April Dammann

Author of Corita Kent.  Art and Soul.  The Biography.

Thursday, March 3rd at 7pm

CORITA KENT. ART AND SOUL. THE BIOGRAPHY. is the painstakingly researched account of one of America's icons, the rebel nun who made a world of difference and, to her surprise, simultaneously made a name for herself. For the very first time, author April Dammann brings readers the life story, the telling artwork, and the overarching spirituality of the woman who rose to fame as Sister Mary Corita in the tumultuous 1960s.

From the day she joined the Immaculate Heart of Mary order in Hollywood in 1936, Sister Mary Corita's vision expanded as a nun, art instructor, artist, and as an activist for social justice, distinguishing her from the norm of mid-twentieth century women, and certainly of other women religious. Chastity, poverty, and obedience guided Sister Corita, but so did a call to expressing herself in the wide, secular world of which she was a part. Once independent, Corita Kent shaped a renewed career, forged new relationships, and left—in her art and by her example—an enduring legacy of hope and love.

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