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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14
Jan
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Clear your mind- write it down!

I assume many of you entrepreneurs and freelancers probably wake up feeling overwhelmed by your constantly-growing to-do-list most days, just like me! So I'm going to share with you this invaluable tool that I borrowed from the book 'Organizing Your Day' by Sandra Felton.  I read this book several years ago as a beginner business owner and several of the techniques I still incorporate in my day-to-day operations today, including this one. The idea here is that you take a piece of paper, and separate it into 4 quadrants: 1) Urgent/Important (time sensitive and needs to be done), 2) Not Urgent/Important…
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Field Trip Fridays: Warren Co. Kentucky High School
26
Oct
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Field Trip Fridays: Warren Co. Kentucky High School

AMUA had the honor of hosting the senior art students from Warren County High School (Kentucky) this past Friday. We organised the Field Trip Fridays in which the students learned about the career possibilities of makeup artists, toured our facility, and watched one of their classmates get turned into a zombie by our own Emmy-award winning Instructor Ben Rittenhouse. The students then had the opportunity to turn each other into zombies using the techniques and materials presented by Ben. Schedule a field trip for your junior/senior art, drama, and cosmetology students by calling 615-925-9963!
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16
Apr
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Elizabeth Romano Places 3rd in IMATS New York Battle of the Brushes!

Congratulations to AMUA Advanced Program Graduate, Elizabeth Anne Romano of Saranac Lake, NY for earning third place at IMATS New York's Battle of the Brushes. Key Publishing Group, known for Makeup Artist Magazine and International Makeup Artist Trade Show (IMATS) chooses only eight students from professional makeup schools around the world to compete in this exciting competition. AMUA is proud to say that in our four short years in Nashville, we have had at least one student chosen to compete each year, and have had students place for the past three years. So, congrats to Lizzie and to AMUA Nashville! Special thanks…
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06
Jan
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Meet Amy Young and Learn why she chose AMUA

Lights! Camera! Action! Words I dreamt of hearing my entire life. I grew up wanting to be an actress. Doesn’t every little girl want to be an actress? That is when life happens and everyone tells you to figure out what you want to do with your life; something that is sensible and responsible and ‘realistic’. I found myself in jobs that used some of my skill set, but didn’t make me come alive. I was content enough to live my life, find the man I was going to marry and become a mom. I was on my way to…
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