YES WE CAN

20 x 20 individually signed serigraphs by Sister Corita.

Due to the slight corner creases, we have reduced the price to $150.

Limited edition.
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Shortly before her death in 1986, Sister Corita was commissioned to design a serigraph for the Los Ninos Education Center at Vista Hill Foundation in San Diego. Yes We Can is the artist's proof of a limited edition of 200 individually signed prints. She chose the words, Yes We Can, because that is the mantra of Stein Education Center (formerly Los Ninos). Children, adults teachers, parents and siblings who work each day, who don't give up, who make step forward in the spirit against unbelievably difficult odds.

Today, we honor Sister Corita and her spirit, Yes We Can by making available the last few prints. For more information call the Vista Hill Foundation at 858.514.5123 or email: info@vistahill.org.

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The Story of A Modern Pop Art Icon and Activist, Sister Corita

In 1986, shortly before her death, Sister Corita was commissioned for a serigraph for then Los Ninos Education Center at Vista Hill Foundation in San Diego. Yes We Can was the artist's proof of 200 limited edition individually signed prints. She chose the words, Yes We Can, because that is the mantra of Stein Education Center (formerly Los Ninos). Children, adults teachers, parents and siblings who work each day, who don't give up, who make step forward in the spirit against unbelievably difficult odds. Today, we honor Sister Corita and her spirit, Yes We Can by making available the last few prints. For more information call the Vista Hill Foundation at 858.514.5123 or email: info@vistahill.org.

Sister Corita lived each day with a passion for expressing her love of God, the written word and art. Born into the Kent family as the fifth of six children, Frances Elizabeth in Fort Dodge , Iowa in 1918. The Irish Catholic family later relocated to Los Angeles where she finished high school and joined the Immaculate Heart of Mary Religious Community College (IHC) in Hollywood . Named, Sister Mary Corita, she studied art and serigraphy and earned an MA in Art History from the University of South California

Iconic companies such as IBM and the U.S. Post Office commissioned her for work. Perhaps best known is the 1985 brightly-colored rainbow Love stamp, which sold a record 700 million stamps. She died the following year.

Corita's artistic talents were mixture of design, religion, communication, activist and cultural phenomenon. Her work juxtaposes her personal belief in living responsibly and with greater care. She represented pop art and a counter culture and was featured on the cover of Newsweek magazine.

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