Corita Kent, born Frances Kent, also known as Sister Corita, (November 20, 1918 – September 18, 1986) was an artist and an educator who worked in Los Angeles and Boston. She worked almost exclusively with serigraphy, helping to establishment it as a fine art medium. Her artwork, with its messages of love and peace, was particularly popular during the social upheavals of the 1960's and 1970's. November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... Alternative meanings: Boston (disambiguation) The 18th-century Old State House in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries. ... Screen-printing, also known as silkscreening or serigraphy, is a printmaking technique that creates a sharp-edged single-color image using a stencil and a porous fabric. ...
At the age of eighteen Corita entered the Roman Catholic order of Sisters of the Immaculate Heart in Los Angeles. There she was a teacher and chairman of the art department. She left the order in 1968 and moved to Boston, where she devoted herself to making art. She died of cancer.
Corita created several hundred serigraph designs, for posters, book covers, and murals. Her work includes the 1985 Love Stamp and the 150-foot-high natural gas tank outside Boston.
Partial list of publications
1967 Footnotes and Headlines: A Play-Pray Book, Sister Corita
1969 city, uncity, poems by Gerald Huckaby, pages by Corita Kent
1970 Damn Everything but the Circus, Corita Kent
1992 Learning By Heart: Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit, Corita Kent (posthumously) and Jan Steward
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