Inspiring “Rules” for Students and Teachers are Visualized in Colorful Illustrations by Caitlin Keegan

Cori­ta Kent was an artist and edu­ca­tor as well as an advo­cate for social jus­tice dur­ing the 20th cen­tu­ry. Dur­ing her career, she taught in, and even­tu­al­ly head­ed, the art depart­ment at Immac­u­late Heart Col­lege in Los Ange­les. It was there that she wrote “Some Rules for Stu­dents and Teach­ers,” which includes 10 guide­lines for those in the art depart­ment. The list became the depart­men­t’s offi­cial rules.

Illus­tra­tor Caitlin Kee­gan illu­mi­nates the 10 rules through dig­i­tal draw­ing and hand let­ter­ing. Her pieces visu­al­ize the guide­lines while weav­ing Cori­ta’s inspi­ra­tional words with­in the imagery. They are warm—utilizing a col­or palette of pinks, oranges, pur­ples, and blues—which gives them a retro-inspired vibe that recalls the time peri­od they were writ­ten, 1967 to 1968.

Caitlin sells the indi­vid­ual rules as prints through INPRNT.