segments from the main body of the sculpture, linear intersections, and transpositions. The geometric shapes correspond to the surrounding mountains, deserts, and plants and relate to man’s architectural forms. The verticality of the sculpture is juxtaposed with the curvilinear, horizontal flow of the library building, creating a harmony of contrast. The sculpture taps the energies of movement and light. Expanding and contracting shadows extend, repeat, and distort shapes, revealing new perspectives. The interactional space is defined, dissolved, and reborn every season with the changing position of the sun and each hour with the changing light.
~Rita Deanin Abbey, artist`s statement from the dedication on December 8, 1993
#ritadeaninabbey #ritadeaninabbeymuseum #internationalwomensday #summerlinlibrary
On International Women’s Day we honor Rita Deanin Abbey and her legacy.
Rita Deanin Abbey (American, 1930-2021)
Spirit Tower, 1993
Cor-ten Steel
20’ x 12’ 10“ x 15’ 3” (H x W x D)
22,000 lbs. (11 tons)
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation
Symbolically, the “Tower” is a guardian of nature, knowledge, enlightenment, and mankind’s achievements. It must remind us that we are the guardians of the planet and must strive together. And the “Spirit” is that of the search, the struggle of the process to become the best humanity can be. “Spirit Tower” as a symbol appropriately represents the library, the performing arts center, and a community gathering place for its most aspiring creative human goals.
Abstract structural forms in the sculpture conceptually relate to forms in nature that result from geological processes. There are fractures, segments from the main body of the sculpture, linear intersections, and transpositions. The geometric shapes correspond to the surrounding mountains, deserts, and plants and relate to man’s architectural forms. The verticality of the sculpture is juxtaposed with the curvilinear, horizontal flow of the library building, creating a harmony of contrast. The sculpture taps the energies of movement and light. Expanding and contracting shadows extend, repeat, and distort shapes, revealing new perspectives. The interactional space is defined, dissolved, and reborn every season with the changing position of the sun and each hour with the changing light.
~Rita Deanin Abbey, artist`s statement from the dedication on December 8, 1993
#ritadeaninabbey #ritadeaninabbeymuseum #internationalwomensday #summerlinlibrary
Rita Deanin Abbey (American, 1930-2021)
Primal Earth Series VI, 1/1 (Evolution), 1995
Bronze relief
24 x 42 x 30 inches
Art Series: Primal Earth Series/Sculptures 1993–1995
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation
Rita Deanin Abbey (American, 1930-2021)
Primal Earth Series VI, 1/1 (Evolution), 1995
Bronze relief
24 x 42 x 30 inches
Art Series: Primal Earth Series/Sculptures 1993–1995
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation
Rita Deanin Abbey (American, 1930-2021)
Primal Earth Series III, 1/1 (Terrestrial Order), 1994
Bronze relief
37 1/4 x 33 x 5 1/4 inches
Art Series: Primal Earth Series/Sculptures 1993–1995
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation
In the forward of Abbey`s Rio Grande book, William Fox writes about her use of characteristics of the desert in abstract compositions.
"To abstract" means to draw from, and away from, a particular instance, to get an essential form apart from pictorial representation. The desert lends itself to abstraction, appearing to us as if the flesh of the land had been drawn away and the intrinsic bones of the earth revealed." ~William Fox
Rita Deanin Abbey (American, 1930-2021)
Primal Earth Series III, 1/1 (Terrestrial Order), 1994
Bronze relief
37 1/4 x 33 x 5 1/4 inches
Art Series: Primal Earth Series/Sculptures 1993–1995
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation
In the forward of Abbey`s Rio Grande book, William Fox writes about her use of characteristics of the desert in abstract compositions.
"To abstract" means to draw from, and away from, a particular instance, to get an essential form apart from pictorial representation. The desert lends itself to abstraction, appearing to us as if the flesh of the land had been drawn away and the intrinsic bones of the earth revealed." ~William Fox
Rita Deanin Abbey (American, 1930-2021)
Primal Earth Series I, 1/1 (Rootstock), 1993
Bronze relief
37 1/4 x 33 x 5 1/4 inches
Art Series: Primal Earth Series/Sculptures 1993–1995
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation
Excerpt from Mapping the Empty, Eight Artists And Nevada. William Fox
"Abbey also seems to make art out of almost everything, whether drawing a nude, painting an abstract landscape, or building sculptures, gates, and fireplaces. But the core concern of her life`s work to which she always returns is the land- a basic relationship manifesting itself in all of the aforementioned materials and media. I use the words land instead of landscape and relationship instead of theme because her art is not that of a viewer watching the scenery roll by outside a car window. When I say, for example, that she has explored Arches National Monument, I mean that she has lived and made art there, not just visited as a tourist. When I say that she understands geology, I mean that she has taught interdisciplinary courses in art and geology, published a book about it, and spends considerable amounts of time buried up to her elbows in environmental impact studies of the nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, to which she remains adamantly opposed not just on principle but also on science. Land is not simply a subject for Abbey, but a significant fact of her life that she examines daily."
Rita Deanin Abbey (American, 1930-2021)
Primal Earth Series I, 1/1 (Rootstock), 1993
Bronze relief
37 1/4 x 33 x 5 1/4 inches
Art Series: Primal Earth Series/Sculptures 1993–1995
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation
Excerpt from Mapping the Empty, Eight Artists And Nevada. William Fox
"Abbey also seems to make art out of almost everything, whether drawing a nude, painting an abstract landscape, or building sculptures, gates, and fireplaces. But the core concern of her life`s work to which she always returns is the land- a basic relationship manifesting itself in all of the aforementioned materials and media. I use the words land instead of landscape and relationship instead of theme because her art is not that of a viewer watching the scenery roll by outside a car window. When I say, for example, that she has explored Arches National Monument, I mean that she has lived and made art there, not just visited as a tourist. When I say that she understands geology, I mean that she has taught interdisciplinary courses in art and geology, published a book about it, and spends considerable amounts of time buried up to her elbows in environmental impact studies of the nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, to which she remains adamantly opposed not just on principle but also on science. Land is not simply a subject for Abbey, but a significant fact of her life that she examines daily."
Join us on February 25 at 11 AM for this 90-minute creative writing workshop for beginners (or established writers wishing to try something new); we will look at artworks in the collection and explore art-inspired writing through interactive activities, including games. What to bring: Notebook, pen/pencil, comfortable shoes. Reserve your seat: https://rda-museum.square.site/events
RIta Deanin Abbey (American, 1930 -2021)
Pinon Jays, 1996
Plexiglass relief
27 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches.
Art Series: Plexiglass Reliefs and Maquettes 1996
©Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation.
#humanities #ontheblog #poetry
Join us on February 25 at 11 AM for this 90-minute creative writing workshop for beginners (or established writers wishing to try something new); we will look at artworks in the collection and explore art-inspired writing through interactive activities, including games. What to bring: Notebook, pen/pencil, comfortable shoes. Reserve your seat: https://rda-museum.square.site/events
RIta Deanin Abbey (American, 1930 -2021)
Pinon Jays, 1996
Plexiglass relief
27 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches.
Art Series: Plexiglass Reliefs and Maquettes 1996
©Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation.
#humanities #ontheblog #poetry