Megan Bullock is a social impact designer, installation artist, builder, & recent mother, working at the intersection of social practice, participatory design, intersectional feminism, horticulture, and Appalachian futures.
IN a Nutshell
She is the Creative Director & founder of Studio Mesh. Megan has served as a National Endowment for the Arts grant panelist, an Idea’s That Matter grant recipient, and a Global Studio contributor with Columbia University. She is a Creative Community Fellow alum with National Arts Strategies, and a proud member of Female Founders Collective & RISD alumni network. Megan has mentored, advised, and spoke for venues like Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt, UN Habitat World Urban Forum, ArtPlace America, Columbia University Global Studio, and UPENN Social Impact House.
Her work has been recognized by UN World Urban Campaign, AIA Center for Architecture New York, Studio-X Rio & Mumbai, American Addys, HOW Design, Print Magazine, AIGA, and as a wee teen, the Harvard Book Award. Focus Magazine called her a Wonder Woman of West Virginia.
IN Space & Time
MOST OF THE TIME SHE’S MAKING THINGS.
Megan runs Studio MESH, working as the Creative Director with clients like the ACLU, Artplace America, Every Mother Counts, the European Union, United Nations University, Waymakers Collective Appalachian Arts & Culture Assembly, Global Dignity, & West Virginia Free.
She started the MAKESHOP Design Lab in Charleston, West Virginia to make participatory design, coding, & design thinking workshops accessible to local youngins. While it’s currently hibernating, you can find resources and learning tools on makeshopdesignlab.org.