The Bath Academy of Media Makeup (BAMM) is a private educational facility for makeup artistry training located in the historic city of Bath, England. The academy offers professional training courses in the medias of television,

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

, film, fashion and

special effects Special effects (often abbreviated as SFX, F/X or simply FX) are illusions or visual tricks used in the theatre, film, television, video game, amusement park and simulator industries to simulate the imagined events in a story or virtual wo ...

makeup.

History

The Bath Academy of Media Makeup was founded by

Melanie Crump Melanie Crump (born July 1981) is a British professional celebrity hair and makeup artist, makeup tutor, founder and Academy Principal of the Bath Academy of Media Makeup and former team member of reality television show Most Haunted. Biography ...

in 2012. In early 2013 the academy appointed

Peter Swords King Peter King (born 1955), also known as Peter Swords King, is a British Oscar-winning makeup artist who won at the 2003 Academy Awards for Best Makeup for the film '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''. He shared the award with filmm ...

as its Artistic Director. The Bath Academy of Media Makeup was accredited by the

British Accreditation Council The British Accreditation Council (BAC), also known as The British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education, is an educational accreditation agency recognised by the British Government for international students entering ...

(BAC) in March 2015 and accepts both UK and international students. In September 2015 the Academy became affiliated with the

Bath Spa University Bath Spa University is a public university in Bath, England, with its main campus at Newton Park, about west of the centre of the city. The university has other campuses in the city of Bath, and one at Corsham Court in Wiltshire. The insti ...

Peter Swords King

The Bath Academy of Media Makeup's Artistic Director is Academy and BAFTA award-winning makeup designer

Causes

In June 2013 the Bath Academy of Media Makeup and Peter Swords King teamed up with

The Body Shop The Body Shop International Limited, trading as The Body Shop, is a British cosmetics, skin care and perfume company. Founded in 1976 by Anita Roddick, the company currently has a range of 1,000 products sold in about 3,000 stores, divided ...

to launch the "BAMM Recreate Competition" to search for up and coming talent in makeup artistry. The competition will raise awareness for the

Teenage Cancer Trust Teenage Cancer Trust is a cancer care and support charity in the UK that exists to improve the cancer experience of young people aged 13–24. Founded in 1990, the charity's key service is providing specialist teenage units in NHS hospitals. I ...

(TCT) and generate funding that will be used to help build the first specialist cancer unit for young people in the South West of England.

References

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