Michelle Bard

Majored in Heritage Preservation
Georgia State University, Class of 2022
From Alpharetta, GA

An Atlanta native for my entire life, I earned Bachelor Degrees in History and Art History from Georgia State University with the goal of pursuing museum work. As an Undergraduate, I interned at the prestigious Victoria & Albert Museum in South Kensington London. Following graduation, I worked at the Atlanta History Center for 3 years as the Executive Administrative Assistant where I managed the Executive Offices for the CEO and COO. After leaving The History Center to raise my two children, I worked as a substitute teacher and continue to volunteer as a Girl Scout Leader. As a Graduate Student at Georgia State University, I interned with the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation and the Urban Design Commission. I have further developed my skills in research while learning the new digital documenting technologies that have developed in Historic Preservation over the last two decades.

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Education

Georgia State University
Mount Zion High School

Michelle in the News

Michelle Bard Earns Master of Heritage Preservation from Georgia State University During the Spring 2022 Semester

Michelle Bard of Alpharetta earned a Master of Heritage Preservation degree from Georgia State University during the spring 2022 semester. More than 4,000 students graduated from Georgia State at ...

June, 14 2022 - Verified by Georgia State University

Work Experience

Research and Development at National Conservancy for Historic Restaurants

Conducting extensive research, I built
the original database of historic restaurants
for the NCHR. I developed classification types
and other parameters to identify at least 3
candidates for each state including
Washington, D. C. In addition, I developed the
roll-out list for the Conservancys debut,
creating a 50 for 51 list choosing a
marquee restaurant for each location.

June 2022 - Present

Intern, Atlanta Urban Design Commission at National Conservancy for Historic Restaurants

Researched cemeteries in the boundaries of the City of Atlanta in order to build a database for the Atlanta Cemetery Network project.
Surveyed historic homes in the North Boulevard Park area of Virginia Highland to contribute to a Historic Designation Report.
Researched the historic Philadelphia School for segregated African American children in Cascade Heights and created the Landmark Designation Report.

September 2021 - April 2022

Intern, Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation at Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation

Processed applications for the Places in Peril program, the Callahan Grant, and the Preservation Awards. Wrote summaries of each project. Created Power Point presentations for committees and the Board.
Researched and wrote articles for social media on prominent African American and Women from Georgia

September 2020 - April 2021

Substitute Teacher at Fulton County Public Schools

Substitute teacher for various classes mostly in the subjects of social studies, foreign language, music, & math.

December 2014 - December 2019

Executive Administrative Assistant at Atlanta History Center

Assistant to CEO, COO, Vice President of Development, and the Board of Trustees

Served as the CEOs primary liaison and initial point of contact with all part-time and full-time employees of the Atlanta History Center, with trustees and volunteers, with contractors, and with all others having business with the CEO

Administrative and phone duties in the CEOs office, minute taking, handling mass mailings, travel planning, meeting planning and coordination, and gift acknowledgements

Provided project support to the various departments at the History Center

Participated in the Museum Fellows Program

February 2002 - May 2005

Intern, Furniture and Woodwork Department at Victoria and Albert Museum

Audited the entirety of the Buildings and Craftsman files for the V&A, and transferring card catalog information into their computer system

September 2000 - December 2000

Meeting Services Coordinator at Atlanta Medical Heritage, The Academy of Medicine

Provided tours of the historic building
Contracted it out for functions
Coordinated wedding, social, and business events
Contributed to membership newsletter
Processed memberships for Atlanta Medical Heritage
Administrative and phone duties
Bookkeeping.

August 1998 - August 2000

Projects + Publications

Beavers House - Historic Structure Report

As part of a Historic Building Materials class in Spring 2021, I worked to complete a Historic Structure Report on the Beaver House (the oldest extant house in Fulton County). The group researched the historical background of the structure, assessed the exterior and interior conditions, and developed recommendations for rehabilitation of the property. The findings were presented to the Campbellton City Council.

May 2021 - Research Projects

Fallwater Object Documentation

As part of a team of four from GSU, I worked to document multiple decorative objects in Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous Falling Water house. Objects were documented using structure from motion and laser scanning with the goal for 3-D models to be developed in the future.

Research Projects

Structure from Motion

As a class assignment for Photogrammetry, I took pictures of multiple headstones at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. Moving around each stone, I took pictures from many different angels. All images were processed in Agisoft Metashape where I then built 3-D Models of each stone.

Classwork

HABS Submission for the Burns Cottage

For my Graduate project, I documented the Atlanta Burns Club Cottage for the Historic American Building Survey. Making hand measurements and using Photogrammetry, I developed a floorplan, elevations, sections, and details for the Submission.

Research Projects

Terrestrial Laser Scanning

For the Terrestrial Laser Scanning project, a class from Georgia State University journeyed down to Monticello, Georgia with the intent of documenting Hopewell Baptist Church. The abandoned church building was constructed in the latter half of the 19th Century and was showing much damage and age. The aim of the project was to use laser scanning technology to create a record of the church structure as it stands. The class of students took it in turn to operate the scanner. In that way, the interior and exterior of Hopewell was documented. The resulting information was then taken and processed in a university computer lab with the end result being the creation of 3D point cloud models of the building. While the students worked together in the scanning stage of the project, each created their own 3D models using the software, JRC Reconstructor.

Classwork

Curriculum Vitae

Michelle Bard Resume

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