The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Invites All Local 706 Makeup Artist and Hairstylist Members to

"Oscar Week: Makeup and Hairstyling Symposium"

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Samuel Goldwyn Theater

Saturday, March 3, 2018

3:00 – 5:00 PM

8949 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90211

Doors open at 2:00

Oscar Week’s culminating public event celebrates the nominated achievements in the Makeup and Hairstyling category. The nominees (schedules permitting) will discuss their creative processes and present film clips, photographs and displays of their work, including appliances, molds and wigs. The nominees will also participate in a question-and-answer period with the audience toward the end of the event.

This year’s Oscar nominated films and artists are:

"Darkest Hour"

Makeup Designer: Kazuhiro Tsjui;

Personal Makeup Artist for Gary Oldman and Prosthetic Supervisor, David Malinowski;

Prosthetic Makeup and Hair Artist for Gary Oldman, Lucy Sibbick.

"Victoria and Abdul"

Makeup and Hair Designer, Daniel Phillips

Co Hair Designer, Loulia Sheppard

"Wonder"

Special Makeup Designer, Arjen Tuiten

Celebrate our nominees at this free pre-Oscars event! 

Your hosts for this event will be Makeup Artist and Hairstylist Branch Governors Lois Burwell, Leonard Engelman, and Kathy Blondell.

Complimentary parking is located at 8920 and 9025 Wilshire Boulevard.

GET TICKETS: We have reserved a block of tickets for your organization, available on a first-come, first served basis.  Beginning today, Please RSVP to makeuphairstylingrsvp@oscars.org (limit two per person).  Please indicate in the email that you are referred by Local 706.

You may pick up your tickets at the Academy’s box office the day of the program, beginning at 1:45 p.m.  After you have picked up your tickets, you may enter through the doors marked "Members" for easy entrance.  Doors open for guests at 2:00 p.m.

A NOTE about tickets:  Once this reserved block of tickets is gone, you may utilize the stand-by line, which will form at the west doors (nearest Almont Drive).  Stand-by numbers will be given out at approximately 1:00 p.m. on Saturday March 3.  The number of stand-by tickets available will be determined shortly before show time. 

We hope to see you to not only celebrate these wonderful artists, but to celebrate our craft.

Lois Burwell
Leonard Engelman
Kath Blondell

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