Corita Kent made waves as the ‘Pop-Art nun’ in the ’60s. A new center honors her legacy
Corita Kent used her bold silkscreens to advocate for social change during the ’60s. A new center in downtown L.A. honors her ...
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A New L.A. Art Center Honors a Nun Turned Artist in 1960s Hollywood
When the nuns at Immaculate Heart College in Hollywood started doing it, they made headlines. Their conflicts with L.A.’s ...
Los Angeles Downtown News4d
Honoring the Pop Art Nun: Corita Art Center debuts in the Arts District
Corita Kent, also known as Sister Mary Corita, spent a lifetime creating art infused with social justice, religious meaning ...
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The artist formerly known as Sister Corita
Kent created the iconic “Rainbow Swash” on the gas tank visible from I-93 in Dorchester. Its soaring strokes of pure color have uplifted the road-weary since 1971. By then, the artist had ...
On Monhegan Island, artists create a record of ecological change
An exhibit that encompasses an ecological record of Monhegan Island is on view now at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art and ...