Belinda Tate

Tate is a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She attended Yale University, receiving a bachelor's degree in art history, with a focus on museum studies. She received a master's degree in liberal studies from Wake Forest University.^[2][3] She has also studied at Yale Graduate School for art conservation and connoisseurship, and British art and architecture at the Paul Mellon Center for British Art.^[4]

In 1999, Tate was appointed the director of the Diggs Gallery, a major African-American art gallery at Winston-Salem State University. Tate served in the position for 15 years, making increases to the gallery's permanent collection and increasing its use among the student population.^[4][5]

In 2014, Tate was named the new executive director of Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, starting on September 8. Her appointment made her the institution's first Black director.^[5]

In 2023, Tate was named the director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art.^[6]