Category: Alumni

October 6, 2023

Emmy Winner: MUD alumni and instructor: SEAN CONKLIN

Alumni, School, Student and Alumni Stories

Emmy Winner! SEAN CONKLIN is a freelance make-up artist, graduate of Make-up Designory, Instructor at MUD’s Los Angeles Campus, and most recently an Emmy winner for his work on the HBO Max Original TV Show, “Legendary” for Outstanding Contemporary Make-up for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program. Follow fabulously talented voguing houses on “Legendary” as…

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June 16, 2023

Upcoming: The Prosthetics Invitational – August 26, 2023

Alumni, Events, School, Student and Alumni Stories

 The Prosthetics Invitational is returning to Los Angeles for the 3rd time on August 26, 2023. The Prosthetics Invitational is a unique portfolio-building and networking opportunity designed to connect make-up artists with varying skills and experience with one another. Created by Local 706 make-up artist and MUD grad Shelby Michael Patton and held at Make-Up Designory….

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June 15, 2023

Animatronics is back at MUD!

Alumni, Events, School

Animatronics is back at MUD! Join us on this thrilling journey into the realm of animatronics and unlock the potential to create captivating characters that blur the line between imagination and reality. With the popularity of film and television shows like The Mandalorian, Stranger Things, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, The Lord of the…

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March 12, 2020

MUD Goes Backstage with KTLA News Make-up Artist Jessica Pacetti for Portraits

Alumni, Portraits, School

At MUD, we’re always excited to see where our graduates go. In the latest issue of Portraits, we profile Make-up Artist and MUD LA grad, Jessica Pacetti. She is a featured Make-up Artist for KTLA 5 News Los Angeles (a CW affiliate), where she has worked since 2009. After graduating from MUD’s Los Angeles Campus…

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January 13, 2020

MUD Honors Grad Achievements at 7th Annual MUAHS Guild Awards

Alumni, Industry Speaks, School

The IATSE Local 706 Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild held its 7th annual MUAHS Awards this past Saturday night in downtown Los Angeles. The guild handed out honors in 23 categories for the year’s best make-up and hair styling in television, film, and live theater. On the television side, Big Little Lies and Fosse/Verdon…

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December 11, 2019

MUD Sits Down with LA Grad & Beauty Business Maven Nicole Faulkner for MUD Portraits

Alumni, Portraits, School

Celebrity make-up artist Nicole Faulkner, aka “Lipsticknick,” has put herself on the map with a vibrant artistic style characterized by bold lips, feathery eyelashes and flawless skin. After graduating from MUD in 2010, Nicole established a career distinguished by Emmy®-nominated work on RuPaul’s Drag Race, a stint on an MTV reality show, and a beauty…

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November 21, 2019

MUD Congratulates Grads Nominated for 7th Annual MUAHS Guild Awards

Alumni, Industry Speaks, School

Nominees for the 7th annual Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild “Artisan” Awards were unveiled and we would like to recognize and congratulate all of the MUD grads who were nominated this year! The awards will be handed out on January 11, 2020 so stay tuned for more and best of luck to our talented…

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September 17, 2019

MUD Celebrates Our 2019 Creative Arts Emmy-Winning & Nominated Grads

Alumni, Industry Speaks, School

The 71st Emmy Awards kicked off Saturday and Sunday with the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. We are so excited for and proud of all our MUD graduates who were nominated and won awards this year. We would like to especially congratulate 2004 LA Master program graduate Hugo Villasenor and 2011 NY…

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April 22, 2019

MUD Celebrates Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild-Award Winner: Alumna Lauren Lillien

Alumni, Industry Speaks, School

On February 16, 2019, the Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706) honored outstanding achievements in make-up and hair styling in television, motion pictures, live theater, commercials and music videos via the 6th Annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards. We’re proud to share that MUD LA grad Lauren Lillien took home…

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April 17, 2019

MUD Alumnus Kelsey Berk Imparts Advice on Burbank Students for MUD Talks

Alumni, School, Student and Alumni Stories

Kelsey Berk, a MUD New York alumnus, is a Los Angeles-based laboratory technician and make-up artist. With credits including Fear the Walking Dead, Amityville: The Awakening and American Horror Story, she regularly works at Dave Anderson’s shop, AFX, and Vincent Van Dyke Effects. She is also a member of the Local 706 Make-up and Hair…

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