Members

Owner / Editor-in-Chief

Lexi is obsessed with all things Urban. She believes that there is a beauty between every sidewalk crack and alleyway. She is outspoken, confident, and her creativity allows her to view the world WAY outside the box. She is a multifaceted professional with a BFA in Interior Architecture & Design and MA in Media Studies. Her passion for social equality, freedom of expression, and goofy wit makes her just the right combo of kick a** to get any job done. She makes IT happen!

@_thrudirtyeyes

/CW Creative Studios + Shop | Strategic Partnership + Programing Manager

Vedale is a fine artist who draws inspiration from his personal perspective of an impoverished urban upbringing, which has allowed him to apply his creative skills as a pragmatic practice of culture and identity. He holds a B.F.A. in Integrated Studio Arts from Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, where he has also returned to serve as an adjunct professor of New Studio Practice. One of his greatest accomplishments has been the creation of Jazale’s Art Studio, a non-profit arts education community youth studio, as well as an artist and residency program for artists of color in Milwaukee. He is a licensed General contractor and Co-Founder of HomeWorks: Bronzeville Development Initiative.

@vedalehills_artstudio_mke

Specialized Content Journalist

The best way to describe Imani would be nothing less than “the Jill of all trades”. Her comedic energy and enthusiastic personality is hard to match. One of her biggest goals is to help connect different generations to Urban culture through media, specialized projects, and interpersonal encounters. While embracing and cultivating her own versatile creativity, she hopes to not only strengthen the local community with opportunities to voice their own stories but to encourage others to speak, stand and live in their own truth.

@ortizus