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Executive Director of Bellevue Arts Museum Resigns After Artists Allege "Harm and Disrespect"
The Stranger 19/03/2021Benedict Heywood, the executive director of the Bellevue Arts Museum, has resigned after an open letter released earlier this week accused him of treating Seattle artist Tariqa Waters with "so much harm and disrespect" while she guest-curated an exhibition at the museum late...
The letter, dated March 15 and addressed to BAM’s board, alleges a pattern of disrespectful treatment leveled at Tariqa Waters, owner of Pioneer Square’s Martyr Sauce gallery,
The Seattle Times 17/03/2021In an open letter decrying disrespectful behavior toward artists of color and the first Black woman guest curator at Bellevue Arts Museum, dozens of artists and arts supporters are calling for the museum to remove Benedict Heywood as its executive director. The letter, dated...