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Scheduled Future Exhibitions

Recent Activities

Solo Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

Collaborations with Performing Artists

Installations

Museums

Selected Collections

Workshops

Films

Books

Awards

 
       


Current Exhibitions

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2010

La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA, March 1-30
   

Scheduled Future Exhibitions

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2010

Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
September 10 - October 9
Featuring: Fear of War, Courage to Hope … While Dancing – Paintings and Sculpture
   

Recent Activities

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2009

Speaker - High Dance Conference, Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
Premier of Blur, 12 minute film – Blitt Drawings with music by Lansing McLoskey, Aspen composer's conference, Aspen, CA, July, 2009

2007

Keynote speaker – Texas Art Educators Association (TAEA) Conference, Galveston, TX

2006

Installation of paintings – Heart Center, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

2005

Producer – “Rita Blitt and Friends” Center for Learning and Leadership (CLAL) Gala, New York, NY
   

Solo Exhibitions

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2010

La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA, March 1-30

2009

547 Arts Center
Greensburg, KS
September through October, 2009
Featuring: Fear of War, courage to Hope …While Dancing – Paintings and Sculpture
Passionate Gestures of Rita Blitt
Soka University of America
Founders Hall Art Gallery
Aliso Viejo (near Laguna Beach), CA
September 1, 2009 – January 7, 2010
Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut (near LA), CA
March 12 – April 9
Featuring: Fear of War, Courage to Hope … While Dancing – Paintings and Sculpture
Marion Meyer Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA
February 5 – March 28
Featuring: Sacred Moments – Wall Sculptures
College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA
January 21 – February 6
Featuring: Fear of War, Courage to Hope … While Dancing – Paintings and Sculpture
Bronfman Family Jewish Community Center, Santa Barbara, CA
Wednesday, January 21
Featuring: Passionate Gestures on Canvas and Film

2008

Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, April, 2008

2007

Thornhill Gallery – Avila University, Kansas City, MO

2006

Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, OH, Sept. 22 - Dec. 1
Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR
Jacquelyn Casey Hudgens Museum and Art Center, Duluth, GA
Marion Meyer Contemporary Art Gallery, Laguna, CA
Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, OH
Ezair Gallery, South Hampton, and New York City, NY

2005

Hallar Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Marion Meyer Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA

2004

4 Star Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

2003

Michelson Museum, Marshall, TX
Carter Center, Penn Valley College, Kansas City, MO
Texas A&M, College Station, TX
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV

2001

Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO, “Rita Blitt: The Passionate Gesture,” April 20 - May 26

2000

Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

1998

City Center, New York, NY

1997

Marine’s Memorial Theater, San Francisco, CA

1996

Muchnik Gallery, Atchison, KS, Aug. 3-31

1995

Central Exchange, Kansas City, MO, Nov. 20-Jan. 5, 1996
Holt Russell Gallery, Baker University, Baldwin, KS, Sept. 26-Oct. 22
I Space Gallery, sponsored by the University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, March 17-April 15
Baker University, Baldwin, KS

1994

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, March 16-27
La Quinta Sculpture Park, La Quinta, CA, Jan. 29-Feb. 28
The Kennedy Museum of American Art, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MO
The Aspen Institute, Aspen, CO

1992

Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO, Sept. 20-Oct. 25
Mackey Gallery, Denver, CO, July 26-Sept. 15
The Aspen Institute, Aspen, CO, “Rita Blitt: Outdoor Sculpture and Drawings,” June 14-Aug. 31
Jewish Community Center, Overland Park, KS, “Hallelujah,” (with Yehuda Hanani concert), May 2-June 5
Packers Bank and Trust, Omaha, NE, March

1991

Central Exchange, Kansas City, MO
Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO
National Museum, Singapore

1990

Goldman-Kraft Gallery, Chicago, IL, Nov. 2-29
Mark Twain Gallery, Mark Twain Bank, Kansas City, MO, Jan. 24-March 17

1989

Mark Twain Gallery, Mark Twain Bank, Ladue, MO, Oct. 18-Nov. 30
Bet Shmuel, Jerusalem, Israel
Goldman Gallery, Haifa, Israel

