Name: Visionnaire Series: Poetry Panel with the Grand River Poetry Collective
Start: 2025-04-24T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-24T19:30:00-04:00
Location: 101 Monroe Center St NW, Grand Rapids, MI, United States, Michigan 49503

Visionnaire Series: Poetry Panel with the Grand River Poetry Collective

Join GRAM’s Visionnaires and the Grand River Poetry Collective for a panel discussion moderated by 2024 Grand Rapids Poet Laureate, Christine Stephens Krieger. In honor of National Poetry Month, Krieger and local poets will explore publishing in Grand Rapids, as well as the production process of Melissa Wray’s “Small Gestures,” the first book of poems published by the Grand River Poetry Collective.
Arrive early to visit our current exhibitions and grab a snack or beverage from GRAM’s café.
Panel guests include:
Scott Krieger, Poet and Co-president / CTO of Grand River Poetry Collective
David Cope, Poet, Publisher, and former Grand Rapids Poet Laureate
John Winkelman, Co-founder and Editor for the former Caffeinated Press and 3288 Review
Donna Munro, Poet, Artist, Publisher, and member of the Twilight Tribe
Shayna Haynes Heard, Poet, spoken word artist, Teaching Artist with The Diatribe
Melissa Wray, Poet
This is a free event. Registration is not required.
Location: Grand Rapids Art Museum, Auditorium
Contact: For more information, email [email protected].
Cost: Free