- Dates
- 2008-03 – 2008-08
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- artscommercecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Island jewelry-maker Karen Johnson proposed a summer Artists’ Market near the ferry dock. Other artists and craftspeople had expressed interest. The proposal left the location, staffing, and participating group open, with participants sharing expenses while retaining profits from their own wares.
Evidence limits
This is a proposal and recruitment notice, not evidence that the market formed, opened, or generated sales.
Sources
- Johnson invited island artists and musicians to consider a weekly summer market, with all media welcome. The forum notice is an early recruitment proposal; the later newspaper account supplies additional planning detail but neither source proves that the market opened.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001034
- Beaver Beacon, March 2008, "Artists' Market".Reports Karen Johnson's proposal for a summer market, possible locations, shared expenses, and an invitation to artists and craftspeople. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the proposal.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island artists consider a summer market near the ferry dock, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-artists-market-proposal-2008/, accessed [date], citing Karen Johnson, “Artists' Market,” Beaver Island Forum, January 8, 2008. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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