Corita Kent, the ex-nun-turned-artist who rose to fame in the 1960s, used graphic design and poster art to protest the Vietnam War and advocate for Amnesty International. At nearly the same time, Martin Luther King, Jr., as most of the world knows by now, led a monumentally significant movement to fight for civil rights and equality in the United States. Both were inspired by their own theologies, eventually influencing decades of activists with their individual modes of social action. So it makes sense that the Pasadena Museum of California Art would take the opportunity to celebrate the giants in the same weekend. The art haven is staging …
Corita Kent, the ex-nun-turned-artist who rose to fame in the 1960s, used graphic design and poster art to protest the Vietnam War and advocate for Amnesty International. At nearly the same time, Martin Luther King, Jr., as most of the world knows by now, led a monumentally significant movement to fight for civil rights and equality in the United States. Both were inspired by their own theologies, eventually influencing decades of activists with their individual modes of social action.
So it makes sense that the Pasadena Museum of California Art would take the opportunity to celebrate the giants in the same weekend. The art haven is staging the Kent-centric exhibition “Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent” this summer, presenting 30 years worth of the designer’s printmaking, posters, banners and pop-inspired advocacy. In anticipation of the show, and in tribute to Martin Luther King Day, the museum is staging a community arts festival aptly named “Get With The Action.”
The festival, including a procession, original art-making and a picnic with food trucks, will take place on Saturday, January 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at All Saints Church in Pasadena, California. Inspired by Kent’s own community arts festivals held in the 1960s — “Mary’s Days,” the procession will begin at All Saints Church and proceed to the public health organization Day One and finally the Pasadena Museum of California Art.
“‘Get With the Action: A Community Art Festival’ is a tribute to the contributions of both Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Sister Corita Kent, and their commitment to the Civil Rights Movement, the War On Poverty, and the Peace Movement,” the museum wrote in a press release for the event.
Check out more information on the festival over at the PMCA website. For a preview of “Someday is Now,” check out the images below, and head over to our past coverage of the great ex-nun here.
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A Community Art Festival Honors MLK Jr., In The Spirit Of Corita Kent
