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Saturday outdoor art fair expands Beaver Island's summer market, 2008

Also Saturday Art Fairs 2008

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TypeEvent
Date2008-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2008-08
Kind
Business
Eras
Modern era
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artscommercecommunitytourism
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The August 2008 Beacon reported a new Saturday outdoor art fair beside Shipwreck Shirts on Main Street. It broadened summer display space for local artists beyond the Island’s finite gallery walls.

Evidence limits

The article names artists present on one afternoon but does not establish the fair’s full season, attendance, or sales.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, August 2008, "Saturday Art Fairs".
    Reports a new Saturday outdoor art fair beside Shipwreck Shirts on Main Street, giving local artists another venue beyond the Whiskey Point galleries. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the art-fair report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-08_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Saturday outdoor art fair expands Beaver Island's summer market, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-saturday-art-fairs-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2008, "Saturday Art Fairs". (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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