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Archivist at Columbia University
 A military kid who found Oglethorpe through literature in her
guidance counselor's office at her high school in Florida, Bridget
chose OU because of its Atlanta location and small size.
A history and art double major, she was not sure at the time how
she would combine the two into a career. She enjoyed her studio
classes and said, "They taught me the basics behind how art works,
and I was able to think creatively in a physical way - not thinking
in an outline but freeform and organic."
She took many classes from Alan Loehle and calls him "a great
teacher with great enthusiasm - he encouraged me and all of my
classmates to experience more than life on campus, he took us on
drawing trips off campus and to art exhibitions - he wanted us to
take advantage of all that Atlanta had to offer."
During her senior year Bridget interned at the Hirshhorn Museum
and Sculpture Garden at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., and
after graduation, received a full scholarship to Rice University in
Houston where she earned her master's in art history.
After discovering art librarianship, Bridget earned a second
master's in library science from the University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill and began working at the Bronx County Historical Society
after making the move to New York City. Now at the Avery
Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University, Bridget
says, "I'm happy to indulge in things I'm interested in. It has
allowed me to combine my love of art with something outside of the
museum field. I am constantly learning more about New York
architecture and arts."
-by Kelly Robinson (Carillon, Spring 2006)
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