M.C. Richards

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M.C. Richards was an American poet, potter, and educator best known for her influential role in the avant-garde arts community at Black Mountain College and her seminal book "Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person."

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instanceOf Black Mountain College faculty member
educator
essayist
human
poet
potter
translator
birthName Mary Caroline Richards
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1916-07-13
dateOfDeath 1999-09-10
educatedAt University of California, Berkeley
University of Chicago
employer Black Mountain College
familyName Richards
fieldOfWork avant-garde art
ceramics
education
poetry
genre essays
poetry
givenName Mary
influenced American craft movement
arts education in the United States
contemporary ceramics
influencedBy Rudolf Steiner
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Black Mountain College community
movement American avant-garde
Black Mountain College movement
name M.C. Richards
notableStudent John Cage
Merce Cunningham
Robert Rauschenberg
notableWork Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person
Toward Wholeness: Rudolf Steiner Education in America
linked to: Waldorf education
occupation educator
poet
potter
translator
writer
placeOfBirth Iowa, United States of America
linked to: Iowa
placeOfDeath Pennsylvania, United States of America
linked to: Pennsylvania
religionOrWorldview anthroposophy
linked to: Anthroposophy
residence Black Mountain, North Carolina
Spring Valley, New York
sexOrGender female
taughtSubject poetry
pottery
writing

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