"To understand is to stand under which is to look up to, which is a good way to understand."- Sister Corita

 

  

"Corita Kent's...work was a living meditation, with consciousness and devotion to the soul of the here and now"-Lorraine Wild.

Sister Mary Corita/Sister Corita Kent, was born Frances Elizabeth Kent in 1918, but changed her name when she joined the Order of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1936. She is known in the design world as a legendary for her bright, progressive silkscreen prints.

It's unmistakable that she was an artist in the 1960s. Her work is clearly reflective of the time she lived in; full of change, hope, and social activism. It is also said she was partly inspired by Pope John XXIII's challenge for the Catholic Church to renew and rethink it's traditions. Corita's work combined colour, type, and image to create bold, beautiful pieces of art sending out a message of love, faith and joy.