1987

Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL, June 12-July 20
Leedy-Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO, Jan. 9-Feb. 7

1985

Central Exchange, Kansas City, MO, September

1984

Jewish Community Center Gallery, Omaha, NE, “dancing hands: Visual Arts of Rita Blitt,” May13-June 10
Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO, Feb. 19-26

1979

St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS, Jan. 14-Feb. 4

1978

Tumbling Waters Museum of Flags, Montgomery, AL, May 19-Aug. 23
Gargoyle Gallery, Aspen, CO

1977

Harkness Foundation of Dance, New York, NY, Dec. 6-17
Martin Schweig Gallery, St. Louis, MO, March 15-April 1

1974

Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
Ängerer Gallery, Kansas City, MO

1969

Spectrum Gallery, New York, NY, “Orblitts,” March 11-29

1967

Halls on the Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, MO, “Canvas in Space: Rita Blitt,” Aug. 25-Sept. 15

1965

Unitarian Gallery, Kansas City, MO

1959

Scott's Frames and Gallery, Kansas City, MO
   

Group Exhibitions

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2009

James Gray Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
April 18 – May 16

2006

Ezair Gallery, Southampton, NY, July 1 - 31
Marion Meyer Contemporary Art, Laguna, CA

2005

Ezair Gallery, New York, NY, Oct. 1-31
Thomas Center Galleries, Gainesville, FL
Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy (sculpture award)

2003

Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY

2001

Marion Meyer Contemporary Art, Laguna, CA

1999

Málaga, Spain, “Americans in Spain,” Sept. 8-Oct. 16

1998

The Art Source, Indianapolis, IN, April 6-June 19

1997

Dance Aspen, Aspen, CO, July

1995

Obere Galerie, Berlin, Germany
D.I.N. Deutsches’ Institut, Berlin, Germany
National Museum of Women and the Arts, Beijing, China, “Global Focus”
Kulturamt Berline-Treptow, Berlin, Germany

1991

Goldman Kraft Gallery, Chicago, IL, Nov. 2-29

1990

Andrea Ross Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, July 19-Aug. 18

1988

Battle Creek Art Center, Battle Creek, MI
Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, “Color & Light: Works in Pastel and Glass,” Jan. 8-Feb. 27

1987

Kansas Public Library, Kansas City, KS
Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, Nov. 18-Dec. 31

1986

Project America, New York, NY

1984

Joanne Lyons Gallery, Aspen, CO
Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE, Jan. 18-Feb. 2

1983

Streker Gallery, Manhattan, KS
Cooke Gallery, Sunset Hill School, Kansas City, MO, Oct. 7-Nov. 4

1982

Biennial, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, April 17-June 13
Art & Design Gallery, New York, NY

1981

Tallgrass Fine Arts Gallery, Overland Park, KS, June
Tallgrass Fine Arts Gallery, Kansas City, MO, June
Governor's Mansion, Topeka, KS

1980

Tall Grass Fine Arts Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, Long Island, NY

1979

Carrefour Gallery, New York, NY
Putney Gallery, Aspen, CO
Gargoyle Gallery, Aspen, CO, Nov. 25-Jan. 5

1978

Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR, Oct. 13-Nov. 12

1977

Cyvia Gallery, New Haven, CT, Oct. 9-Nov. 5

1976

Conry Gallery, Kansas City, MO

1975

Doug Drake Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Battle Creek Civic Art Center, Battle Creek, MI

1972

Biennial, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE

1969

Junior League Exhibit, Macy’s, Kansas City, MO

1967

Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL

1964

Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, KS

1963

Jewish Community Center, Kansas City, MO

1959

Kansas City Museum, Kansas City, MO
   

Collaborations with Performing Artists

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2009

Blur – Composed by Lansing McLoskey
Aspen Composer’s Conference, July, 2009

2005

“Rita Blitt and Friends (Collette Inez, poet, Yehuda Hanani, cellist, Jason McDole, dancer, Michael Udow, composer/percussionist)” CLAL Gala, New York City, NY, Nov. 3
Workshop with Dancers, Thomas Center Gallery, Gainesville, FL

