Nellie Scott on Sister Mary Corita

The Great Women Artists

Katy Hessel

Arts

4.8 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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THIS WEEK on the GWA Podcast, to end this season, we interview Nellie Scott, Director of the Corita Art Center in California, on SISTER MARY CORITA! Sister Mary Corita Kent is the legendary Los Angeles icon, pop artist, activist, nun, and educator, known for her prints and posters filled with luminous block colours and text that reflected her concerns about poverty, racism, and war, and which are filled with messages of peace and social justice. Born in 1918 to a working class Catholic family in Iowa, when the Corita was five she moved with her family to Hollywood. In 1936, aged 18, Corita graduated from the Los Angeles Catholic Girls’ High School and entered the religious order of the Immaculate Heart of Mary where she took the name Sister Mary Corita (where she went on to head up the art dept!) Corita's work ranges from figurative and religious to incorporating advertising images and slogans, popular song lyrics and passages from the Bible. In the ‘60s, her work became increasingly political, urging viewers to consider poverty, racism, and injustice. She was a groundbreaker and considered by many to be at the front of the Pop Art movement ~ whilst also teaching (and being a nun!) full time. Reappropriating symbols for a spiritual message, such as Aeroplanes for guardian angels; Wonder Bread as the eucharist; Corita's art gained attention for its ability to find joy in the everyday. She infused pop elements into her work, and throughout the ‘60s, her work became increasingly political, urging viewers to consider the social injustices of the time. -- LINKS: Ten Rules Audio Project with Dublab Radio here: https://www.corita.org/tenrules Ten Rules Chronicle Book (April 2023) here: https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/new-rules-next-week Baylis Glascock film here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hRjih1uLmampB8DI2s2n4Nup7i3Pmacc/view Thomas Conrad film here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vBcaCDRMLRAINXBYVDP3TyJmt2IL5fOD/view Rebel hearts doc on IHC here: https://www.rebelheartsfilm.com/ ENJOY! Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Research assistant: Viva Ruggi Sound editing by Nada Smiljanic Artwork by @thisisaliceskinner Music by Ben Wetherfield https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/ -- THIS EPISODE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY CHRISTIES: www.christies.com

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to the Great Woman Artist podcast. Last week we interviewed Terra Arc on
0:06.5	the Mexican artist and surrealist Remedios Varro and this week to close this series of the Great
0:12.3	Woman Artist podcast, we speak to Nellie Scott on Sister Mary Corita. But just before we get to it,
0:18.1	this episode is generously supported by Christie's Auction House.
0:22.1	2022 has been a year of extraordinary art and objects at Christie's,
0:26.7	from the most valuable auction sale of all time with the collection of Microsoft co-founder,
0:31.9	Paul G. Allen, to the numerous free and public exhibitions, like the recent macab selling exhibition. As the year comes
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1:05.1	From jewels and watches to paintings, furniture, manuscripts and photographs,
1:09.8	there are over 193 works currently available
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1:18.9	or what's in store for 2023. I hope you enjoy this episode.
1:35.1	Hello everyone and welcome to The Great Women Artist podcast with me, Katie Hessel.
1:41.1	Some of you might know me from The Great Women Artists, an Instagram account I set up in October 2015,
1:45.9	which celebrates female artists on a daily basis, ranging from young graduates to old masters.
1:47.1	Well, in a similar fashion to the Instagram, this podcast is all about celebrating female
1:53.0	artists from a variety of backgrounds and histories.
1:56.4	And I am so excited to be interviewing artists on their career or artists, writers, curators or general
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