TIETON — In the next few years, passengers stopping at Sound Transit’s Link light rail stations in the Seattle area will have the chance to admire more than two dozen
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Yet, because they were so hidden, in both spaces, Waters has had to coax people in. She painted the railing outside Martyr Sauce pink this year, to show that the gallery is still there. âI always felt like a carney,â she says of trying to draw people in. âIâm like, âStep right up!ââ
The pandemic only exacerbated the struggle to show art underground. Martyr Sauce has no windows and, since it sits in the belly of an old building in a historic district, Waters had limitations on how much she could alter it to, say, improve airflow. So when Ebbets Field Flannels vacated its well-fenestrated adjacent storefront, Waters decided to expand.
by Jasmyne Keimig • Mar 16, 2021 at 11:48 am
The Eastside sucks. Courtesy of BAM
In an open letter addressed to the Bellevue Arts Museum s board of directors on Monday, several artists called for the removal of the museum s executive director, Benedict Heywood. They also demanded greater transparency behind BAM s work around diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The letter comes just a few weeks after writers and artists at both Hugo House and Pottery Northwest called for the removal of each respective organization s executive directors following allegations of racism and discrimination.
In the letter to BAM s board, the artists claim that Heywood treated Tariqa Waters, the acclaimed gallerist behind Martyr Sauce and the curator of BAM s