In September 2017, Bellevue Arts Museum appointed Benedict Heywood as Executive Director & Chief Curator of the Museum. He has enthusiastically taken on our curatorial and operational leadership and will be working closely with supporters to shape the Museum's future. Having a director with Ben's extraordinary talents is a great gift to our community. We want to give you a chance to get to know Ben and hear his vision for the future of Bellevue Arts Museum.
Simultaneously, the Museum has begun to re-energize supporters by providing a new way of supporting our organization. Intending to better steward resources, the Board of Trustees has recently approved a new approach to address our ongoing sustainability. Through an online investment platform offered by Bellevue-based Semble, we offer an opportunity for friends and supporters of BAM to become purposeful with their investment decisions. This opportunity provides a reliable and philanthropic investment to all who will be participating.
Please join us on October 25 at 6:30pm to meet Ben Heywood and learn more about our Semble initiative. Ben will present his vision for Bellevue Arts Museum's future, followed by a presentation with Todd R. Tarbert of Semble.
More about the BAM Semble initiative
Bellevue Arts Museum
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About the Presenters
Benedict Heywood is the Executive Director & Chief Curator of the Bellevue Arts Museum.
Previously, he was Director of Pivot Art + Culture, a gallery and exhibition project of Seattle philanthropist Paul Allen. In Minneapolis, he was the founder of The Soap Factory, the largest space for emerging visual arts in the Midwest, a studio and laboratory for artistic experimentation across contemporary visual arts. A British citizen, Ben is a graduate of the Courtauld Institute of Art. He has previously been Deputy Director of The Henry Moore Sculpture Trust in Leeds, UK and a Visual Arts Officer at the Arts Council of England, London, UK.
Todd R. Tarbert, Founder and CEO of Semble. Todd is an attorney by background and spent the early part of his career raising capital for private companies and eventually started running technology companies. He has focused the past 10 years on developing innovative and sustainable support models for nonprofit organizations. By facilitating a comprehensive approach which blends traditional and socially-responsible forms of lending, Semble has been instrumental in helping secure lower-cost financing for its clients while helping to cultivate stronger relationships with donors.
About Semble
Semble promotes a new and innovative way for donors and constituents to support their nonprofit by being the source of the loan proceeds. Supporters are offered an opportunity to receive a compelling return on their investment compared to other fixed income investments, while also positively impacting the nonprofit’s mission. Nonprofits enjoy re-engagement with lapsed donors, increased awareness that leads to cultivation of new donors, and improved donor retention rates.