Come Alive! November is Sister Corita month

November is Sister Corita month! Sister who? I hear you say. Sister Corita King was a religious revolutionary artist (an actual nun!) who brought her unique brand of Jesus joy to the art scene in California during the 1960's. I discovered her screen prints alive with spiritual sentiment on a trip to the St Ives Tate last year, and was completely won over by the sheer joyfulness and colour seeping out of her works and into your pores. Some of her prints are overtly religious, others are witty, subtle and all of them make you want to sing. If you're in NY this month, check out the exhibit at Exit Art until November 22nd (Corita's 90th birthday).

If you want to know more, I highly recommend this fab book 'Come Alive! The spirited art of Sister Corita'.