A client forwarded me an email he’d received today from a very kind ad rep I work with, Mary Bellini Brown from Halldale Media Group. I’m humbled. And amazed. Everyone’s so busy. It means a great deal that she would take time to give me this virtual pat on the back.
The email specifically called me out. But it could just have easily named another of my colleagues. Each does what it takes to solve a problem. Meet a deadline. Take care of the client – which, by extension, also means working closely and well with our vendor partners.
It’s a great read. The best one I’ve had today. [click to continue…]
Straight Arrow, works by Marc Bosworth
Straight Arrow – Marc Bosworth @ Gallery One Nine
Greteman Group’s own Marc Bosworth introduces multi-layered works that take on themes such as role models and gender stereotypes. In his works you can find references to such styles as abstract expressionism and pop art.
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
@ Gallery One Nine
125 N Market St, Wichita, KS (18th Floor)
Judith French Millard – In Memoriam @ Gallery XII
A long time member of Gallery XII, the venue, her friends and husband will being paying tribute to her art in a memorial showing this Final Friday. Judith was a Kansas native, WSU Grad and an award winning artist in oils and pastels.
6:00pm
@ Gallery XII
412 E Douglas Av, Wichita, KS
Negative – Ryan Moran
Artists at Old Town will be presenting works by innovative artist Ryan Moran. Created using a unique technique, he begins by stapling several layers of paper together, and then cuts away layers to create his pieces.
6:30pm
@ Artists At Old Town
412 E Douglas Suite C, Wichita, KS
Kulula's paint job teaches you about the basics of flying.
Kulula Airline – one of four lowcost carriers operating in South Africa – has come on strong with these brightly painted schemes, humorous in-flight commentary, and Kit Kat rewards for passengers who wear green. The Zulu word kulula means it is light or it is easy/simple. They certainly captured my attention with the flying billboard and branding strategy I loved from several decades ago. My then-favorite woman of adverting and style guru Mary Wells declared it was the end of the plain plane with Alexander Calder paint schemes for Braniff Airways aircraft. She set the conservative aviation industry abuzz (and turned the airline around) with her Pucci-designed, flight-attendant uniforms and bar-raising campaign.
I have to hand it to Kulula; they made me smile and increased their marketshare along the way. What do you think, chartreuse anyone?
Braniff Airlines - Lates 60s & Early 70s
We’ve had the great privilege (and fun) of helping introduce the community to Via Christi Health’s newest hospital. (Check out the :15 teaser http://www.via-christi.org) Now that the opening’s mere weeks away, we were able to get in and shoot footage for a :30 TV spot and longer-form video. As impressive as the $93 million facility is, the highlights of our day came from working with the incredibly articulate, impassioned staff and westsiders barely able to contain their enthusiasm about having Via Christi care so close to home. [click to continue…]
Reminiscing – Karen Scroggins and Trinity McKown @ Riney Fine Arts Center
A mother and daughter collaboration, this exhibit features mixed media works produced by Scroggins solo, with additional works in which she is joined by her six year old daughter.
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
@ Riney Fine Arts Center – Friends University
2100 W University St, Wichita, KS
Paintings by Elly Fitzig, Elizabeth Rowley and Hugo Zelda-Romero @ Bob Schwan Studios
A painting exhibit by three talented, local painters.
6:00pm
@ Bob Schwan Studios
111 S Ellis St, Wichita, KS
Cre•a•tiv•ty
Planning for CREATIVITY began with the announcement that USD 259’s art departments were at risk for severe budget cuts. It was organized to raise awareness for the arts, as well as a fund-raiser attempt for the art department.
6:00pm
@ The Diver Studio
424 S Commerce, Wichita, KS
Steve Jobs wants to protect you from his competitors. Thanks, Steve. But what’s the price to people like our clients who need to reach an audience through mobile advertising? And after that price has been paid, is user privacy really any safer with Apple?
Privacy is a hot topic these days. You need to know what’s behind the PR blowout around Facebook. You need to know when the impenetrable Google gets caught with its hand in the personal data cookie jar if any of those are yours or your customers’ cookies.
I've got a bad feeling about this.
We’re not writing to add to this sonorous exchange, ranting about “big technology” and making up NSFW nicknames for Mark Zuckerberg. Instead, this post is about Apple’s latest big-business move that (thanks to a growing army of industry watchdogs) is being reported, analyzed and scorned by international media outlets.
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