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Karen Boccalero (Carmen Rose Boccalero) was born on 19 May, 1933 in Globe, Arizona, US, is an American nun and artist (1933–1997). Discover Karen Boccalero's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?
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Carmen Rose Boccalero |
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64 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
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19 May, 1933 |
| Birthday |
19 May |
| Birthplace |
Globe, Arizona, US |
| Date of death |
24 June, 1997 |
| Died Place |
East Los Angeles, California, US |
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United States
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Karen Boccalero Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Karen Boccalero Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Karen Boccalero worth at the age of 64 years old? Karen Boccalero’s income source is mostly from being a successful artist. She is from United States. We have estimated Karen Boccalero's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Karen Boccalero (May 19, 1933 – June 24, 1997) was an American nun, fine artist, and founder and former director of Self-Help Graphics & Art.
Carmen Rose Boccalero was born in Globe, Arizona, to Albert Boccalero and Annie Guadagnoli; both her parents were of Italian descent.
She moved to Los Angeles with her family as a child.
She attended Immaculate Heart College in Los Feliz, California, where she studied with Sister Corita Kent.
Boccalero pursued further art education at the Tyler School of Art abroad in Rome, Italy, and earned an MFA as a printmaker at Temple University.
Work by Sister Karen was also featured in "Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960–1980," a 2011–2013 traveling show organized by the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
Galería Sin Fronteras in Austin, Texas began with inspiration from the work of Karen Boccalero.
Self-Help Graphics & Art continues as a community institution in East Los Angeles.
Boccalero founded and named Self-Help Graphics in Boyle Heights in 1971, with a group of Chicano artists.
She had acquired a printing press and started a workshop in a garage rented by her order, the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity.
Self-Help Graphics was both a print studio and a community center, with Sister Karen as its longtime director.
She worked to highlight Mexican cultural elements in much of the studio's output, and in the educational programs that they undertook.
She was instrumental in organizing the first Dia de los Muertos celebration in Los Angeles.
"Sister Karen was very adamant about including Mesoamerican and Mexican iconography and history in teaching young people in East L. A.," noted instructor Linda Vallejo.
Boccalero was a persuasive fundraiser for the program.
Her training as an artist informed her work supporting emerging artists.
She considered the studio her mission, as a Franciscan nun, and her order recognized it as such, even while she was supporting Willie Herrón in bringing East Los Angeles punkero bands to perform regularly in the studio.
In 1988, Boccalero won a Vesta Award from the Woman's Building, for her work in arts community support.
Boccalero lived to see Self-Help Graphics featured in a major exhibit at Laguna Art Museum in 1995.
Boccalero wore modest informal secular clothing, not a religious habit.
"She dedicated herself as a bride of Christ, but she was also a progressive, chain-smoking, cussing nun," remembered colleague Tomas Benitez.
Karen Boccalero died in 1997, at age 64 of a heart attack.
A traditional altar was erected in her memory, covered in artworks, photos, cigarette boxes, and marigolds.
There was a tribute exhibit to Sister Karen on the tenth anniversary of her death, at Self Help Graphics & Art.
Posters by Boccalero and other artists from her community were part of the "American Sabor" exhibit at Bob Bullock Museum in 2010.
