Category: Events

  With IMATS Los Angeles just around the corner, the buzz surrounding this huge industry event is deafening. To give you an idea of how big, let’s just say 10K tickets were sold and over 200 vendors will be present. The show offers excellent make-up educations classes taught by the industry’s best, live on-stage presentations,…

Last night, Make-up Designory hosted a Face Off viewing party to celebrate MUD Alumni Bethany Serpico, Cat Paschen and Niko Gonzalez’s debut on the show. The party was held at Gordon-Biersch in  Burbank, CA. Guests included MUD’s CEO Tate Holland, Director of Education Paul Thompson, MUD LA’s school Director Gil Romero, VP Karl Zundel along…

A couple of months ago, we had the honor of hosting Michael Westmore as a guest speaker for our Industry Speaks series. The students and staff were inspired tremendously by Mr. Westmore’s experience and knowledge. We wanted more — and to our delight, he agreed to return. Last night, Mr. Westmore walked the audience through an impressive…

The MUD Team helped hairstylists and other beauty professionals learn more about the latest application methods at the Long Beach International Beauty Expo. Held on June 16th and 17th at the Long Beach Convention Center, this show featured a variety of vendors from all over the country. Sean Conklin, MUD Lead Make-up Artist, taught four classes…

Make-Up Designory’s Open House was a huge success! The event was held from 1p – 6p at the Burbank campus, and was packed with exciting proceedings from the time doors opened until the last make-up brush was put away for class the next morning. The afternoon began with tours of the school while class was…

In an ever changing entertainment industry, working as a freelance makeup artist has its challenges. Though very rewarding, involvement in this line of work takes strong organization skills and lacking in this area can greatly affect an artist’s experience in a negative way. It was a pleasure for us to welcome Make-Up Designory’s very own…

“There are many opportunities for everyone in this room,” were the encouraging words Bill Corso had for the up-and-coming make-up artists attending Make-Up Designory’s Industry Speaks night on Wednesday, January 11th. While preparing for his next feature film with Jim Carrey, the make-up guru took time to share his personal experience and wisdom. He discussed…

In a previous story, we announced that MUD Cares would be teaming up with Makeover Your MS™ for MS Awareness Week. On Friday March 18th, we wrapped up MS Awareness Week with an event at the Mt. Sinai Medical Center’s Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for MS. The event treated about fifteen patients of the center…

Special effects artist Dave Dupuis and award-winning actor Peter Saarsgard recently visited our MUD NY campus… and it was a packed house! Current and grad students from every program sat in to learn more about these two accomplished men and their experiences in the make-up and film industries. Dave Dupuis, who has worked on such major films as X-Men: The…

MUD Cares was pleased to co-sponsor the recent Joy Prom event in Las Vegas, a full-scale prom event for people with special needs. The purpose of Joy Prom is to celebrate those who are frequently marginalized by modern society. Their goal is to honor the guests with a first-class event that gives them an evening…