Name: CMU Biological Station watercolor class holds its 2008 final show, 2008
Start: 2008-08
End: 2008-08
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2008-08
Kind: Celebration
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: artseducationcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The CMU Biological Station’s two-week watercolor class concluded with a final show in Gillingham Hall. The September 2008 report describes instruction by John Swanstrom, daily painting excursions, and a group of returning artists whose Beaver Island work filled the exhibition.

Evidence limits

The record captures the newspaper’s account of the class and show; it is not a complete student roster, course catalogue, or inventory of the exhibited work.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, September 2008, "The CMU Watercolor Show."
Describes the two-week watercolor class at CMU’s Biological Station, its lectures, demonstrations, critiques, field painting, and final-day exhibition in Gillingham Hall, with work by the 2008 Royale Watercolor Society. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, September 2008, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the watercolor class and exhibition report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “CMU Biological Station watercolor class holds its 2008 final show, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cmu-watercolor-show-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2008, "The CMU Watercolor Show." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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