Civic Studio: The Creative Exchange

Civic Studios is where media, community, and public life meet. Built on the idea that storytelling is a civic tool, it uses creative production to explore shared challenges and imagine better futures.

The Creative Exchange is its quarterly showcase, highlighting new ventures, emerging projects, and the creatives shaping Milwaukee’s cultural future. Through short presentations, conversation, and networking, it creates space to share ideas, elevate new work, and build meaningful connections.
 

Whether you’re a creative entrepreneur, cultural organizer, media maker, or community supporter, this event invites you to experience new ideas, meet creative leaders, and connect in a space where creative work becomes civic work.
 

Panelists include:

• Shannon Sims, Mic’d and Ready Media

• Element Everest-Blanks, The Culture Plug

• Kellen “Klassik” Abston, Independent Artist

• Dante Lavell, Avra

• Lexi S. Brunson, Copywrite Magazine / CW Creative Studios