Month: February 2016
Area high school students attend business workshop
Youth Entrepreneurs held Dare to Dream, a motivational business workshop to inspire students to succeed after high school, at the Overland Park Marriott on Jan. 21.
The annual event featured interactive breakout sessions, teaching approximately 270 YE students from the Kansas City area business skills, including etiquette, budgeting and how to dress professionally.
The event featured two keynote speakers, E.J. Carrion and James Harris. Carrion, a recognized motivational speaker, is the No. 1 Amazon best-selling author of “Accelerate Your Success: How to Create a Future and Stand Out When College is Not Enough.”
Harris, a YE graduate, is the digital coordinator for Usher’s New Look, a program dedicated to engaging disconnected youth to find a path to leadership. Both speakers shared anecdotes and discussed tips for achieving success in the business world and in life.
“Dare to Dream is a unique initiative that provides high school students the tools to succeed in business early on,” said Priscilla McInnes, Youth Entrepreneurs northeast region director. “Through this event, and the Youth Entrepreneurs program as a whole, students utilize real-life business lessons, such as how to behave at a business lunch and networking, to realize their entrepreneurial dreams.”
Art show has food and drink theme
An art show on Thursday evening, Feb. 11, at Savory Spices in the Brookside neighborhood of Kansas City, Mo., had ties to Kansas City, Kan.
Artist Rebecca Tombaugh, who is from the Kansas City area and is a freelance writer as well as a former managing editor of the Kansas City Kansan, exhibited pen-and-ink works with a theme of everyday items, including food and drink.
One picture, “The Chef,” was based on a student chef from Kansas City Kansas Community College – Technical Education Center, she said.
She uses calligraphy pens, acrylic ink and airbrush paint to create her “inkings.”
“I find beauty and design in everyday items,” Tombaugh wrote in her artist’s statement. “I like the feeling you get when you walk into a coffee shop; the bustle of the baristas, the calm and soothing chatter, and the aromatic energy.
“Stuff will just catch my eye, like an Oreo cookie,” she wrote. “I took that to work one day, and then before I ate it, of course, I noticed how much detail there was in the little cookie, down to its very edge. So, I had to paint it.”
Savory Spices at 6245 Brookside Blvd., Kansas City, Mo., plans more art shows in the future, she added.