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This November, the Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum welcomes the public to experience a full calendar of cultural events. The museum will host a variety of curated offerings that combine multiple disciplines, including a theatrical festival, a concert experience featuring strings, workshops on meditation and wellness, and a rejuvenating sound bath.
Saturday, Nov. 8, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Nicola Lea Kilyushik will lead an expanded foundational movement class: Moving Meditation: Qi Gong, Tai Chi, and Yoga Nidra Foundations. Experience 90 minutes of mindful movement, breath awareness and deep relaxation, integrating the healing foundations of Qi Gong, Tai Chi, and Yoga Nidra. This immersive session invites guests to reconnect with their bodies and minds through gentle, intentional practices. Qi Gong cultivates and circulates vital life energy (qi) through slow, flowing movements and breath work to support balance, vitality and calm. Tai Chi builds on this foundation with graceful, choreographed sequences known as “forms” that promote coordination, focus and inner strength. Yoga Nidra, or “yogic sleep,” is a guided meditation designed to bring the body into deep rest while keeping the mind alert, enhancing self-awareness, stress relief and emotional clarity. Together, these complementary practices support physical well-being, reduce stress and anxiety, improve sleep and foster greater creativity and intuition. Guests are encouraged to dress comfortably and bring water, a yoga mat and any supports (like a blanket or cushion) they may need; however, no other beverages or food are permitted in the museum galleries. All experience levels are welcome, and tickets are priced at $30 per session for individuals aged 16 and above.
Saturday, Nov. 8, from 2 to 4 p.m.
The Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum will welcome the return of Desert Opus for a live performance of “Colors: A Concert Experience on Strings.” The string ensemble will treat attendees to a matinee performance where art and music converge in harmony. The thoughtfully curated performance explores the expressive power of sound and color through works that span eras and styles – from the lyrical and contemplative to the bold and rhythmically dynamic. The performance will include the talents of violist Arturo Hernández Gómez, violinists James Anderson and Deborah Kim, and cellist David Warner.
Throughout the concert, guests are invited to reflect on emotion, movement and form, celebrating the shared language of artistic expression and connection through the works of Claude Debussy, David Balakrishnan, Caroline Shaw and Samuel Barber, among others. Following the concert, a reception will be held with soft beverages available for attendees. Tickets are $30 per person for individuals 12 years and older, and must be reserved in advance.
Tickets to all events are available here.
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.
The museum, located at 5850 N. Park Street in northwest Las Vegas, is open Thursday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are available by appointment only and can be purchased online. For more information, please the museum on Instagram or Facebook or visit www.ritadeaninabbeymuseum.org
