It is a huge danger to pretend that awful things do not happen.
	But you need enough hope to keep going. 
	I am trying to make hope. 
	Flowers grow out of darkness.
																Corita Kent

Who is Corita Kent?

Corita Kent was an internationally known artist who taught at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles. In her work, she brought a dramatic fusion of social, political, religious, and aesthetic concerns. She refused to make distinctions between art as aesthetic and art as political statement.

Corita won international acclaim for her colorful silkscreen prints (serigraphs). During her career she produced over eight hundred limited print editions. Her works appear in major museums in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Her messages of delight in the world and of hope for the possibilities of overcoming injustice and war were always balanced with this recurrent theme expressed in her work. "It is a huge danger to pretend that awful things do not happen. But you need enough hope to keep going. I am trying to make hope. Flowers grow out of darkness."

Immaculate Heart College Center in Los Angeles offers graduate studies inspired by Corita Kent.

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