Meet the Museum Educators of 2024!
Meet Bristol
Bristol is a senior undergraduate at Washington University in St. Louis. She is a creative and community-focused Art History student with a unique background in health education and outreach. Her recent study-abroad experience in Australia expanded her interests in Museum Studies and collections. In her free time, she enjoys going to cultural events in St. Louis and traveling with her sisters.
Meet Endie
Endie (she/her/hers) is a senior at Washington University in St. Louis, studying Psychology-Neuroscience-Philosophy and Art History. A lover of material culture, Endie’s current studies are concerned with early modern European art, with particular focus on East-West trade and interaction. In her free time, you can find her baking and with an incredible willingness to discuss the history of the United Kingdom.
Meet Haley
Haley is a senior BFA candidate at Washington University in St. Louis, studying art and art history. She loves old comics, working in her studio, and exploring St. Louis. The Pulitzer is one of her favorite places in the city and she’s excited to share her passion for art with the community.
Meet Kennedy
Kennedy is an American Culture Studies major and Writing minor at Washington University in St. Louis. She was the 2023 Gyo Obata Fellow next door at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis and previously served as Curatorial Intern at The Luminary. Kennedy writes and has self-published personal essays and cultural journalism on Substack, where she has amassed thousands of subscribers.
Meet Kris
Kris holds an MFA in Poetry from the University of Kansas where she studied eco-fabulism and the comics poetry movement. She is currently a PhD student in English and Comparative Literature at Washington University in St. Louis. Her latest research focuses on visual forms ranging from indigenous material practices to painting-poems, calligrams, concrete poetry, and comics. She was recently selected as a finalist in Boston Review’s 2022 Annual Poetry Contest. Her comics and poems have also appeared in journals such as Shenandoah, “The Rupture,” “The Indianapolis Review,” and “Thrush Poetry Journal.”
Meet Kristen Olivia
Kristen Olivia is a senior at Saint Louis University, majoring in anthropology with minors in political science and sociology. The combination of her major and minors have allowed her to gain a better understanding of people and culture, furthering her interest and commitment to museums, while also understanding barriers to museum access. She has worked in collections at the Saint Louis University Museum of Art, and youth education at the Field Museum of Chicago. In addition to her love of museums, she is also a big fan of NPR, and currently interns at St. Louis Public Radio. In her free time, she is most likely going to be trying a new salted caramel latte, going thrifting for vintage clothes, or crocheting!
Meet Mary Kate
Mary Kate is a senior BFA candidate at Washington University in St. Louis, studying art. When she is not making her own art, she loves singing and spending time in Forest Park. As a lifelong St. Louisan, she has always loved the Pulitzer, and now she’s so excited to explore each exhibition with the community.