2003

Caught in Paint,” Rita Blitt, Lois Greenfield, David Parsons and Parson Dance Co., 6 minute video

2002

"Dancing Hands" workshop at the Berkeley/Richmond Jewish Community Center in Berkeley, CA, Oct. 13 - Dec. 31
Santa Fe Ballet, Aspen, CO, July 1-31

2001

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet at the Aspen District Theater, Aspen CO

1996

“The Dance Technology Project 1996,” Atlanta Ballet, Georgia Institute of Technology and The Parsons Dance Company, Atlanta, GA

1995

St. Joseph Ballet, University of California at Irvine, CA
New Ear Concert, St. Mary’s Church, Kansas City, MO

1994

“Runes” (inspired by Blitt drawings), Buglisi-Forman Dance Company, Lincoln Center, New York, NY

1987

“Dream Against Day,” The Parsons Dance Company, Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY

1986

Yehuda Hanani, cellist, recorded music for Chai sculpture, B’nai Jehudah Temple, Kansas City, MO

1985

Josh Breakstone, guitarist, composed music for sculpture Festivity, St. Louis, MO
Biaja Fran Solomon, singer, and Dennis Bernstein, poet, composed words and music for sculpture Kharma, Long Island, NY
John Ciardi, wrote poem given to KCUR, Kansas City, MO, for reproduction on limited edition Blitt print

1984

Mario Lavista, composed music installed in sculpture, Orblitt: 1984, The Renaissance I, Overland Park, KS
Dr. Michael Udow, percussion professor, University of Michigan, composed music for dancing hands: Visual Arts of Rita Blitt
   

Installations

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2009

Mt. San Antonio Community College, Walnut, CA

2008

University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO

2007

Time Arrow, Laguna Beach, CA
Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO

2006

Kansas University Medical/Heart Center, Kansas City, KS

2005

Lewis and Shirley White Theatre, Overland Park, KS

2004

Plaza Library, Kansas City, MO

2003

White Recital Hall, Kansas City, MO
Research Mental Health Services Building, Lees Summit, MO
Temple B'nai Jehudah, Kansas City, MO
Black Box VII at the Carter Center, Penn Valley College, Kansas City, MO

2001

Gold Coast Regional Art Center Sculpture Park, Australia

2000

Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Compass Corporate Centre, Overland Park, KS

1998

Tokyo Bay Hilton Hotel, Shiba, Japan

1996

Taliaferro Sculpture Garden, Prairie Village, KS

1994

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, MO

1993

Sherman Oaks Medical Center, Sherman Oaks, CA
Oak Park Mall, Overland Park, KS

1990

Benjamin Plaza, Kansas City, MO
Mission Center Mall, Mission, KS

1989

Lewis Rice & Fingersh, Kansas City, MO
Mission Center Mall, Mission, KS

1988

Jewish Community Campus, Overland Park, KS
Shalom Plaza, Kansas City, MO

1987

Hillcrest Bank Building, Kansas City, MO

1986

Sculpture and Endowment Alcove, B’nai Jehudah Temple, Kansas City, MO
Town Pavilion, Kansas City, MO
The Renaissance II, Overland Park, KS
Loehmann’s Plaza, Davies, FL

1985

Loehmann’s Plaza, Lake Grove, NY
Loehmann’s Plaza, Babylon, NY, later moved to a Long Island, NY, public golf course
Loehmann’s Plaza, St. Louis, MO

1984

Embassy Suites Hotel, Overland Park, KS
The Renaissance I, Overland Park, KS
Loehmann’s Plaza, Miami, FL

1983

Loehmann’s Plaza, Orlando, FL
Indian Springs Shopping Center, Kansas City, KS
State Line Building, Leawood, KS

