Introducing, Spider Creek 7

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Spider Creek 7 is a 2 day recording session bringing together an eclectic group of artists from across the city of milwaukee. With recording artists of all genres and skill sets. The goal of Spider Creek 7 for each artist is to create great music with other talented people they may have never worked with before. We ask that if you would like to support you repost the flyer for the event on instagram. It will be posted on Spider Creeks account ( @spider.creek). If you would like to get involved you may either DM @spider.creek on instagram or email spidercreekarts@gmail.com .

Spider Creek is a music collective based out of Milwaukee Wisconsin full of an eclectic group of artists ranging from musicians and producers to visual artists. Sonically, the group enjoys the term “Genre Fluid” to describe their sound. On any given night you may hear rock, blues, hip hop, R&B as well as many other genres. The collective’s inception took place in March of 2020. In an attempt to escape the insanity of the early stages of the pandemic the 4 original members, SAINTRÈ, IanJames. , Makatà and Lizzie Kay rented a house in northern Wisconsin on a body of water called “Spider Creek”, with the intent of writing a collaboration album. At the end of the week they had finished the project and went their separate ways as artists. Over the course of the next year and a half they continued to have Spider Creek recording sessions while maintaining their solo artist status. It wasn’t until January of 2022 that the 4 decided to focus on creating a collective. Since that time the group has invited new artists to each session, and added two new members into the collective full time, Keyba and LOVEPeso, only intensifying the complexity and eclectic nature that Spider Creek embodies.

SS23 | Street Smartz [Promo Video] | Tickets on Sale Now!

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On April 7th, 2023 from 5:00PM-9:00PM, The Vatofied Experience will be collaborating with the Designers of Marcellus Brand, Platinum Boy Gang Clothing, Views Clothing, and The Set Apart Ones [Yahad Kadash] to offer a dynamic show that presents Black Men in fashion, a more than trendy display on Urban wear, and the ever morphing nuances of modern fashion culture. Each designer has their own following, aesthetic, and “ear to the streets” so that they can continually redefine what fashion looks like. 

With authentic community and collaboration as key investments to any CopyWrite collaborative event, SS23 is proud announce Media Sponsorship from Hyfin, Community Sponsorship with Ex Fabula, Jazale's Art Studio & other production sponsor including Shot By Basi, Shot By Stearns, Wolf Studios, and Paul Mitchell The School, Milwaukee. 


Tickets are available now. General Admission tickets are $40 and VIP tickets are $60.  All proceeds will support these freelance creative collaborators and local black & brown owned small businesses. Click the link or scan the QR Code to share or purchase tickets. 

SS23 | A Street Wear Experience - TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

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On April 7th, 2023 from 5:00PM-9:00PM, The Vatofied Experience will be collaborating with the Designers of Marcellus Brand, Platinum Boy Gang Clothing, Views Clothing, and The Set Apart Ones [Yahad Kadash] to offer a dynamic show that presents Black Men in fashion, a more than trendy display on Urban wear, and the ever morphing nuances of modern fashion culture.

Media Sponsorship Provided by: Hyfin, “Connecting The Culture”.

Creatives in Bronzeville where are you at? | Join us for a Creative Mixer w/ the Historic King Drive BiD

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JOIN US FOR SOME CREATIVE COMMUNITY CULTIVATION!

Anybody who has interest in being in the area, working in the area,

or wants to connect to creative in that area are invited. 

SPONSORS WANTED | Are you ready for the SS23 Fashion Experience?

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Did somebody say SS23???

That's right! 


On Behalf of CopyWrite Magazine & Vatofied Experience, we’d like to invite you to join us as a sponsor for our upcoming fashion experience, SS23 [Street Smartz 2023], a streetwear showcase focusing on Black Men in Fashion and creative collaboration.

Last year's experience [SS22] was the catalyst for major movement in Milwaukee's fashion scene. The collaboration, homage to Urban aesthetic, and cultural ornamentation still has attendees talking!

Check out the recap video here:

Do we need you to keep reading? Yes. Will it be worth your while? Absolutely! 


