Sunday afternoon,Michigan WCA members and friends from all over the state congregated at Brenda Oelbaum’s studio in Ann Arbor, to sketch, talk and enjoy food and drink together for the holidays. A life drawing session with Satori Circus, a well-known Detroit performance artist, artist’s model and “Detroit Institution” (pictured above in a fetching pink frock) was held, resulting in pictures that reflected the diversity of technique and viewpoint that characterizes the WCA-MI membership. Artists from Wyandotte, Grosse point, Ann Arbor and Detroit showed up to celebrate the season: talk centered around members’ projects both current and future. Carol Morris talked about her recently begun project bringing art to troubled young people and other artists discussed possible subject matter and approaches for the up-coming “Eye on the D” show (more on this later).