#getwiththeaction

[kellykilmer]

I'm an artist and an art teacher. My teaching, my art, my life have been shaped by the work and life of Corita Kent. Please help! “Doing and making are acts of hope, and as that hope grows we stop feeling overwhelmed by the troubles of the world.  We remember that we – as individuals and groups – can do something about those troubles.”-Corita Kent #Repost @coritaartcenter • • • • • • Help save Corita Kent’s studio and preserve her legacy! Let Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell and the Los Angeles CD13 office know that Corita's studio matters and request they halt its demolition until it is reviewed for historic designation. #SaveCoritasStudio #GetWithTheAction ... Please share widely. Visit corita.org/action (link in bio) for social graphics, sample emails / call scripts, and more info! https://www.instagram.com/p/CD4rKcKAsIB/?igshid=10jg73le9zqwf

[coritaartcenter]

We are thrilled to announce that Wednesday, November 20th has been named #CoritaDayinLA. The honor falls on what would have been Corita Kent’s 101st birthday. Throughout Corita’s 100th year, we have ramped up our efforts to grow Corita’s legacy and introduce her to a new generation, both in Los Angeles and around the world. In that spirit, we want to honor her on Corita Day with an online celebration—or in 1960s terms, “a happening”—that will share her art and message of hope, love, and justice with an even wider audience.

If you aren’t yet familiar with Corita, we hope you celebrate Corita Day by getting to know this inspiring artist and educator: read her bio, follow us on Instagram or Facebook, or sign up for our newsletter!

If you are already well acquainted, we hope you will join our online “happening” and share Corita’s artwork, story, or teachings via social media on November 20th. We invite you to create your own artwork if you desire, but we also have a few sample posts here. Thank you for being a part of Corita’s legacy!

[coritaartcenter]

Corita Art Center and CHIRLA, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, partnered to build an altar titled Corita Art Center x CHIRLA: amar la justicia for this year’s Dia de los Muertos celebration at Hollywood Forever cemetery. The altar honored members of the extended CHIRLA family lost in the struggle for immigrant rights.

Corita used bold and graphic serigraphs to expose injustice around the world while delivering a message of love, hope, and justice. In this spirit, the altar was constructed out of one of Corita’s favorite everyday items, the cardboard box, and featured an enlarged version of love justice, a serigraph she first created in 1966 which boldly depicts the Camus quote, “I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice,” in red, white, and blue.