[Access] Two Corita Posters

[d. maria]

How about donating them to our Auction on March 8th?
On Jan 13, 2008, at 4:52 PM, David Gilmartin wrote:

> 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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