What students say about Abaigeal:

[Abaigeal] is a very passionate instructor (anonymous evaluation)

Your liberal attitude toward creating an interesting project really allowed me, as a student, to discover talents I as not aware I had... I am grateful for that experience and hope you will continue to explore creative teaching methods in the future. Thanks for a great semester, ("Theresa")

Abaigeal is extremely intelligent and teaches the class with such enthusiasm that I felt drawn in. I had Art History 1 with her and was so impressed by her skill that I wanted to take class with her again. I felt that I learn a lot from her. The class curriculum has not only captured by interest in class, but also outside of class. I plan on taking a trip to Europe to explore art and culture, and I have her to thank for opening my eyes to a whole new world.
(anonymous evaluation)		   Selected Experience - Abaigeal Duda

Peabody Essex Museum Museum Action Corps Program, Salem, MA, September 2007 - January 2008
Consultant and production manager for North Shore Immigrant Community Film. Premier: January 2008.

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, January 2004 – December 2006
Museum Educator for SALEM in History program.

Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, September 2001 –
May 2004
Instructor for History of Art I and History of Art II courses.

Gibson House Museum, Boston, MA. March 2002 – May 2004
Resident Guide for Victorian House Museum in Back Bay.

Forest Hills Educational Trust, Jamaica Plain, MA, June 2001 – January 2002. Exhibition & Programming Consultant for the exhibition,The Sculpture Path (September 15, 2001 – October 28, 2002).

Art Institute of Boston at Lesley College, July 2001 and 2002. Instructor for art history and appreciation courses for pre-college program.

Museum of Fine Arts, 1994 - 1995; 1997 - 2001
Exhibition Project Administrator for American Folk (April 8, 2001 August 5, 2001), and Dangerous Curves: Art of the Guitar (November 5, 2000 – February 25, 2001).

Boston Center for Adult Education, May 1996 – 1999
Instructor. Served on leaders advisory board 1997-1998.

Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, MA March 1998 – Sept. 1998. Researcher for special projects (volunteer).

Boston Partners in Education, September 1994 – May 1995. Tutor in Boston Public School System (volunteer).

The Bostonian Society, September – December 1995, part-time
Museum Services/Education Associate at the Old State House Museum.

Education

Education: Boston University, Boston, MA
American Studies (American Art) A.B.D. awarded April, 1996

Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
American Studies (American Art) B.A., magna cum laude, 1992

Lectures & Publications

Selected Lectures

"K-12 sequencing of topics and methodology using primary sources from PEM and other local institutions" workshop presented at the Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies, Boston, Massachusetts, March 15, 2006.

“The Remonds of Salem: An Abolitionist Family.” Phillips Auditorium, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, February 7, 2006.

“Scholarship and Popularity: Challenges in Museum Missions in Education” presented in the panel, Preparing Art Historians for Museum Work at the College Art Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February, 2001.

“The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Museum Building, Museum Changing” presented in the panel, Public, Non-Profit, and For-Profit Futures of the Arts, at the Erasmus University Rotterdam Conference, The Long Run: Long-Term Developments in the Arts and Cultural Industries, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, February 23, 2000.

“The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Museum Into the New Millennium” presented at the Polish Association for American Studies Conference, Apocalypse Now: Prophesy and Fulfillment, Lodz, Poland, December 7, 1999.

Publications

"Salem in History: Digitizing the Past" (2006) online at:
CG Publisher Website:

Spice Trade articles featured in Calliope Magazine
February 2006

Co-author, American Folk exhibition catalog, March, 2001. Published by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

“The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Museum Building, Museum Changing” published in conference proceedings from The Long Run (see public lectures)

Vulunteer Work

"Project Launch" RAW Art Works in Lynn, MA (2004-2006)
Mentor for students wishing to attend college

 

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