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In late April, we welcomed Morgan Liskey as our Marketing & Community Engagement Coordinator. Morgan and her family have been active in the ACWL-Nuveen community over the years, attending classes and taking part in exhibitions and we are so excited she is now a part of the team! Morgan is a photographer, lifelong wanderer and a sometimes-writer. You can find her most mornings with dew-soaked shoes, camera in hand, reveling in the wonder and beauty of the natural world. You mi

The Third Coast Trombone Retreat returns to Montague June 8 -14. This week-long immersive program welcomes trombonists from across the country to learn, perform, and enjoy the wonders of West Michigan! This year's performance schedule includes two free concerts at St. James Lutheran Church in Montague and two recitals at the Block in Muskegon. Learn more about the retreat and this year's guest artists at tromboneretreat.com Block Recitals - 360 W. Western Ave. 2nd Floor, Musk

The ACWL- Nuveen’s gallery schedule is truly enhanced by our sponsored Guest Exhibits. The generous financial support from our sponsors enables us to showcase a wider range of artists from outside the White Lake area and provide a venue for them to share their creative stories with our community. Our current Guest Exhibition, Steady Gaze, on display May 8 – June 27, is sponsored by Howmet Aerospace and features Holland-based artist and Assistant Professor of Art Instruction a

Artists of all ages – we need you! We are coordinating a WATER themed community art exhibit entitled - Water Wonderland - to take place in the ACWL-Nuveen exhibition gallery July 10 – August 22. Participation is FREE and open to artists of ALL ages, with prizes awarded in both Adult and Youth categories. Margaret Billups Lee Ann Frame Bryce Thompson A

The 2026 Free Summer Concert Series is here and filled with fan favorites to celebrate our 40th season! Local favorites and White Lake residents, Eric & Karen Smith, kick off our concert series on Tuesday, June 16th, presented by the City of Whitehall with sound sponsor, Lisa Wall Interior Design. If you enjoyed Eric & Karen Smith’s performance at our 40th Birthday Bash, you definitely won’t want to miss them at the bandshell. This dynamic duo has been playing together since

Kathy Rogers & Chris Jones getting ready for the rummage sale! Dear Community - do you have gently used or even new art supplies taking up space in your home that are no longer “sparking joy” in your world? Please consider dropping them off at the ACWL-Nuveen for our Art Supply Rummage Sale extravaganza taking place on Saturday, June 20 from 9:00am – 3:00pm. The sale will feature some great finds including paints, fabrics, beads, ribbons, books, yarn, markers, paper and lots

Last month, the Arts Council of White Lake - Nuveen Center threw a Birthday Bash to celebrate 40 years of serving the White Lake community. Held on Friday, May 15 at the Playhouse at White Lake, the event featured live music, a silent auction, toasts from community members, and birthday cake! With over 150 people in attendance, it was an evening full of fun, laughter, and community. Thank you to EVERYONE who made this event possible: Our sponsors: Consumers Energy, Snowy Sips

To gaze - defined as a long lingering look - can also mean to admire with wonder, surprise, and deep thought. The artwork in ACWL-Nuveen's first guest artist exhibition of 2026, Steady Gaze, poses a challenge to viewers: how does it feel to keep an unfaltering focus on a painting and what if the painting's subject stares back? What impact does that have on you, the viewer? Steady Gaze, on display May 8 – June 27, is sponsored by Howmet Aerospace and features artist and Assist

Mark your summer calendars for the Sculpture Garden Shindig taking place on Saturday, July 18 from 10:00am – 1:00pm at the Marilyn Voss Garden for Sculpture in Montague. This is a FREE family-friendly interactive event taking place during Artisan Market hours and before the kick-off to Walk the Beat. Live music will be performed in the sculpture garden by accomplished Ann Arbor-based guitarist and composer, Nicholas Martin – www.nicholasmartin.com. Ceramic artists from Terres

Inspired by the White Lake Area Chamber & Visitors Bureau's revival of the Maritime Festival August 6-8, the ACWL-Nuveen is hosting a water-themed community art exhibition July 10 – August 22. Participation is FREE and open to artists of all ages, with prizes awarded in both Youth and Adult categories. As Michiganders we are surrounded by an abundance of fresh water in the beautiful and diverse great lakes, numerous rivers, creeks, inland lakes and ponds. All these bodies o

