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Amelia is Helping Others Start Businesses Here

By Megan M. SeckmanJet black hair offset with a striking platinum streak. Simple jeans and a classy top punctuated by an arresting pair of 4-inch heels. From afar, you can gather that there is more to Amelia Gandara’s personality than just business. Inside, there is the heart of an artist. Amelia, 27, is the director of commercialization and engagement for EnterpriseCorp, a branch of Greater Louisville Inc. Her department is responsible for helping startups launch their companies and keeping the talent in Louisville. Amelia credits her ability to help her clients’ actualize their innovative concepts [...]

By April Allman|2016-09-13T08:30:00-04:00September 13, 2016|Before She Goes|

China Opened the Eyes of this Puppet Master

Nora Christensen’s Turning Point may not have changed the direction of her life, but it certainly did change her.By Lucy M. PritchettNora is executive director and puppeteer (also known as The Puppet Lady) of Squallis Puppeteers in Louisville. Last year she was invited to be part of an educational project in Xiang-E, China, a village in which hundreds of children died when poorly built school buildings collapsed during an earthquake in 2008. The project was established by University of Louisville math professor Wei-Bin Zeng. “I was to join the music and language arts teachers from [...]

By April Allman|2024-11-24T17:18:17-05:00September 12, 2016|Turning Point|

From DJ to Derby Diva

Often a turning point in one’s life comes by simply answering a help wanted ad. And when the position being advertised is at an historic Louisville venue then, as in the case of Marigene Witten, it takes you from college admissions counselor to manager of The Mansion, the privatest of private spaces at Churchill Downs.By Lucy M. Pritchett Photos by Patti Hartog But let’s begin at the beginning. Marigene (her name is a combination of her mother’s and father’s names) majored in communications, theater, and comparative literature at Indiana University. While there she was a [...]

By April Allman|2024-11-24T17:18:17-05:00August 8, 2016|Derby, Turning Point|

What Works for Skylar Smith

What works for Skylar reflects her artist’s path, her way of spicing up her vegetarian meals, and her trick to keeping her cold drinks cold.By Lucy M. Pritchett Photos by Patti Hartog Sometimes artist Skylar Smith works small and intimate and sometimes she works large and public. In her own private art world, the work often deals with biology and the growth patterns of plants and animals. “I have a scientific interest,” she says. “Studying micro- and macroscopic imagery. Exploring patterns and similarities.”In the public world, she is assistant professor at Kentucky College of Art [...]

By April Allman|2016-08-01T08:30:00-04:00August 1, 2016|What Works|

Amelia is Helping Others Start Businesses Here

China Opened the Eyes of this Puppet Master

From DJ to Derby Diva

What Works for Skylar Smith

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