Corita Kent used her bold silkscreens to advocate for social change during the 1960s. A new center in downtown L.A. honors ...

that felt very Corita to us.” Kent’s pieces hung in the detention center’s cafeteria, with the 1965 print “Hope” above the doorway. Even the controversial “the juiciest tomato of them ...

Corita Kent, born Frances Elizabeth Kent, was an American artist known for her screen printing work that often explored themes of Christianity and social justice. She was associated with the Pop Art ...

mural at the Corita Art Center, lettering by David Mekelburg (photo Matt Stromberg/Hyperallergic) When Kent died in 1986, her archives comprising 30,000 artworks and pieces of ephemera — as well ...

Corita Kent, also known as Sister Mary Corita, spent a lifetime creating art infused with social justice, religious meaning and a craving for peace. Eleven years after her death in 1986 ...

The progressive order with the rebellious spirit published books, cut an album for Capitol Records, and one of them, the former Sister Corita Kent, opened an art studio that became an outlet for ...

The story of Corita Kent, also called Sister Mary Corita (1918-86), is one of them. A teacher and artist, Kent used art to promote messages of peace, hope and social justice in the 1960s and 70s.

The Corita Kent Art Center combines the artist’s foundation, an archive and gallery, and educational and community spaces to continue her extension of art into life. The Catalina Museum for Art & ...