Alum Places in Made in the South Awards

Lamar Dodd School of Art Alumna Megan Fowler of Brown Parcel Press was recently interviewed on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s (GPB) “On Second Thought” for her inclusion in this year’s Garden & Gun Made in the South Awards.

Garden & Gun is an award-winning national magazine, that covers the best of the South, including the sporting culture, the food, the music, the art, the literature, the people and their ideas. The Made in the South Awards shine a spotlight on the creativity, passion, and ingenuity of Southern Artists. This year, Fowler placed as a runner up in the Crafts category with her 2019 Sunny Side calendar.  

The Georgia farmland surrounding her studio informs Brown Parcel Press founder Megan Fowler’s letterpress creations, including her 2019 Sunny Side calendar, a big project inspired by a small strawberry plant. “It looked so full of promise, like a new year,” she says. She translated her sketch of the scene (which pops off the calendar’s cover) and twelve others to a letterpress plate, then imprinted them on thick paper hand-fed into a vintage press. Peaches, okra, and other seasonal produce mark the passage of months. The calendar’s colorful schemes require multiple press runs, but Fowler doesn’t mind. “Our customers spend a lot of time using it,” she says. “I enjoy that connection.”

Listen to the full interview on GPB here.