A sketchy evening at @livedandy 🎨💗
Thanks to everyone who came out for the fashion illustration class I taught at Dandy last Monday. It was so much fun merging self portraiture and fashion illustration 🥰 I appreciate the opportunity and creative freedom Ryan curated!
If you’re looking for a fun community for drawing (with an immaculate aesthetic), they have a new drawing prompt at Dandy on the last Monday of every month
📸 💐A special thanks to @beingkepo for the photography
MONDAY, MARCH 30: DRAW!
The March edition of DRAW! will be hosted by Alyssa Neff of Matte Black!
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Alyssa Neff is a Milwaukee-based fashion designer, SCAD alumna, and founder of Matte Black. Her work explores identity, transformation, and liberation through garment construction and community curation.
You can follow her personal account @alyssascuration or her brand, which creates custom sustainable apparel and accessories @matteblack.shop .
SCHEDULE
6:00 - Doors/Bar Open
6:30 - Bio/Theme Intro by Alyssa
6:45 - DRAW!
8:00 - Share
REQUIREMENTS
• DRAW! at Dandy is a 21+ event.
• Dandy is also a bar, so no BYOB allowed.
• You will, however, need to BYO art supplies, whether pencil/paper or tablet.
See you there!
Life is the Runway, a storytelling project that celebrates the beauty of everyday life through Matte Black’s latest collection.
💛The Story launched on Juneteenth
♥️ The Show took over the street on June 27th
💚 The Showroom is THIS SATURDAY, August 9th 12-3pm at @weavingsilverlinings (our incredible sponsor ✨🪡)
🖤 Come feel the textures, hear our story, and shop the collection early!
Come Re-See Matte Black’s latest collection “Life is the Runway” in detail 🔎
Saturday, August 9th 12-3pm at Harmonic Harvest
We’ll dive into the inspiration behind Matte Black over 🍗chicken and biscuits, and you’ll have the chance to pre-order looks from the collection before we launch publicly🖤✨.
Save the date!!!🗓️
Our cute little corner on 43rd + Vliet was overflowing with expression, style, and community love ✨ The Night Market + Life Is A Runway fashion show closed out our summer season with beauty and brilliance.
Major love to the dream team behind the 43rd+Vliet series — @denizenmke , @washingtonparkmediacenter , @jazzyraejewels , and @artistsworkingineducation 💫
And big thanks to our amazing partners who helped make this event shine: @matteblackmke , @casitaprado , @4waukee , @onemke_ , and @ridemcts 🙌
🎶 Shoutout to the talented musicians who brought the vibes: @genisxmusic , Adekola, and Neal Davis.
🎪 Huge appreciation to all our vendors, artists, and the community who showed up and showed out.
With 13+ official camera operators (and many more creators documenting the night), we’re sifting through a mountain of beautiful media. But for now, enjoy this perfect aerial swoop by @stephenvincentanderson that captures the magic in a single frame 🌀
Thank you for an unforgettable season.
#43rdandVliet #LifeIsARunway #NightMarketMKE #MilwaukeeCreatives #CommunityInStyle #WashingtonParkLove
I always felt invincible cuz I could always call my Dad. Happy Father’s Day to my father.
There’s a million reasons why I could say thank you, making my studio sewing table on caster wheels with extra storage underneath was the 1,000,001 reason 💗
I had the pleasure of making @weavingsilverlinings first community tapestry. It’s entitled “The Heartbeat of Our Tapestry” which was displayed at Harmonic Harvest’s Giving Tuesday Gala December 3rd 2024.
It’s an honor to be at a point in my creative career where I’m entrusted with such an impactful project.
Thank you Jenna for the opportunity!
Harmonic Harvest 🖇️ Matte Black
Behind every beautiful creation is someone whose talent and dedication bring it to life. For our “Heartbeat of Our Tapestry,” that someone was Alyssa Neff (@alyssascuration ). 🙌
I dreamed of this tapestry but quickly realized I didn’t have the time or capacity to bring the vision into fruition on my own. That’s when I turned to Alyssa, because of her remarkable work through her brand, Matte Black @matteblack.shop , which I had admired for so long.
In the limited time she was given, Alyssa delivered something beyond what I could have imagined. Her attention to detail, creativity, and ability to capture the vision made the tapestry everything I had hoped for and more. ✨
I’m thrilled to share that Alyssa will also be helping us with the next tapestries that are already waiting to be woven. Her work is truly inspiring, and I’m so grateful for her partnership in bringing these stories of silver linings to life.
Thank you, Alyssa, for your outstanding work and for helping us turn dreams into reality. And Thank you for the amazing outfit I wore to the gala. It was PERFECT! 🌟
