Michelle graduated with a first class honours degree in History of Art and Slavonic Studies from The University of Glasgow in 2006. With a personal interest in Art Nouveau and Glasgow Style architecture, furniture and interiors, she joined The Glasgow School of Art as Archives and Collections Assistant in 2012, having previously worked in various museum and archive roles at The National Trust for Scotland and The University of Glasgow, one of which was as Project Assistant for the Stoddard-Templeton Corporate and Design Archive, the archive of one of the world’s most successful carpet manufacturers. In 2014, as Archives and Collections Project Officer, she developed and managed a project to create an online catalogue for GSA’s archives and collections.

A major fire in the School’s Mackintosh Building in May 2014 resulted in the loss of parts of the School’s built heritage, art and furniture holdings and damage to some of its paper based archives and textile collections. A programme of collections management and collection development work took place to stabilise and rebuild GSA’s Archives and Collections. Michelle’s role was to oversee the cataloguing, documentation, digitisation, conservation and repackaging of GSA’s holdings, implementing new procedures where necessary.

Michelle continues to oversee these activities, and also manages adding new material to our holdings. Please contact her if you would like to donate something to us. She is also currently co-supervising a SGSAH-funded Collaborative Doctoral Award PhD project researching Women, Gender and Political Engagement at The Glasgow School of Art.

Michelle also manages a team of volunteers who support associated activities and supervises the A&C’s student work placements and internships. Please get in touch with her if you are interested in volunteering or undertaking a work placement at The Glasgow School of Art’s Archives and Collections.