Name: Rural Arts programming shifts House Parties to Saturdays and expands Beaver Island enrichment classes in 2003
Start: 2003-03-05
End: 2003-06
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Dates: 2003-03-05 – 2003-06
Kind: Education
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Community School
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: artseducationcommunitymusic
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Rural Arts and Culture program shifted House Parties from Sundays to Saturdays through the end of the school year. Forum notices identified a March 8 gathering at Karen and Adam Wirth’s home and announced another for April 12, with details for the latter still pending. The March update also reported after-school art, Winter Wednesday enrichment, a new Studio Art class, and fourteen student submissions to the Crooked Tree Youth Art Show.

Evidence limits

The sources describe planned activities and reported participation, not the April gathering’s location, the grant’s final accounting, or the later outcome of the Youth Art Show.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, “House Party - March 8th 2003” and “House Party - April 12th 2003,” Beaver Island Forum, February 12, 2003.
The forum notices scheduled Rural Arts House Parties for March 8 at Karen and Adam Wirth’s home and April 12, with the April location and details still to be announced. They establish planned gatherings, not attendance or completion.
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Beaver Beacon, “House Party - March 8th 2003” and “House Party - April 12th 2003,” Beaver Island Forum, February 12, 2003.
The forum notices scheduled Rural Arts House Parties for March 8 at Karen and Adam Wirth’s home and April 12, with the April location and details still to be announced. They establish planned gatherings, not attendance or completion.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000027
Beaver Beacon, March 2003, “Rural Arts and Culture Grant Update.”
Reports Saturday scheduling for House Parties, after-school art participation, Winter Wednesday cooking and craft classes, a new Studio Art class, and fourteen Community School students’ Youth Art Show submission. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, March 2003, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the March 2003 report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-03_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Rural Arts programming shifts House Parties to Saturdays and expands Beaver Island enrichment classes in 2003”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-rural-arts-house-parties-march-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, “House Party - March 8th 2003” and “House Party - April 12th 2003,” Beaver Island Forum, February 12, 2003. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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