Marciano Art Foundation (MAF) presents, Corita Kent: The Sorcery of Images until January 24, 2026. The exhibition is presented as follow.
“In a sense, the whole world around the artist is his source, his sorting and relating powers are his sorcery, and the one isn’t much good without the other. … Anything can be a source, even a mistake. The sorcery or the thievery is the art of relating sources into a new solution.” These were the insights of Corita Kent (1918–1986), an artist, teacher and activist who uniquely combined her passions for faith and politics in an exuberant and joyfully creative practice. As a Catholic nun in Los Angeles’s Immaculate Heart of Mary order and an influential art teacher at Immaculate Heart College from 1947 to 1968, Corita (as she was known) gained international recognition for her signature serigraphs (silkscreen prints) that innovatively brought together elements of popular culture with messages of love, faith and politics. Over the course of several decades, Corita developed a unique and inventive approach to typography and color that rivalled the explorations of her Pop Art contemporaries.
Corita Kent: The Sorcery of Images
September 26, 2025 – January 24, 2026
Marciano Art Foundation (MAF)
4357 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90010
www.marcianoartfoundation.org
