GRPM
Curiosity Shop
Visit the GRPM Curiosity Shop for souvenirs, books, handmade art and apparel created by local West Michigan artists.
Hours
Monday – Sunday | 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
See What's Inside
In the last year, the GRPM Curiosity Shop has grown from a traditional gift shop to a destination to shop for local goods by West Michigan artists. We currently have 40 consigners from all over MI represented in the shop.
Meet the GRPM Curiosity Shop
Consignment Artists
BlueJayToys
Ian Clarke is a 16-year-old toy maker. He owns BlueJayToys, his 3D-printing business where he creates toys of all kinds. In his free time, he likes to hang out with his friends and watch The Office.
BuildingStoryPress.com
Pam VanderPloeg digs deep into the city’s architectural history. She walks, talks, and writes about the buildings, architects, contractors, and intrepid early owners in her presentations and book Grand Rapids Downtown Buildings.
Bush 7
Bush 7 was started as a dedication to Gordon Bush, who lived his life carrying out the Seven Grandfather Teachings daily.
Champagne Flame
Champagne Flame is a lifestyle candle brand owned by Brianna Buckley and based out of Howard City, MI.
Crafty Physicist
Mindy Baumgartner is the artist behind the Crafty Physicist. She makes science art in the form
of stickers, cards, pins, paintings, and more. She is passionate about making science accessible and showing how fun, interesting, and beautiful science can be.
Dana Albrecht
Dana Albrecht is an artist currently living and working in Grand Rapids, MI. Her jewelry is industrial and modern, and employs a mixture of materials including: aluminum, brass, stainless steel, and natural gemstones.
Daddy’s Dough
Mariah Wright and her father, MarcQus Wright, are the owner and operators of Daddy’s Dough Cookies, a locally owned cookies company that opened in October 2015.
Dave Hill
Dave Hill is a lifelong native of Tawas City, Michigan. For over a decade he has been turning wooden vessels using a variety of woods like Cherry Wood burls, Walnut, or African Black Wood.
Erin Margabeth
Erin Margabeth is a jewelry maker and graphic designer in Grand Rapids, MI. Her jewelry line focuses on semi-precious gemstones and essential oil diffuser jewelry.
Ethereal Entomology
Ethereal Entomology + Taxidermy artwork is created by Grand Rapids local and Michigan-licensed taxidermist, Allissa Corak.
Flip & Flow
Tina Derusha is an author and breathwork coach. She’s the co-creator of Flip & Flow, whose flipbooks blend art and science, inspiring mindfulness and calm through daily interactive mind-body-breath-based flows.
Guelaguetza Designs
Guelaguetza Designs was founded in 2005 to provide West Michigan communities with a connection to Mexico.
Hello From Grand Rapids
Beautiful picture postcards of Grand Rapids, Michigan created by Paul Jendrasiak, Josh Depenbrok and Wynnona Francis.
Katlyn Morse
Katlyn Morse is a West Michigan illustrator who enjoys capturing nature and nostalgia through a variety of mediums. Her favorite mediums include watercolor and laser etching wood with her illustrations.
Jill Barry-Cowen
Jill-Barry Cowen became a children’s book author following her departure from Corporate America due to her disability, which she sees as a blessing in disguise. Jill divides her time between Florida and Michigan finding joy in her creative pursuits, husband, and pets.
LouAnn Bryant
LouAnn Bryant is an artist and tribal elder of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (NHBP). LouAnn makes Longleaf Pine needle baskets form trees that grow near the water in the southeastern United States.
Michigan Candyland
Michigan Candyland makes yummy vegan candy with locally sourced ingredients, hand-made using only vegetables and natural spices to color, and in partnership with farmers and packaging companies in Michigan to reduce their carbon footprint.
Mineral Man - Dave Lehker
Dave Lehker is the Vice President of the Indian Mounds Gem and Mineral Club in Grand Rapids, MI.
Miya's Bracelets
Miya is an incoming 3rd grader, avid rock hunter, animal lover, and aspiring jewelry maker. Her semi-precious stone bracelets are sold in nearly a dozen museum gift shops. She hopes you’ll consider adding her Petoskey or Yooperlite designs to your collection.
Nature Walk Studio
Nature Walk Studio has two store locations in Michigan! Come visit us where we started in Yankee Springs or our newest venture in Empire!
Neil Weaver Photography
Neil Weaver is a landscape photographer and workshop instructor who’s been capturing Michigan’s natural beauty since 2001.
Paige
Jodi, the owner of Paige, creates clean-burning candles with scents that evoke memories and a focus on reducing her business’ carbon footprint.
Rayne Karfonta
Born and raised in rural Michigan, Rayne Karfonta is a Grand Rapids-based artist whose art primarily focuses on the whimsy of nature.
Red Hydrant Press
Red Hydrant Press is the studio and gallery of local printmaking artist Alynn Guerra.
Scott’s Maple Syrup
Scott’s Maple Syrup is located in Sparta, MI. The family has been collecting and producing syrup from their maple trees for seven years.
Set Sail Press
Katharine Mitropoulos from Set Sail Press began her journey as an author after degrees in psychology, linguistics, and speech-language pathology. Her debut title, Ready… Set… Frog! has won 9 international awards and honors.
Shea by Camille
Dominique “Camille” Devlin is a local Grand Rapids maker who creates alt natural organic whipped body butter with special oils that nourish and hydrate skin all day, and complement a variety of skin types.
Solstice Handmade
Originally from Hudsonville, MI, Dayna Walton, currently lives and works in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Sophrona Tea
Stephanie Farina is a local Grand Rapids maker who creates herbal hand-blended oolong leaf teas.
Stir It Up
See the “able,” not the label.
Stir It Up provides meaningful employment to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through the operation of a bakery.
Studio Hromi LLC
Studio Hromi is an illustration and design studio based in Grand Rapids, MI, founded in 2019 by owner and lead creative Emily Hromi.
Sweet House Foundation
Carol Dodge, historian for the Sweet House Foundation, authored The Mayor, The Maestro, and the Mansion, the story of Martin Sweet, Ottokar Malek, and the Sweet House, recognizing their significant contributions to Grand Rapids.
Tom Penninga
Tom Penninga is a second-generation wood turner and Grand Rapids native. He has been actively turning for about 7 years.
Up North Living
Up North Living is a small business owned by Colleen Bowden, that utilizes color, texture, and pattern, and implements them into everyday items.
WagStuff LLC
Wags•Stuff is the lifestyle brand from award-winning graphic designer Greg Wagner, who has spent much of his career creating a diverse array of marketing materials for some of Michigan’s most recognizable businesses.