Megan is a 24 year old artist who grew up in Glendale, California. She is passionate about feminism,arts & crafts, and good beer. Megan received her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz in Feminist Studies with a minor in Literature, and has since moved back to Los Angeles.
Megan is mixed media sculptor who uses clay, paint and repurposed jewelry to create what she has uniquely titled as, Vagornaments. A decorative and colorful take on feminism and gift ornaments. Originally inspired by traditional Christmas ornaments and the feminist agenda, Megan uses clay, paint and up-cycled jewelry to craft personalized Vagornaments for each of her buyers. Beginning as a parody among friends, Megan began crafting Vagornaments behind her parents house, humorously describing herself as a "middle class white lesbian...making vagina art in her parents garage," a financially challenged college student, newly back from her time away at school.
Before long, what started as a comical gift among friends, quickly began to gain popularity in her community, and over the Internet. And before long, Megan was shipping Vagornaments to customers all over. Today, Megan not only creates Vagornaments for her friends and family members, but also for her well-stocked Etsy Shop, in which you can purchase a Vagornament for any time of the season.
However, Megan's work does not just stop at the feminist agenda, Vagornaments have recently been incorporated into some of Megan's other community work as well, in the inclusion of their creation and sales during her involvement in the AIDS LifeCycle Ride that recently took place in June of 2015. In the summer of 2014, Megan signed up as a cyclists for the 2015 AIDS LifeCycle, a 7-day bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles, a 545 mile ride as a fundraiser for the Aids Life Cycle foundation. Megan set her personal fundraising goal at $10,000 and as an incentive for her friends and family to donate to her cause, she offered a personalized Vagornament to wanting donors. Megan successfully met her fundraising goal, and completed the 2015 AIDS LifeCycle and plans to return to the ride, and her Vagornament included incentive for the ride next year, in 2016. You can find more information about Megan's involvement with the AIDS LifeCycle and donate to her cause here.
Aside from her work with the ALC, Megan has big plans for herself, and her art. Getting ready to relocate to New York City to pursue her education, and her passions, Megan looks forward to continuing her work for the feminist agenda, and for her community in her new location. Megan looks forward to creating new vagina art as well, including Pillows!, she excitedly exclaimed. "Pussy Pillows," she says, as Megan loves to sew. As of now, she is gaining some inspiration for the new project, and looks to the possibility of creating something larger like a pussy couch some time in the near future. You can check out Megan's work on Instagram @GEORGIA_O_QUEEFS or at her Etsy Shop. And, if you would like to hear more of Megan's interview with us, here at essenceLA please listen in to the full interview below.