If you click the button below you will find information on how your contribution as a sponsor may impact this amazing event, plus the perks that come with this form of engagement. 

Please reach out with any questions or concerns. Your support is vital to the continuous cultivation of community and the legacy that follows.

Love & All Things Urban,

Lexi S. Brunson
Editor-in-Chief /CW
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Vato Vergara
Creative Director /CW

SnapShot Press Release: HOOPS [adorning Culture through performative social commentary]

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SnapShot Press Release: HOOPS [adorning Culture through performative social commentary]

Saturday's [March 11th, 2023] world premier or HOOPS, by Eliana Pipes with original music by B~Free based on The HOOPS Project by Nicole Acosta, was an opus of social commentary that other narratives of Culture have never really grappled with. . . well, at least until now. Its unapologetic portrayal of Hoop earrings as an legacy adornment spoke to the range of existence that is tied to these magical objects that hang from one's earlobe like an extension of their souls. 

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AUDACIOUS GATHERING | INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY EVENT!

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In addition to providing space for hanging out and drinking good tea, Not Your Mama's Tea is about the flourishing of women. The goal has always been to connect women, inspire women and equip women to grow personally and professionally.

Audacious Gatherings is the latest event designed to equip women to be audacious and glow up their lives and do it drinking a great cup of tea!

Join us for International Women's Day on March 8th! We are celebrating women of color as well as encouraging them to have the Audacity to take up space

CopyWrite Magazine has applied for a KIVA Loan! | Help us raise these coins!

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& This could be a Dream Deferred [But YOU could be the change].

Once upon a college project, in one of the most segregated cities in the country, where creativity blooms, even in the darkest shadows, a flicker of a dream was born. We have told this story several times. You know the one where we discovered a void in the market, where the media disregards the people who need it most, mis-representing our vitality, and undermining our existence. We knew the systems we were up against and yet we still had the audacity to dream for more. More equity in the media, more respect for creative industry, more entrepreneurship for Black & Brown people, more women in positions of leadership, more collaboration with local businesses, and more joy in being unapologetically Urban. 

It’s a good story but often we forget to share the struggle of this dream.

From the start CopyWrite has been a self funded organization, knowing historically how difficult it has been for the Black & Brown community to access capital [we are them & they are us]. We have been told we “look” like money all while using the “eat what you kill” method to maintain. We earned every dollar [there was no line of credit], we paid it forward [because each one should always teach one], we worked for free [& we gained our freedom from work]. But we have to be realistic. We NEED more.  

So we applied for a KIVA loan [a crowd funding source that allows individuals to contribute to big leading amounts with the guarantee to get their money back. Because it’s a LOAN babbbbbby!]

As our communal impact expands, partnerships increase and there are more stories to tell, we need the equipment to expand our creative horizon. With a loan like this, we will be able to serve more of our community with visual assets and the technology to produce anything that we can pretty much imagine media wise. Computers, cameras, and sound booths give us the competitive edge our corporate counterparts have [because “that's what money do”]. We want what we do to always be quality, and this loan ensures our quality will last for years to come.

Who will help us help the community? Who will stand with us and do MORE?

This message is a personal request for a favor. Now if you know me well enough, you know it's hard for me to ask for help [& if it wasn’t for my team I wouldn’t even ask]. But when that help is so I can continue to support others, then "I ain't too proud to beg" LOL. 

Your contribution matters. It says that you are an advocate for change. It says that you believe in the power of a dream that has been served by action. It says that community deserves better. It says that we can all do more.  If you have $25.00 [or more] to spare for a while, please consider tapping that link. I am hoping you will be willing to pour into the /CW Fam so that we can continue to #SupportTheLocal, advocate for change in the creative industries, and continue to connect people to Cultural and Human experiences that builds authentic community, collaborative sustainability, and narrative shifting. 

This is [& always will be] bigger than us.

Love & All Things Urban,

Lexi S. Brunson | Owner/ Active Editor-in-Chief /CW