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Keith Grassmick opens the Honest Gull studio and gallery, 2009

Also Honest Gull Beaver Island art studio · Keith Grassmick Main Street gallery

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Date2009-08
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Summary

The August 2009 Beaver Beacon reported the opening of Keith Grassmick’s Honest Gull studio and gallery in the former Malloy Meat Market on Main Street. The space displayed Grassmick’s oil paintings and Frank Solle’s Beaver Island photography and offered a working space for a children’s graphic novel.

Evidence limits

The report does not establish a formal opening date, ownership records, or a complete list of artists and works displayed.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, August 2009, "New Art Studio/Gallery Opens."
    Reports the Honest Gull’s occupancy of the former Malloy Meat Market, Keith Grassmick’s illustration work and gallery, and Frank Solle’s photography displayed in the space. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the studio and gallery report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-08_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Frank Solle, "The Honest Gull," Beaver Island Forum, August 3–5, 2009.
    The forum describes the former Whimsy/Malloy Meat Market location on Main Street, Keith Grassmick's oil paintings, Frank Solle's photography and notecards, and summer hours. It is contemporaneous community/business information; the Beacon remains the stronger source for the opening report. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001816

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Keith Grassmick opens the Honest Gull studio and gallery, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-honest-gull-studio-gallery-opening-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2009, "New Art Studio/Gallery Opens." (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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