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Beaver Island artists present Art to the People at the Beachcomber, 1986

Also Art to the People Beaver Island 1986 · April 26 1986 Beaver Island art show

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TypeEvent
Date1986-04-26
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Summary

On April 26, 1986, Doris Shirk hosted an art show and reception at the Beachcomber featuring watercolors by Shirley Gladish, Jane Mushong, and Mary Scholl.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper arts report, not an exhibition catalogue, inventory, sales ledger, or complete attendance record.

Sources

  1. Reports an April 26 watercolor show and reception at the Beachcomber hosted by Doris Shirk, with works by Shirley Gladish, Jane Mushong, and Mary Scholl and reactions from visitors. It is a newspaper arts report, not an exhibition catalogue, inventory, sales ledger, or complete attendance record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1986-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nineteen-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the art-show report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island artists present Art to the People at the Beachcomber, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-art-to-the-people-show-1986/, accessed [date], citing Art to the People, Beaver Beacon, June 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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