M. C. Richards

M. C. Richards
Born	Mary Caroline Richards July 13, 1916 Weiser, Idaho, U.S.
Died	September 10, 1999(1999-09-10) (aged 83) Kimberton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	Oregon Episcopal School
Alma mater	Reed College, University of California, Berkeley,
Occupation(s)	poet, potter, writer, essayist, translator, educator
Spouse(s)	Vernon Young (divorced), Albert William Levi Jr. (divorced)

Mary Caroline Richards (July 13, 1916, Weiser, Idaho – September 10, 1999, Kimberton, Pennsylvania) was an American poet, potter, and writer best known for her book Centering: in Pottery, Poetry and the Person.^[1] Educated at Reed College, in Portland, Oregon, and at the University of California at Berkeley, she taught English at the Central Washington College of Education and the University of Chicago, but in 1945 became a faculty member of the experimental Black Mountain College in North Carolina where she continued to teach until the end of the summer session in 1951.^[2]

It was her teaching experience and growth as an artist while at Black Mountain College that prepared the foundation for most of her work in life, both as an educator and creator. Later in life, she discovered the work of Rudolf Steiner and lived the last part of her life at a Camphill Village in Kimberton, PA. In 1985, while living at the Kimberton Camphill Village she began teaching workshops with Matthew Fox at the University of Creation Spirituality in Oakland, CA during the winter months. Mary Caroline Richards died in 1999 in Kimberton, PA.^[1]