AfterDark | For The Culture 10/20

Featured Artist

Jamai Fisher is the AfterDark: For the Culture Featured Artist. Fisher will also help lead the FREE pre-show workshop as our guest facilitator. A Los Angeles native, a poet, and a filmmaker, Jamai Fisher seeks to walk in God’s purpose by making hard conversations easy through storytelling.

Curated Artists

Darius Smith is a visual artist, event curator, organizer, and co-owner of The Locals Gallery, a hub designed to serve BIPOC communities. Through his co-founding of Black Space, Smith has ventured into a new realm, promoting the normalization of healthy mental health practices in Black and Brown communities. Additionally, in his role as the director of the gener8tor art X Sherman Phoenix program, Smith is actively contributing to the growth and empowerment of artists of color. He has cultivated a reputation as a cultural visionary, dedicated to advocating for the rights of marginalized individuals.

Element Everest-Blanks is an accomplished creator and storyteller. She works as the Music Director and host of afternoon and evening drive shows for HYFIN, a RadioMilwaukee station dedicated to celebrating and supporting Black music and culture. She also serves as a brand ambassador for HYFIN, showcasing her passion for supporting Black creators in Milwaukee on her social media. Element is the creator of “The Culture Plug” and winner of multiple Telly Awards.

Emmitt James is a Hip Hop-Jazz artist and Spoken Word-Poet based in Milwaukee, WI.