Become a Member
One of the simplest ways to show your love. Membership benefits include 10% off on book purchases and workshops, and the wonderful feeling of supporting your community.
Give to Our Annual Fund
Every year, contributions large and small are the engine behind all of our programs and events. If you have been moved by your experiences at Woodland Pattern, please consider making a tax-deductible donation in support of our mission.
Attend or Sponsor a Fundraiser
Woodland Pattern typically holds two annual fundraisers, including our annual Poetry Marathon in January, and we invite you to join us for both! Learn more about our upcoming Poetry Marathon at Saint Kate on January 24 and 25, 2026.
Make a Sustaining Gift
You can make a lasting impact on independent culture in Milwaukee through a gift to our capital or endowment fund or by establishing a charitable trust or bequest for Woodland Pattern. We are also able to accept gifts of stock, for example from an IRA account, that can help save time and expense. Contact Executive Directors Jenny Gropp and Laura Solomon to learn more about contributing to Woodland Pattern in one or more of these ways.
Woodland Pattern is made possible through support from
Academy of American Poets (with funds from the Mellon Foundation), Amazon Literary Partnership, Martin Braun Fund, Brico Fund, Gardner Foundation, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Brandon Gelzer Memorial Fund, Marvin W. Haesle Fund for the Arts, Hawthornden Foundation, Herzfeld Foundation, Camille A. Lonstorf Trust, Poetry Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, Meyer & Norma Ragir Foundation, Ruth Foundation for the Arts, Lucy & Jack Rosenberg Fund, William & Alicia Schoeneich Arts & Culture Fund, Christine A. Symchych & James P. McNulty Charitable Fund, Milwaukee Arts Board, Milwaukee County CAMPAC, Milwaukee City Community Development Block Grant, MPS Partnership for the Arts & Humanities, Wisconsin Arts Board, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and gifts from many generous donors.
THANK YOU!
We acknowledge that in Milwaukee we live and work on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk, and Menominee homelands along the southwest shores of Michigami, part of North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee, and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida, and Mohican nations remain present.
We further acknowledge the iniquity and suffering colonialism introduced to these lands through genocide and slavery, as well as through racist and xenophobic beliefs, laws, and practices that continue to inflict harm upon Black, brown, Indigenous, and immigrant lives. We honor those who have lived—and live now—at these intersections of identity and experience.
720 E. Locust Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212
Phone: 414 263 5001
Hours: Tues–Sun | 12-7 pm
Closed Mon
Building Accessibility: Despite the age of our physical location, and attendant limitations to access, Woodland Pattern is committed to making its programs and facilities available for as many as possible. Please call for more information.
Events Accessibility: Woodland Pattern is able to offer captioning services for its online events and with advanced notice can provide ASL interpretation for live events. Please contact us with accommodation requests and questions.
© Woodland Pattern 2026