2021
Rita Blitt Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
2020
“Around and Round” Rita Blitt Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
2019
“To Kiss the Sun” Rita Blitt Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
ArtsKC Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2017
Grand Opening of The Rita Blitt Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
2016
Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
Rita Blitt in Motion, Dance of the Line
2015
The J, Overland Park, KS
Harnessed Love
June 3 – August 14, 2015
Colorado Mountain College, Aspen, CO
Works on Paper Retrospective
June 11 - August 13, 2015
2014
Michael Warren Gallery, Denver, CO
June - July
The Mitchell Gallery, Aspen, CO
February
2013
Wyly Community Art Center, Basalt, CO
Dancing Hands
September - October
2012
The Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, CO
Annual Artist Tribute Honoring Rita Blitt
July - August
2011
The Carter Art Center Gallery at Metropolitan Community College, Penn Valley, Kansas City, MO
Discovering and Sharing Joy Part II: Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture and Film
October 4 – November 7
Cultural Arts Center, Metropolitan Community College, Longview, Lee’s Summit
Discovering and Sharing Joy: Part I: Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture and Film
October 1 – November 12
Gallery of Art & Design, Univ. of Central Missouri, Warrensburg
Fear of War, Courage to Hope … While Dancing
A traveling exhibition of drawings, paintings, sculpture and film.
August 19 – September 24
2010
Green+Blue Gallery, Stowe, VT
October 2 – November 15
Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
Featuring: Fear of War, Courage to Hope … While Dancing – Paintings and Sculpture
September 10 – October 9
La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA
March 1-30
2009
547 Arts Center, Greensburg, KS
Featuring: Fear of War, courage to Hope …While Dancing – Paintings and Sculpture
September through October, 2009
Soka University of America
Founders Hall Art Gallery Aliso Viejo (near Laguna Beach), CA
Featuring: Passionate Gestures of Rita Blitt
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
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
May 29 - August 6
Jacquelyn Casey Hudgens Museum and Art Center, Duluth, GA
"Rita Blitt: The Passionate Gesture - A Retrospective"
September 12 - January 12
Marion Meyer Contemporary Art Gallery, Laguna, CA
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
Featuring: 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”
May 13-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