Sustaining Creativity Podcast

The Creative Spirit with Morgan McCarver

April 02, 2024 Mari Reisberg/Max Peterson Season 1 Episode 226
Sustaining Creativity Podcast
The Creative Spirit with Morgan McCarver
Show Notes

Creativity through the lens of a ceramic artist and Christian author

"Creativity: Putting organization to something that wasn't there before."

Morgan McCarver was born and raised in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Her work is inspired by her female mentors of past and present, as well as her connection to Victorian corsetry through her scoliosis journey. She received an art degree with a ceramics concentration and a double minor in art history and business in 2019 from Anderson University in Anderson, SC. McCarver had the honor of receiving the 2019 Outstanding Art Major Ceramics Award her senior year. As a 2020 701 Center for Contemporary Art prize finalist, she had the honor of being the youngest artist to ever make it that far. She is a multi-award winning artist who recently received an Artist Support Grant to attend a national ceramics conference. She has had the honor of displaying her work in 3 solo exhibitions, “FemininiTEA” 2020, “The Strength of a Wildflower” 2022 and “Postures in Porcelain” 2023. She recently completed a residency at Edgewood Cottage in Blowing Rock Summer 2023 and participated 2022 as well. McCarver has studios in Asheville, NC and Spartanburg, SC. Her art can be found in various galleries around the Carolinas and Tennessee. Her first book, “God the Artist: Revealing God’s Creative Side Through Pottery,” will be released with Morgan James Publishing January 9, 2024. 

Website: https://www.morganmccarver.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morgan_mccarver_porcelain/?hl=en

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/morgan.mccarver.7/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/morgan-mccarver

Twitter: https://www.sotwe.com/GodTheArtistBk