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2025 festival details are coming soon with the event slated for late September.

 

“The Poetry Festival” was created to provide inspiration, joy, and connectivity for the community through poetry. The event was proposed to the Greater Columbus Arts Council in 2024, by poet and artist Larry Robertson, where it was community reviewed and approved for funding. The festival took place over the course of two days in partnership with the Columbus Museum of Art on Saturday, September the 28th, and in partnership with the Grange Insurance Audubon Center on Sunday, September the 29th. The two day event included poetry performances, workshops, vendors, and poetry-inspired art experiences featuring a workshop and performance Saturday by Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour. On Sunday, Hanif Abdurraqib, Mac Arthur Fellow and New York Times best selling poet and author, brought the festival to a close. With almost two dozen featured poets performing in the heart of downtown Columbus, this event was one for the books.

This event was free with registration. 

Saturday September 28th, 2024

Noon-4pm

Columbus Museum of Art

480 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215

 

Sunday September 29th, 2024

1-5pm

Grange Insurance Audubon Center

505 W Whittier St, Columbus OH 43215

 

2024 Sponsors 

Greater Columbus Arts Council

Columbus Museum of Art

Grange Insurance Audubon Center 

Dipped Custom Prints 

Stump Plants 

WIT Gallery 

934 Gallery 

Cobra Bar

Sea Smoothie

*THANK YOU*