Corita Kent: Gentle Revolutionary of the Heart (People of God)

She was attracted by Chinese and Irish calligraphy and started adding script to her work in the early fifties.

She taught with the pull of a strong tide. Bit by exhausting bit we were pushed into an awareness of the pulse and beauty of life around us and how to put them together to make our own life song.”6

of the World’s Fair. One of her prints reads: ‘To understand is to stand under, which is to look up to, which is a good way to understand.’

Corita became well-known for using the Tusche resist process for her serigraphy.