Woodland Pattern

Founded by poets and artists in 1979, Woodland Pattern is a nonprofit book center, gallery, and performance space in Milwaukee, WI, where poetry, sound works, film, and visual art coexist on a daily basis. Our goals are to promote a lifetime practice of reading and writing; to serve as a forum and resource center in our region; to encourage exchange across the visual, sonic, and literary arts; and to act as a bridge between local and national communities of poets and other artists. Each year, Woodland Pattern offers over 400 activities and events for people of all agesincluding writing workshops, poetry performances, concerts, art exhibitions, film screenings, and literary and interdisciplinary arts programs for children and youth. We are also home to special initiatives such as the Milwaukee Youth Poet Laureate program and the Milwaukee Emerging Poet Fellowship, and serve as the fiscal receiver for Indigenous Nations Poets. In addition to our programming efforts, the dissemina...