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Photograph of Abbey stained glass art in Temple Beth Sholom Sanctuary, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 17, 2016
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Archival Collection
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Stain glass work by Rita Deanin Abbey featured in Temple Beth Sholom's Sharon E. Sigesmund Sanctuary.
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Photograph of Abbey stained glass art in Temple Beth Sholom Sanctuary, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 17, 2016
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Archival Collection
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Stain glass work by Rita Deanin Abbey featured in Temple Beth Sholom's Sharon E. Sigesmund Sanctuary.
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Photograph of Joshua Abbey, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 06, 2016
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Archival Collection
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Filmmaker Joshua Abbey, founder and director of the Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival, is the son of artist Rita Deanin Abbey and author Edward Abbey.
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Photographs and clippings from Temple Beth Sholom scrapbook, 1970s-1990s
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Archival Collection
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Photographs and correspondence document the history of Temple Beth Sholom, including the ground breaking and construction of the campus in Summerlin. Also included in this set of images are photographs of Rita Deanin Abbey fabricating the Wall of Creation installation for the Temple on Oakey Boulevard in the 1970s.
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Exhibition catalogs, Abbey's curriculum vitae, and issues of Leonardo, International Journal of the Contemporary Artist, 1975 to 1991
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Rita Deanin Abbey Exhibition Catalogs
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Transcript of interview with Joshua Abbey by Barbara Tabach, June 6, 2016
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Archival Collection
Description
Joshua Nathaniel Abbey was born in 1956 to artist Rita Deanin Abbey and author Edward Abbey. While much of Joshua?s early childhood was spent in the southwest following his father?s job, Hoboken, New Jersey, was where he attended elementary school and where his Jewish foundation took shape with his maternal grandparents. In 1964, the Abbey family moved westward again to Las Vegas. Though his father moved on and became a distant influence on Joshua?s life, his mother, Rita, remained and became an artist and art instructor at UNLV. Upon graduating from Las Vegas? Valley High School, Joshua set his sights on an acting career. His creative and industrious energies would inspire him to move about: from Los Angeles to New York and back to Las Vegas. He traveled the world, met the love of his life Yve Eiholzer-Abbey, a fellow Thespian. Eventually the couple made Las Vegas their permanent residence. In this interview, Josh recalls his life?s journey and the many career steps, friendships and accomplishments he has experienced along the path. Among Josh?s local contributions is the creation the Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival, which began in 2001. He also was founder of CineVegas Film Festival in 1998; a member of the Nevada Arts Council, City of Las Vegas Arts Commission and Director of the Desert Space Foundation, a local non-profit foundation committed to assisting emerging arts groups. He has also worked with Blue Man Group, for Jewish Family Service Agency, had a brief speaking part in the movie, The Natural, and been an activist opposing the Yucca Mountain waste repository-and much more. Joshua is a graduate of University of Nevada Las Vegas (Theater Arts 1980) and American Film Institute (1993).
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Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival Records [UNPROCESSED]
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[This collection is unprocessed.] The Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival Records (1990-2023) primarily contain submissions to the Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival as well as marketing, promotional, and press coverage of the festival. Also included are materials related to the creation of the CineVegas Film Festival. The collection also includes records about art projects produced by Joshua Abbey and other ventures he was involved with.
Archival Collection
Joshua Abbey Papers
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Collection is comprised primarily of files from approximately the early 1980s to 2017 detailing Joshua Abbey's theater and film career; his involvement with environmental efforts in Southern Nevada such as the Citizens Against Nuclear Waste in Nevada (CANWIN); and his involvement with the Jewish community in Las Vegas, including the Jewish Film Festival, the Jewish Federation, Temple Beth Sholom, and other organizations. The collection also includes information about the Jewish Community Center from the 1950s and a file on the film production of
Archival Collection