Make-up Artist Magazine Co-Hosting Event at AMUA June 25!
14
Jun
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Make-up Artist Magazine Co-Hosting Event at AMUA June 25!

Make-Up Artist magazine and the Academy of Make Up Arts is hosting a Pro-Card event in Nashville, Tenn. on June 25, 2016 at 5 p.m. This networking event will include a discussion about Richard Corson’s book Stage Makeup, with the authors of the latest edition—Beverly Gore Norcross and Jim Glavan. Bring your portfolios for review by Make-Up Artist magazine publisher Michael Key and for a chance to be featured in the magazine! Enjoy some wine and connect with the Nashville community of make-up artists. Pre-sale tickets: $20.00 At the door: $25.00 Pre-sale Pro-Card tickets: $17.00 At-the-door Pro-Card tickets: $21.00 Don’t…
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05
Apr
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Learn Makeup that Gets You Booked!

Learn Makeup at the New Summer Workshop offering at Academy of Make Up Arts June 14-15, 2016. Space is very limited; sign up now! "Invisible work" will get you booked consistently in film, television and commercials. In this 5-day workshop with award-winning makeup artist, Siân Richards, you will learn the essentials of color theory, lighting, color temperature and how to apply invisible makeup to both male and female talent, dark skin and light. About the Artist: Siân was born in England second generation makeup artist to her Welsh father Hu Richards, and her maverick and creative mother Carmelina Ellul. She was…
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AMUA Special Effects Makeup Headlines Tennessee Performing Arts Center Event
18
Mar
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AMUA Special Effects Makeup Headlines Tennessee Performing Arts Center Event

AMUA Special Effects Makeup Program Director, Ben Rittenhouse and program alumni Colter Wilson and Faith McLane, were featured at the Art of Special Effects Makeup event held at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center alongside other area Makeup artists. The AMUA team transformed Nashville Ballet dancer, Nicolas Scheuer, into an Underworld-inspired vampire in front of a packed theater audience of local and regional professionals. Attendees were inspired by the creative process and the metamorphic end result.  The team also gave event goers a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes effort of such character transformations, as they described the work they did in the…
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Alumni Spotlight: McKenzie Gregg
16
Mar
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Alumni Spotlight: McKenzie Gregg

As a spotlight on AMUA’s graduate network, we’ve sat down with alum McKenzie Gregg to talk shop, finding success, and doing what you love so you can love what you do.  A Nashville native, Kenzie graduated from AMUA in 2012 in the Professional Makeup Artist Program.  She forged her own career as a professional makeup artist working for such notable clients as Jack White, Timbaland, Devon Bostick, Dean Norris, and Mara Marini. Then, in 2015 she came back to AMUA to earn a diploma in the AMUA Special Effects Makeup Program.  A skilled craftsperson and talented artist, Kenzie is now focusing…
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Movie Magic FX Summer Camp June 13-17th!
07
Mar
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Movie Magic FX Summer Camp June 13-17th!

The Academy of Make Up Arts is now enrolling for the THIRD ANNUAL MOVIE MAGIC FX SUMMER CAMP! If you are looking for a Summer Camp that is Exciting, Action-Packed, Creative, and SUPER COOL, don't miss this camp!! Through interactive and hands on training, the class will use skills learned (and inside tips of the trade) to create realistic bruises, cuts, flesh wounds and burns on themselves and each other! By the end of the week, our creative FX campers will put their imaginations and Special Effects skills to work designing and creating their very own characters and creatures! Movie…
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10
Feb
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Why Admissions Essays Matter and How to Write a Good One

As the Director and the primary Admissions Representative of a small, private and highly-competitive art and career training school, I view hundreds of enrollment applications on an annual basis. Admissions Essays serve two main purposes; 1) they provide personal and educational background information about the prospective student to the school, and most importantly in my opinion, they offer the student an opportunity to let the Admissions Team and Faculty get to know them better. There are two essay questions on Academy of Make Up Arts' application. One asks "What was your main reason for choosing AMUA" and the other "Why do you want to…
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AMUA works on The Dead Weather’s latest music video ‘Impossible Winner’
05
Feb
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AMUA works on The Dead Weather’s latest music video ‘Impossible Winner’

A couple of months back, I received a message from my receptionist from a gentleman who was producing a music video for rock band The Dead Weather with Jack White. He was looking for a special effects makeup artist who could create elongated fingers and extra appendages for a music video for the song 'Impossible Winner'.  Soon after, none other than Jack White himself, along with bandmate, waltzed into our humble special effects studio to get a cast made of their hands in order to create the desired effects for the freak-show style video. Today, that music video was released, and…
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How to Get Creative With Marketing and Branding After Professional Makeup School
05
Feb
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How to Get Creative With Marketing and Branding After Professional Makeup School

Your first impression is a lasting impression. To impress the influencers in your industry, you need to create a strong impression with an effective Purpose Statement. Key artists and agencies need to get a clear understanding of who you are and what kind of work you do at a glance, so get to the point as quickly as you can! That is what marketing and branding are about. Let’s discuss this in detail… What Is Meant By Marketing When you think about marketing, surely advertisements, emails, and ad campaigns run through your mind. However, marketing is not really as complicated…
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28
Jan
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Tips For Sharing on Social Media with Sebastian Smith

In a recent class that Sebastian took at the AMUA, he shared his ideas and tips about smartphone photography and sharing on social media. Since a lot of information and knowledge was shared, we decided to create two posts. In that class he also shared a lot of other ideas that can be helpful for those who are just starting out their careers in Photography and need to know how they can do an effective self promotion on Social media. Following is a summary of one of his classes he was instructing – What To Share as a Beginner – Since…
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Smartphone Photography with Sebastian Smith
27
Jan
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Smartphone Photography with Sebastian Smith

Meet Sebastian Smith, internationally published celebrity and fashion photographer and the Photography and Lighting Instructor at Academy of Make Up Arts. He also owns a gallery in Charleston where you can check out and buy his work. Today he is with us at The AMUA sharing his insights on how a smartphone can help you create content for self-promotion on social media. You don’t always need to be carrying an expensive camera to get the best shot. Following is a summary of one of his classes he was instructing – The inception of cameras on phones has allowed us to create…
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