Name: CMU Honors students create and unveil a Beaver Island Community Portrait, 2016
Start: 2016-05-09
End: 2016-05-13
Location: Beaver Island Community Center building

Event

Dates: 2016-05-09 – 2016-05-13
Kind: Art exhibition
Where: Beaver Island Community Center building
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: artcommunityeducationphotography
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Thirteen Central Michigan University Honors Photography students worked on Beaver Island from May 9–13, 2016, documenting everyday island life for a Community Portrait. The resulting large collage was unveiled at the Community Center on May 13, alongside samples from a related Beaver Island photo book.

Evidence limits

The project organizer’s notice establishes the purpose, dates, and consent expectations; follow-up community comments confirm that the work was unveiled and displayed. The archive does not reproduce the artwork or establish a complete list of people photographed.

Sources

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Sources

Al Wildey and Beaver Island Community Center, “CMU Honors Photography class v2.0” and “Beaver Island Community Portrait reception FRIDAY, 5/13--3pm,” Beaver Island Forum, May 7–15, 2016.
Professor Al Wildey described a 13-student project documenting everyday island life, with explicit nonintrusive and consent-respecting photography guidance. The reception notice announced a large portrait and photo-book samples; later replies praised the unveiled work. The archive does not reproduce the portrait or establish the complete set of participants photographed.
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Al Wildey and Beaver Island Community Center, “CMU Honors Photography class v2.0” and “Beaver Island Community Portrait reception FRIDAY, 5/13--3pm,” Beaver Island Forum, May 7–15, 2016.
Professor Al Wildey described a 13-student project documenting everyday island life, with explicit nonintrusive and consent-respecting photography guidance. The reception notice announced a large portrait and photo-book samples; later replies praised the unveiled work. The archive does not reproduce the portrait or establish the complete set of participants photographed.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “CMU Honors students create and unveil a Beaver Island Community Portrait, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-community-portrait-cmu-photography-2016/, accessed [date], citing Al Wildey and Beaver Island Community Center, “CMU Honors Photography class v2.0” and “Beaver Island Community Portrait reception FRIDAY, 5/13--3pm,” Beaver Island Forum, May 7–15, 2016..

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