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Some Sunshine

Some Sunshine

Artist/Maker (American, 1918–1986)
Date1970
MediumScreenprint
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 22 3/4 × 22 5/8 in. (57.8 × 57.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Driek (OC 1965) and Michael (OC 1964) Zirinsky in memory of Vandy Ackerman
Object number2023.1.27
Status
Not on view
Copyright© Estate of Sister Corita KentMore Information
An educator and activist, Kent was a member of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and an art teacher at the Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles from 1938–1968. In 1968, she left the Catholic Church and moved to Boston to devote her life to art. There she began to source imagery from the Civil Rights movement, antiwar protests, and text fragments from popular culture, such as this excerpt from novelist Philip Roth. An outspoken figure in the Christian left during the Vietnam War, Kent was controversial within the Catholic Church, but never stopped wearing her habit or abandoned her faith.
Exhibition History
The Body, The Host: HIV / AIDS and Christianity
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 20, 2024 - December 15, 2024 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
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