Corita Art Center in downtown Los Angeles, California preserves and promotes Corita Kent’s art, teaching, and passion for social justice. Today, Corita Art Center supports exhibition loans and public programs, oversees image and merchandising rights, and serves as a resource and archive on her life and work. Learn more →
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We are proud to announce our newest exhibition, unordinary days, celebration as resistance, which foregrounds joy and collective imagination as a powerful response to injustice. Drawing from our collection, CAC will showcase a selection of artworks by Corita Kent and the collaborative work of her students at Immaculate Heart College in Hollywood.
At its core, unordinary days asks a timely question: what does it mean to gather in joy when despair feels daily? CAC presents this exhibition now as both a reminder and an invitation. Together, we are called to build something new, grounded in care and connection, while remaining attentive to the urgencies of the present.
A pop art sensibility infused the campus. Commercial signage and food packaging from the Market Basket grocery store across the street were repurposed into banners and large-scale installations. Music, movement, and a boisterous procession replaced quiet ritual. Bread was broken both symbolically and literally, with food gathered for families in need. In this transformation, Mary’s Day became more than a celebration. It was a reimagining of civic and spiritual life, where joy itself carried urgency and purpose.
Throughout the year, we will host a range of events designed to invite gathering, spark connection and encourage collective care, with Fridays dedicated to group tours for educators and nonprofit partners and Saturdays offering free hands-on workshops through the spring, including sign-making and button-making sessions.
The exhibition will be on view April 11, 2026 - April 3, 2027.