Name: Detroit Institute of Arts Sphinx exhibit is planned for Beaver Island school, 1984
Start: 1984-12
End: 1984-12
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 1984-12
Kind: Education
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Community School
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationheritagecommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The October 1984 Beaver Beacon announced a planned December Sphinx exhibit at Beaver Island Community School, loaned by the Detroit Institute of Arts through the Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District.

Evidence limits

The newspaper announces a planned loan and gives no installation date, catalogue details, or attendance evidence.

Sources

Sphinx exhibit notice, Beaver Beacon, October 1984.
Reports that the Detroit Institute of Arts loaned a Sphinx exhibit through the Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District and that it was expected at the school in December; it directs readers to check locally for details. This is an advance notice, not an exhibit catalogue or attendance record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1984-10_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, October 1984, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held fifteen-page October issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the exhibit notice.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1984-10_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, November 1984, calendar of events.
The November calendar places the Sphinx exhibit at the school on December 8, providing a later scheduled date for the October advance notice. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1984-11_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, November 1984, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held nineteen-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the scheduled exhibit date.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1984-11_Beaver-Beacon
The Changing Face of the Sphinx exhibition notice, Beaver Beacon, December 1984.
Reports the Detroit Institute of Arts traveling exhibition at Beaver Island School December 7–14, with the public opening December 12 from 6–8 p.m., free admission, a scale model, and documentary photographs and reproductions. It is a newspaper exhibition notice, not a museum catalogue or attendance record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1984-12_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, December 1984, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held seventeen-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the exhibition notice.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1984-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Detroit Institute of Arts Sphinx exhibit is planned for Beaver Island school, 1984”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sphinx-exhibit-1984/, accessed [date], citing Sphinx exhibit notice, Beaver Beacon, October 1984. (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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