Muskegon, Museum of Art

West Shore Graphic Arts Society

Spring Programs

Saturday, March 24 

Workshop with Wendy Withrow 

Box with a Pull Drawer

10:00 am – 4:00 pm 

Location Muskegon Community College Art Building 

$40 members/$50 non-members 

For a fun alternative to the lidded box, this workshop will focus on a box that opens with a sliding, pull out drawer. Employing binder's board to build the box from scratch and using decorative cloth and paper to cover it, participants will leave with a finished box and enough information to make one on their own. Beginning students will have fun learning the basics of box making and experienced students will learn a structure that can be applied to other types of boxes. Open to the public. Bring your lunch. To register, contact Lee Ann Frame at 231 865 6333 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by March 9. 

Instructor: Wendy Withrow has a BFA in Ceramics from Grand Valley State University and a diploma in Bookbinding from the North Bennet Street School in Boston. She studied bookbinding so she could hone her hand skills and build a career making fine handcrafted items. Her training was further enhanced with instruction at the Northeast Document Conservation Center and at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she worked as an intern. She began Windy Weather Bindery in 2008 and now runs it out of her home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She specializes in custom boxes, portfolios, and albums. 

Wednesday, April 11 

Artwork by Brett Colley

Lecture presented by Brett Colley

6:00-6:30 pm Social   

6:30-7:30 pm Program

Location: MMA Auditorium

Free and open to the public 

Artist Brett Colley will present examples of his work inspired from a decade spent examining the role of art in activism, and his own political awakening. Colley earned his MFA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa in 1994 and is an Associate Professor of Art at Grand Valley State University; Colley teaches a variety of courses including Drawing, Printmaking, and Senior Seminar. His work has been exhibited widely, in over 30 states and six countries. His recent projects—including installations in Cleveland, Chicago, and Davenport, Iowa—address issues of eco-justice, with an especially keen interest in animal rights and the abolition of factory farming. Colley is also an active curator, serving on the Curatorial Board of the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts since 2004.

Thursday, May 17

WSGAS Annual Dinner

5:30 pm Social & Meet the Artist  

Location: MMA 

6:30-pm Dinner

Location: Mia & Grace 

The annual West Shore Graphic Arts Society spring dinner will begin at 5:30 pm at the Muskegon Museum of Art with a social hour and an opportunity to meet the artist who has created a work of art specially commissioned for 2012 WSGAS members. The artist will give a brief talk and present the artwork. The social and artist’s talk is free and open to the public.

Dinner will follow at the Mia & Grace restaurant at 6:30 pm. The dinner is a ticketed event for WSGAS members and their guests. For information and reservations, contact Lee Ann Frame at 231.865.6333 or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Dinner reservations must be made by May 5.

WSGAS has supported creative arts in West Michigan since 1991. With over 50 members, WSGAS with MMA's help provides seminars, lectures, training and working artist demonstrations for a nominal fee, monthly.  Please click here to download schedule of events.