In May of this year, the Arts Council of White Lake - Nuveen Center will be 40 years stong. In celebration of our 40th year as a registered non-profit serving the White Lake community, we are throwing a birthday bash! We'll have live music, birthday cake, toasts from special guests, fun and frivolity. We hope you'll join us for our biggest fundraising event of the year and to celebrate this milestone! GET TICKETS Thank you to Consumers Energy, Snowy Sips Pub Craw , and Tom &

On Saturday, March 14 we had a great turnout for our 2026 Juried Exhibition reception. We were fortunate that many of the artists who have pieces in the show came with their friends and family and mixed and mingled with other community members. This year's exhibit attracted entries from 96 artists across Michigan and even Pennsylvania. Juror Amelia Anderson, currently serving as the inaugural Director of the Bennett Prize & Curator of Women's Art at the Muskegon Museum of Art

The ACWL-Nuveen is very grateful to the Whitehall City Council members who voted to approve a $7,500 donation at their February 24th meeting to help fund the complete restoration of White Lake’s iconic sculpture – Sailboat/Trees . These monies combined with $6,500 awarded by the White Lake Community Fund of the Community Foundation for Muskegon County will go toward resurfacing the 22’ tall metal sculpture. After sixteen years of full exposure to the extremes of Michigan’s se

Job Overview The Arts Council of White Lake-Nuveen Center (ACWL-Nuveen) is a well established nonprofit operating in Whitehall, Michigan. For 40 years the ACWL-Nuveen has inspired the White Lake area through accessible and engaging opportunities in the arts. www.artswhitelake.org The Marketing & Community Engagement Coordinator reports to the Director and plays a key role in building awareness, increasing participation, and strengthening community connections. This position

In the fall of 2025, arts and culture organizations across Michigan were unsure whether the typical state grants offered by the Michigan Arts & Culture Council (MACC) would be awarded. Luckily, Michiganders made their voices heard and urged their legislators to keep that funding intact, and they did! This uncertainty, however, did shift the typical timeline for the grant deadline and award announcement. While grant awards for the upcoming year are normally announced once the

To celebrate our 40th year of Free Summer Concerts, the ACWL-Nuveen has booked a lineup full of your favorite bands! Mark your calendars and make plans to join us on Tuesday nights, June 16 - August 18 - 7:00pm at the Montague-Whitehall Rotary Bandshell. As usual, our rain location will be the Montague High School Fine Arts Center, except for June 16th when we'll head to the Whitehall High School Auditorium if there is inclement weather. We could not host this series without

Lee Ann Frame is an artist many people in West Michigan are familiar with. A retired art instructor at Muskegon Community College, Lee Ann is recognized regionally and nationally for her exquisite printmaking which she has exhibited extensively. She also sells her prints at the Muskegon Museum of Art and and in our retail gallery at the ACWL-Nuveen. In 2024, Lee Ann started teaching two-day intensive printmaking classes at the ACWL-Nuveen, offering instruction in linocut and

We are so lucky to have such wonderful people in the community! Thank you to everyone who paticipated in the Snowy Sips Pub Craw. Your contribution helped raise $4,797.57 for the ACWL-Nuveen's Summer Concert Series! We so appreciate being the recipient of this support. A big thanks to all the event sponsors, including: Re/Max West Premier Lakeshore Title Agency 360 Tan Home Services of White Lake Stone River Home Inspections Dobb-Lehner Team at Michigan Mortgage Anc

We had an outstanding response to our 2026 ACWL-Nuveen Juried Exhibition which will be on display March 13 – April 25. Ninety-six artists from across Michigan and one from Pennsylvania submitted 173 artworks for Juror Amelia Anderson to review. Ms. Anderson, currently serving as the inaugural Director of the Bennett Prize & Curator of Women’s Art at the Muskegon Museum of Art commented in her juror statement, “it was not a small nor easy process to narrow the field of entries

The Arts Council of White Lake - Nuveen (ACWL-Nuveen) recently participated in several events to help promote the Muskegon Arts & Culture Coalition (MACC). The MACC is composed of local arts and culture leaders who work together to celebrate Muskegon County's dynamic arts and culture community. On Thursday, February 12, ACWL-Nuveen hosted over 30 guests to discuss and celebrate the work of MACC at the coalition's CONNECT event. Guests were treated to a presentation from Mon