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The works gathered in these pages are selections from Rita Blitt's 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.

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"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."

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.

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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.

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