Lucy Calista Morgan
American teacher and weaver
Lucy Calista Morgan (1889–1981) was an American weaver and teacher. She is known for creating the cottage industry in North Carolina that would eventually become the Penland School of Craft. Morgan is considered an important part of the American Craft Revival that flourished in the first half of the 20th century.
Biography
Morgan was born on September 20, 1889, in Macon County, North Carolina, one of nine children. She attended Central Michigan Normal School and Business Institute, graduating in 1915. She went on to teach in Michigan, Illinois, and Montana. For a time she was in Chicago, attending classes at the University of Chicago and working at the Children's Bureau of Chicago. While in Chicago Morgan learned about Hull House and the settlement movement.
In 1920 Morgan returned to North Carolina, where she took over supervision of the Appalachian Industrial School from her brother Rufus. She became interested in the traditional weaving in the area, inspired by a traditional Cat Track and Snail Trail pattern created by Susan Phillips.
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