…The Eyes of a Stranger
Cookie Wiebe met this woman while hiking from Mussoorie to Thatyr, India, on the banks of the Algar River. Cookie Wiebe
Cookie Wiebe, a friend of ours, has an art show opening in Wichita at the Fiber Studio this Wednesday at 4:00. However, this isn’t an ordinary art exhibit. Dave and Cookie Wiebe were long-term service workers at the Woodstock School in India during the 1990s. Dave and Cookie returned to India a few years ago, but their trip was cut short when Cookie was diagnosed with cancer. During the trip, Cookie took 2,000-3,000 pictures per month, and since Cookie was diagnosed with cancer, she has had a dream of displaying these photos in an art gallery. Her art exhibit, “…The Eyes of a Stranger”, will now have 30 of these incredible photos on display. We were privileged to work with Dave and Cookie to make this dream a reality and are extremely thankful for all the additional people who helped by donating their time and money.
We strongly encourage everyone to check out the Fiber Studio this Wednesday, June 22 from 4:00 – 9:00 or Friday, June 24 from 6:00 – 10:00pm to see Cookie’s exhibit. To learn more about Cookie, visit her website here – http://charitableliving.net/.
KMA Regional Meeting
On Monday, the regional Kansas Museums Association (KMA) meeting will be taking place in North Newton. Kauffman Museum will be hosting the meeting, and participants will learn about Kansas museum programming by seeing “K is for Kansas” and “Considering the Commonplace: Prairie Towns through the Lens of Bob Regier.” Participants will also take a field trip to visit us at Flint Hills Design to learn more about our current NEH on the Road traveling exhibit, “Wild Land: Thomas Cole and the Birth of American Landscape Paintings.”
While we still have a lot of work to do on the exhibit before it ships in just over a month, we’re excited about how fabrication is coming along and we think people will enjoy seeing how we design and fabricate these exhibits. We’re looking forward to meeting everyone on Monday and hope the day of activities will spark new ideas and creativity for everyone involved!
Advertising Class
Last Friday, Joel and I gave a presentation for a Bethel College Advertising class. Considering we specialize in websites and internet marketing, we thought it would be fun to give the class some insight into the world of online advertising. After covering Google AdWords as an example of pay-per-click advertising, we briefly described how we integrate online advertising campaigns with web design, search engine optimization, and other general internet marketing.
One thing we learned when giving this presentation is that it’s extremely difficult to provide an overview of everything involved with online advertising in only 45 minutes. Sure, we talked about keyword generation, tracking traffic in Google Analytics, tying online advertising into search engine optimization and important elements to consider when laying out designs, but we were only able to scratch the surface of what makes a successful online advertising campaign.
Even though we would have liked more time to talk, we still enjoyed sharing some of our expertise with the class. We hope the class had fun and learned something as well; we definitely enjoyed the challenge of effectively covering a broad range of online advertising options and techniques in one class period!
