Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent

ON VIEW JUNE 14–NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent is the first full-scale exhibition to survey the entire career of pioneering artist and designer Corita Kent (1918–1986) whose groundbreaking body of work combines faith, activism, and teaching with messages of acceptance and hope. A Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Corita taught at the Art Department at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles where she developed her vibrant, Pop-inspired prints from the 1960s, mining a variety of secular and religious sources and using the populist printmaking medium to pose philosophical questions about racism, war, poverty, and religion. As a teacher, Corita inspired her students to discover new ways of experiencing the world by seeking out revelation in everyday events. Her work over three decades is widely recognized for its revolutionary impact and remains an iconic symbol of that period in American history.

Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent is organized by Ian Berry, Dayton Director of the Tang Museum, and Michael Duncan, independent curator and art critic, in collaboration with the Corita Art Center, Los Angeles. This exhibition is supported by the PMCA Board of Directors and PMCA Ambassador Circle. Exhibition–related programming is supported in part by the Sidney Stern Memorial Trust. This exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue.

http://pmcaonline.org/exhibitions/someday-is-now-the-art-of-corita-kent/

Image: Corita Kent, E eye love, 1968. Silkscreen print on paper, 23 x 23 inches. Corita Art Center, Immaculate Heart Community, Los Angeles, CA. Photograph by Arthur Evans, courtesy of the Tang Museum at Skidmore College.