Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum to Commemorate
Namesake’s Birthday with Free Admission on Saturday, July 20
Rita Deanin Abbey Day Celebration to Continue With
Buy-One-Get-One-Free Admission July 21–31
The Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum will honor renowned artist Rita Deanin Abbey by offering free entry to all visitors on Saturday, July 20, commemorating the late artist’s birthday. Additionally, the festivities will continue with a special buy-one-get-one-free admission promotion from Sunday, July 21, to Wednesday, July 31.
“It’s such a joy to celebrate Rita’s incredible spirit and talents, and we hope these special offers encourage people to experience her astonishing legacy displayed throughout the Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum,” said Laura Sanders, executive director of the Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum. “As one of the only single-artist museums on the West Coast, we know Rita’s artwork will continue to inspire people from diverse backgrounds, whether they live in Las Vegas or visit from other parts of the world.”
Complimentary tickets will be offered exclusively on Rita Deanin Abbey Day and buy-one-get-one-free tickets will be available through the end of July. All tickets have limited availability and cannot be combined with another special offer. Tickets are priced at $20 and are available by appointment only. For more information about the Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum, to plan a visit, and to make a reservation, go to www.ritadeaninabbeymuseum.org.
A beloved, multidisciplinary artist, Abbey dedicated her life to art until she passed away on March 20, 2021. She was passionate about exploring desert landscapes and deeply affected by rock formations, vistas, sunsets, plants, wildlife, and other elements of nature, which heavily influenced her art. With expertise in painting, drawing, sculpting, enamels, and more, Abbey was also an art professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) for more than 20 years.
Additionally, Abbey has won countless awards, grants, and commissions, including the Governor’s seventh annual Visual Arts Award for the State of Nevada in 1986 and the Las Vegas Arts Commission’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2012. Most recently, in 2024, Abbey was inducted posthumously into the UNLV College of Fine Arts Hall of Fame for her remarkable career. She has had 60 individual exhibitions and has participated in more than 160 national and international group exhibitions. Her work can be seen in private and public collections in the United States, the Middle East, Europe, and South America.
Tucked away in a residential area in northwest Las Vegas, the museum features a wondrous and diverse array of art entirely by Abbey. The 10,500-square-foot museum captures the extraordinary breadth of her art, including abstract expressionism, figures, landscapes, and non-objective subject matter, heavily influenced by scenic southwestern landscapes. The museum property also offers a courtyard, desert garden, and outdoor sculpture garden.
About the Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum
Visitors will enter the extraordinary world of a gifted artist. Rita Deanin Abbey’s imagination, talent, and beauty of spirit, influenced by her love of the desert southwest, are offered in a 10,500 square-foot museum that showcases the astonishing variety of her work, from abstract expressionist paintings to stained-glass windows, sculptures, landscapes, figure studies, murals, enamels, and more. In 2024, Abbey was inducted posthumously into the University of Nevada, Las Vegas College of Fine Arts Hall of Fame for her remarkable career. In 2023, the museum was named “Best Suburban Art Space” in Desert Companion magazine’s “Best of the City” issue. The museum, located in northwest Las Vegas at 5850 N. Park Street, is open Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are available by appointment only and may be purchased online. For more information, follow the museum on Instagram or Facebook or visit www.ritadeaninabbeymuseum.org.