Photo courtesy of Audrey Carver
Audrey Carver, 21 of Idyllwild, has been quite the artist for most of her life, which makes sense considering how much talent this small town produces.
Carver was born in Flagstaff, Arizona, and moved with her family to Idyllwild before the age of two. She spent her pre-kindergarten time with Kathy Lewis at Lil Critters Child Care before attending Idyllwild School. Carver spent all nine years at Idyllwild School, promoting out as a “Hillbilly.”
Carver became interested in visual art at a very young age and her passion has only grown as she’s turned into a young adult. While some artists have specific reasons for why they do their art, Carver had a more interesting answer when I asked what it was about art that she loved so much.
“I can’t remember ever wanting or choosing to do art, I just did it,” Carver said. “I think art is so important for so many different reasons, but it’s such a part of me. I don’t feel like I actively choose to do it, I just do it.”
Due to her passion for visual arts, Carver chose to attend the Idyllwild Arts Academy as a visual arts major graduating as the class valedictorian in 2017.
Wanting to expand and learn more about different parts of the world, Carver applied and was accepted into Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts.
Carver didn’t waste any time getting out and exploring the world. She went from Idyllwild to Ecuador. “Going to Ecuador was a gap-year program offered through Tufts,” Carver said. “They organized the trip. After being in Idyllwild for 18 years, I wanted to try something completely different.”
During her time in Ecuador she lived with a host family.
“I spoke no Spanish, so I learned Spanish,” admitted Carver. “I worked at a culinary school teaching English while also learning how to cook. It was beautiful and it was such a wonderful experience.”
As Carver was learning to cook, she learned about Ecuador’s delicacy – guinea pig.
Photo courtesy of Audrey Carver
“Their national delicacy is a guinea pig,” Carver said. “The first time I saw that I was kind of traumatized because I’m a vegetarian, but they don’t taste terrible.”
Now in her sophomore year at Tufts, Carver enrolled in an interdisciplinary program that allows students to create their own major.
Audrey Carver, 21 of Idyllwild, has been quite the artist for most of her life, which makes sense considering how much talent this small town produces.
Carver was born in Flagstaff, Arizona, and moved with her family to Idyllwild before the age of two. She spent her pre-kindergarten time with Kathy Lewis at Lil Critters Child Care before attending Idyllwild School. Carver spent all nine years at Idyllwild School, promoting out as a “Hillbilly.”
Carver became interested in visual art at a very young age and her passion has only grown as she’s turned into a young adult. While some artists have specific reasons for why they do their art, Carver had a more interesting answer when I asked what it was about art that she loved so much.
“I can’t remember ever wanting or choosing to do art, I just did it,” Carver said. “I think art is so important for so many different reasons, but it’s such a part of me. I don’t feel like I actively choose to do it, I just do it.”
Due to her passion for visual arts, Carver chose to attend the Idyllwild Arts Academy as a visual arts major graduating as the class valedictorian in 2017.
Wanting to expand and learn more about different parts of the world, Carver applied and was accepted into Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts.
Carver didn’t waste any time getting out and exploring the world. She went from Idyllwild to Ecuador. “Going to Ecuador was a gap-year program offered through Tufts,” Carver said. “They organized the trip. After being in Idyllwild for 18 years, I wanted to try something completely different.”
During her time in Ecuador she lived with a host family.
“I spoke no Spanish, so I learned Spanish,” admitted Carver. “I worked at a culinary school teaching English while also learning how to cook. It was beautiful and it was such a wonderful experience.”
As Carver was learning to cook, she learned about Ecuador’s delicacy – guinea pig.
“Their national delicacy is a guinea pig,” Carver said. “The first time I saw that I was kind of traumatized because I’m a vegetarian, but they don’t taste terrible.”
Now in her sophomore year at Tufts, Carver enrolled in an interdisciplinary program that allows students to create their own major.
