An open letter was written to Bellevue Arts Museum Board of Trustees by members of the region’s art community, requesting that Benedict Heywood, BAM’s executive director, be removed. It is asking for acknowledgment of the letter, as well as a response to the demands within it by March 31, 2021.
The open letter allows readers to add their signatures through a webform. Many local artists, creative directors, gallerists and others have signed it, including several artists who participated in “Yellow No. 5”.
The letter, written on March 15, 2021, documents abuses that Heywood inflicted on Tariqa Waters, curator of Yellow No. 5, an
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