Fringe on top: class contributes to downtown placemaking project

 

A class project brought color to the sky above Wichita β€” and helped one student land a job.

Students in Kristin Beal's Intro to Community & Social Practice collaborated with Downtown Wichita and Best Fringe Forever to design and execute a fringed canopy for Gallery Alley, the outdoor art space near Douglas Avenue and St. Francis.

Students designed the color scheme and then produced and helped install the canopy.

β€œWe would not have been able to do this without their help,” said Katherine Fugit, co-owner of Best Fringe Forever. β€œWe cut the material, gave them some training and then they self-directed after that.”

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