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Betty Bowen

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66: 53:(SAM) and many other important artistic institutions. Founding SAM Director Richard Fuller saw the potential in Bowen and promoted her to the first assistant director of the SAM. She is recognized for her successful attempts to make 766: 57:
a historic site, and her service on the board of the Friends of the Market. The Seattle Museum recognizes her service with an annual Betty Bowen Award, which recognizes formerly unknown artists from the
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Bowen was an original member of the Seattle Arts Commission, a founding member of the Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Center, and helped to found the
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She died of a brain tumor in 1977 at the age of 58. She was declared a First Citizen of Seattle two days before her death.
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from what is now the Betty Bowen Viewpoint, one block north (and uphill) from Bowen's home on Seattle's
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in her honor. The small Marshall Park, about a block from where she lived, features the
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Historic Preservation Committee, of which she became chair after its founding.
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University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni
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and gives them an opportunity to win prizes up to $ 10,000.
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Kent, Washington
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Seattle Star
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Morris Graves
Margaret Tomkins
Victor Steinbrueck
Guy Anderson
Kenneth Callahan
Charles Stokes




Bowen, Betty (1918-1977)
Guide to the Betty Bowen Papers 1920-1977
The 34th Annual Betty Bowen Award Competition
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