1982

Rockaway Office Park, Rockaway, NJ

1980

Bannister Mall, Kansas City, MO

1979

Leavenworth Plaza Shopping Center, Leavenworth, KS

1978

Hickory Point Mall, Forsyth, IL
Rockaway Townsquare, Rockaway, NJ

1977

Rockaway Townsquare, Rockaway, NJ

1975

Oak Park Mall, Overland Park, KS
Town East Mall, Wichita, KS

1974

City Hall, Kansas City, KS
Jefferson Square Mall, Joliet, IL
Golden Ring Mall, Baltimore, MD

1973

Eastland Mall, Bloomington, IL

1971

Indian Springs Shopping Center, Kansas City, KS

1969

Pittsburg Mall, Pittsburg, KS

1967

Leavenworth Plaza Shopping Center, Leavenworth, KS

1966

East Hills Mall, St. Joseph, MO

1965

Briarwood Elementary School, Prairie Village, KS

1963

Johnson County Mental Health Center,
Shawnee Mission, KS

1957

Dr. Sidney Pakula, Kansas City, MO
   

Museums

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2008

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV

2001

Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO
John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, MA
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL
Kansas City Children’s Museum, Kansas City, MO
Kennedy Museum of American Art, Ohio University, Athens, OH
National Museum, Singapore
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
   

Selected Collections

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Federal Reserve Bank, Washington, D.C.
Stowers Institute, Kansas City, MO
Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO

American Embassy, Barbados
American Express Headquarters, Salt Lake City, UT
The Aspen Institute, Aspen, CO
AT&T, Kansas City, MO
Baker University, Baldwin, KS
Bill Blass, New York City, NY
Blue Ridge Insurance Corporation, Simbsbury, CT
Center for Effective Living, Singapore
Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Haifa Symphony, Haifa, Israel
Harkness Ballet Foundation, New York, NY
Hillcrest Banks, Greater Kansas City Area
Johan Jorgen Holst, Oslo, Norway
I-LAN, Taiwan City Hall, Taiwan R.O.C.
Kansas City Parks and Recreation, Kansas City, MO
Lakemary Center, Paola, KS
Lied Center for Performing Arts, Kansas University, Lawrence, KS
Rollo May, San Francisco, CA
Dr. Ron McCoy, Indonesia
Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, KS
Former Ambassador to Great Britain and Mrs. Charles Price II, Kansas City, MO
Josef Rotblat, England
St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
Major Britt Theorin, Sweden
Trinity Lutheran Hospital, Kansas City, MO
University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
The Women's Foundation, Kansas City, MO
YMCA, Prairie Village, KS
   

Workshops

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2009

High Dance Conference, Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA

2007

“Dancing Hands”, Texas Art Educators Association (TAEA) Conference, Galveston, TX

2005

“Dancing Hands for Dancers”, University of Florida, Thomas Center Gallery, Gainesville, FL

2003

“Dancing Hands for Dancers”, Texas A & M, College Station, TX
   

Films

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2009

Blur Blitt Drawings with music by Lansing McLoskey

2008

Cannes Film Festival – showing of 6-minute documentary “Caught in Paint” by Moving Pictures Magazine. This film has been invited to over 115 Film Festivals, winning 14 awards.

2006

“Visual Rhythms”, (“Dancing Hands for Dancers”), 12 minutes University of Florida, Dance Workshop, Public Television, Gainesville, FL

2005

“Caught in Nature”, Rita Blitt, Stuart Huck, photographer; Yehuda Hanani, cellist, 8 minutes

2003

“Caught in Paint”, Rita Blitt, painter; Lois Greenfield, photographer; David Parsons choreographer and Parsons Dance Company, 6 minutes
   

Books

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2000

Rita Blitt: The Passionate Gesture, Willoughby Design, RAM/Brandeis publications, ISBN 0-9630785-8-5

1991

Rita Blitt Reaching Out From Within, David Knaus, essay National Museum, Singapore, ISBN 9971-917-335


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Awards

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2007-2005

Fourteen Awards for documentary film. “Caught in Paint”

2005

Award in Sculpture, Florence Biennale: “Sensuously Stacked Steel”

2002

Omni Award: www.ritablitt.com

2001

How International Design: Rita Blitt: The Passionate Gesture

1987

National Sculpture Competition, Midwest Women’s Center, Chicago, IL
   
 
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