From left to right: Kristin Pegram - AFI Cosmetology Instructor , Virginia Meyer - VP of Education at Aveda Corporation , Niki Krallman - Cincinnati, Ellen Fairbanks - AFI Cincinnati, Maria Brubaker - AFI Cincinnati , Sharissa Brown - AFI Cincinnati, Amanda Becraft - AFI Cincinnati, Erin Murphy - AFI Indianapolis, Frederic Holzberger - Founder and Owner of the Aveda Fredric's Institutes.

January 20-22, 2007
Six students from the Aveda Fredric's Institute were awarded the chance to attend the Professional Beauty's Association's Symposium. The students were flown to San Antonio, TX were they were able to network with salon owners and learn more in depth aspects of the business side of the salon spa industry from some of the most successful salon superstars around. All winners had to submit a unique artwork telling someting about themself. They were judged on creativity, presentation and content, demonstrating their love for the industry.
Click here to see the student's work they submitted.

June 9, 2006
The University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning's end-of-the-year fashion gala on June 9, 2005 was a show-stopping success. The college and the region's business community came together June 9 in a successful partnership project that served as a fashionable finish to the academic year. All hair and makeup was done by the students of the Aveda Fredric's Institute Cincinnati. The end-of-the-year fashion show consisted of professional-level designs by about 100 students from sophomores to seniors, providing the city with its most sophisticated fashion event of the year complete with professional models, lighting and music. Nearly 1,000 patrons filled the big-top tent which housed the show.

Students creating hair and makeup for the Hollywood Motion Picture "Immortally Yours" - 2006
The students at the Aveda Fredric's Institute Cincinnati had the unique opportunity to work on the set of the Hollywood motion picture "Immortally Yours" being filmed in the Cincinnati & Dayton area. Under the direction of AFI instructors Michelle Bertke and Dena VanAggela, the students got a glimse of how to do hair and makeup behind the scenes of a movie and will get to see their work on the big screen.

Testimonials from students that worked on the set of the movie "Immortally Yours".
"The chance to be able to work on a film set was everything I expected and then some. The cast and crew were so welcoming and intriguing.  I couldn’t have asked for a better learning experience. Excitement doesn’t even define the feeling of being behind the scenes and making a contribution to “Immortally Yours”. The adrenaline rush you get when you have 10 minutes to complete someone’s hair and makeup is invigorating.  As they are shooting your simply gaze in awe with such a grasp of accomplishment like “I did her and hair and makeup and it looks amazing.”  But nothing compares to the sincerity of Frederic and Julie Holzberger for letting us be a part of movie making history.  Michelle Bertke and Deanna Palumbo were amazing instructors guiding us along the way and really making you feel like you are a part of the team." --Mervet Shteiwi – Cosmetology

"It was a great experience—inspiring for those of us wanting to do hair & makeup in other outlets to do so outside of a salon setting."
--Hadley McFadden - Cosmetology

"Being on set was so different than I expected. It was an awesome experience. When I watch movies now I kinda watch them differently and see them in a different light. I got to do one of the women vampire hairstyles and that was so awesome to knoe that my friend Krystina and I did someeone's hair for a movie! It was awesome."
--Stephanie Fritts - Cosmetology

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