Drawn to Corita Kent

Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work

August 12, 2021
Corita Kent Comic Cover
Cover illustration from "A Life in Color" a comic about artist Corita Kent. Illustrated by Mica Borovinsky.

Corita Kent joined a religious order after high school and became fascinated with screen printing. She would go on to be described as “the pop art nun who combined the sensibility of Andy Warhol with social justice,” and helped to bring a little more color to the world.

This comic is part of a series Drawn to Art: Ten Tales of Inspiring Women Artists that illuminates the stories of ten women artists in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Inspired by graphic novels, these short takes on artists’ lives were each drawn by a woman student-illustrator from the Ringling College of Art and Design.

We invite you to read the comic and share with your friends and young people in your life.

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