KATHRYN PASTERNAK learned the art of filmmaking for television at National Geographic while on staff there for some 15 years. Lawrence Poos, Dean of Arts and Sciences Department of Art, The Catholic University of America, John K Mullen of Denver Library and a special thanks to the Corita Art Center for assistance in research & development. This multimedia exhibit illustrates the evolution of her style over three decades, and charts the artist’s original, transformative approaches to religious imagery, pop art, and social activism. Like any true original, Corita’s legacy cannot be measured in just one area. Corita’s enduring inspiration can still be seen in the vibrant spiritual art of Willy and Pat Malarcher (CUA MFA 1958), Frances Hart (CUA MFA 1957) and Nell Booker Sonnemann (CUA MFA 1959) now on display in Celebrating Vatican II. It is fitting that CUA should honor the life and legacy of Corita since her visits to this campus in the 1950’s made a profound impression on the students who met her. This exhibition works in synergy with the conferences on Vatican II held at The Catholic University of America and at Georgetown University this fall, and with the exhibition Celebrating Vatican II - A Spirited Response in Art and Design, currently on display in the Salve Regina Gallery at CUA. To Believe -The Spirited Art of Corita is offered at a significant moment on the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council.
To religious iconography, she introduced an avant-garde sensibility, using primary and neon colors, boldly mixed graphics, and imagery derived from the commercialized everyday world to convey ideas in a powerfully direct and immediately relevant manner. As can be seen in my people (1965), Corita juxtaposes a contemporary newspaper clipping with text that relates Jesus’ suffering on the cross to the modern suffering in the world. To Pop Art, she brought a new social and spiritual engagement. Stylistically, her work helped to transform both religious imagery, and the Pop Art movement. In the late 1950s and ‘60’s, when Corita was first catapulted to fame, these changes included the rise of the Civil Rights movement, the Equal Rights movement, anti-war protests, and the religious reforms following Vatican II - all causes that profoundly engaged Corita as an artist, a Catholic nun, and a committed crusader for social justice. These works highlight some of the artist’s most remarkable achievements, including her famous Love stamp issued by USPS in 1985 a reproduction of her most widely-viewed work, Rainbow Swatch in Dorchester Massachusetts and an original handout from one of her earliest and most famous happenings, for Mary’s Day in 1964.Ĭorita’s highly original approach to life and art both reflected and enabled change in a time of rapid transformation in modern art, Western society, and the Roman Catholic Church. Mullen of Denver Memorial Library of The Catholic University of America, including prints, illustrated books, film footage, periodicals, newspaper clippings, personal letters, and other artifacts and memorabilia from the private archives of Corita’s relatives. This exhibition features a selection of works from the artist’s family and from The John K. Washington, D.C, 20004Ĭontact Information: The Catholic University of America’s Department of Art, 20ĭetails: To Believe - The Spirited Art of Corita celebrates the inspired and multifaceted career of modern artist Sister Mary Corita (Corita Kent, 1918-1986), most popularly known simply as Corita, the name by which she signed her later works and letters. Mullen of Denver Library’s May Gallery 620 Michigan Ave., N.E. Where: The Catholic University of America John K. When: October 26 to DecemOpening Reception, October 26, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. What: Exhibit: To Believe – The Spirited Art of Corita
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Make short videos and eye-popping stills with your smartphone! Free Digital Art Workshop Novem6 - 8pm Digital Arts Lab, 218 Mullen Library Kathryn Pasternak and Matthew Barrick Shoot Movies and Stills with Your SMARTPHONE
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