
LA’s Hippie Nun and the Corita Art Center
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
Published: Wed Aug 06 2025
Counterculture icon… artist… nun? A new art center has opened up in downtown LA dedicated to the work of Corita Kent, also known as Sister Mary Corita, a nun and art teacher whose bright, colorful, and political Pop Art prints made her famous in the 1960s…and also got her in big trouble with the church.
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