Peabody Essex Museum names Lynda Roscoe Hartigan its first female director in its 221-year history
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Lynda Roscoe Hartigan will become the next CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum.
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One of the nation s oldest continuously operating museums has named Lynda Roscoe Hartigan its first female director in its 221-year history.
The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, announced on Thursday that Hartigan of the Royal Ontario Museum of Toronto would begin as the museum s next CEO on Aug. 23.
âIt is a tremendous honor to lead PEM, an organization whose focus on the potential of creativity, cultural understanding, and innovation is more relevant and needed than ever,â said Hartigan in the news release. âThis is a pivotal moment for museums to stimulate conversation and connection with empathy and courage. I am passionate about ensuring that PEM welcomes all people to explore our shared human
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“Alexis Rockman has been described as an eco-warrior,” curator Trevor Smith explained. “His weapons in that battle are really paintings.”
Smith said the artist is driven to create complicated, even confusing visual narratives about unintended consequences. He helped organize the show, “Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks,” which was curated by Andrea Grover of Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York.
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Lynda Roscoe Hartigan (Courtesy Alex Paul/PEM)
She is the first woman to serve as director of the nation’s oldest continuously operating museum.
This is a kind of homecoming for Hartigan who was previously appointed in 2003 as PEM’s first chief curator and eventually rose to the position of deputy director in 2016. She oversaw the reinstallation of PEM’s 40,000-square-foot wing that opened in 2019.
“It is a tremendous honor to lead PEM, an organization whose focus on the potential of creativity, cultural understanding and innovation are more relevant and needed than ever,” Hartigan said in a statement. “This is a pivotal moment for museums to stimulate conversation and connection with empathy and courage. I am passionate about ensuring that PEM welcomes all people to explore our shared humanity through the power of the arts and cultural expression.”