CORITA KENT AT DITCHLING MUSEUM OF ART AND CRAFT – CURATOR’S TALK 21 JUNE 2018

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‘The ground-breaking work of Corita Kent (1918-1986) comes to Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft this summer. Corita was an artist, a famously charismatic educator and a Roman Catholic nun based in Los Angeles during the 1960s. A contemporary of Andy Warhol and Ed Ruscha, her vibrant screenprinted banners and posters drew on pop and modern consumer cultures and became increasingly political throughout the decade. Her bright, bold work confronted issues of poverty, racism and war with an aesthetic more aligned with protest movements of the time than traditional religious imagery. Frequently appearing on the streets surrounding the Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles, where she taught, Kent’s imagery aimed to capture the public imagination in order to influence social change.’ (more from the Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft website here)

This is an amazing opportunity;  curator – Donna Steele at Ditchling Museum on 21 June 2018 4pm -6pm, talking about the radical pedagogue Sister Corita Kent. It’s a free event with transport from Brighton University Grand Parade, on the day. But you need to book a place here

https://shop.brighton.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/arts-humanities/events/cdh-summer-lectures-corita-kent-curator-talk-and-exhibition-tour-at-ditchling-museum

 

 

 

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