[Access] Two Corita Posters

[David Gilmartin]

Two Corita Posters


I have two posters by Corita Kent, which I would be pleased to donate  
to a community organization which does advocacy on behalf of people  
with disabilities. The posters were produced at Syracuse University,  
date unknown.

Corita Kent also known as Sister Corita, gained international fame for  
her vibrant serigraphs during the 1960s and 1970s. A Sister of the  
Immaculate Heart of Mary, she ran the Art Department at Immaculate  
Heart College until 1968 when she left the Order and moved to Boston.  
Corita’s art reflects her spirituality, her commitment to social  
justice, her hope for peace and her delight in “the world that takes  
place all around us.”

Descriptions:

1. “I am blind yet I see; I am deaf yet I hear” – Helen Keller. Below  
is a paragraph describing Keller’s legacy to the disability rights  
movement.

2. “Our voice is new. We must first learn to speak And we ask everyone  
to learn to understand our voices We need people who teach us to speak  
People who believe in us Mentally retarded persons do not want to live  
in terrible institutions We want to live in the community” and  
“Statement made by people in Austria who are mentally retarded – at  
the United Nations Center on Social Development and Humanitarian  
Affairs”

-- David Gilmartin
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