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Northshore October 2025
At various times in her life, Lynda Roscoe Hartigan wanted to be an artist, actress, and interior designer. But life takes quirky zigs and zags. Today, Hartigan is the James B. and Mary Lou Hawkes Curator at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, a position that calls on many aspects of her earlier aspirations. As head of PEM’s ambitious curatorial and exhibition program, Hartigan serves as leader, interpreter, collaborator, decision-maker, and fundraiser. “Fundraising can be a lot of fun,” Hartigan says of the task, which many managers of nonprofit institutions instead liken to battling in trenches. Simply put, she loves
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