Located in downtown Chicago, Illinois, The French Pastry School is a premier international institution of pastry arts offering professional, certificate and continuing education programs. The French Pastry School offers you the rare opportunity to learn the art of pastry in an intimate setting, being personally mentored by masters in their field. Your skills will be finely honed through hands-on practice and repeated exposure to the best pastry techniques, tools, and ingredients.
We take pride in the quality of our courses, which are offered with great attention to the art and the science of pastry. The classes focus on artistry, visual presentation, theory, method, and technique, giving you the knowledge required for a successful pastry career.
Accredited by the Illinois Community College Board through Kennedy King College at City Colleges of Chicago, The French Pastry School in Chicago is the only singular location in the world. Students in our full-time certificate programs earn from 16 to 24 college credit hours.
Year-round Cooking / Culinary Arts Certificate Programs:
- Professional Pastry and Baking Program (24-Weeks)
- Professional Cake Decorating and Baking Program (16-weeks)
- Artisanal Bread Baking Course (8-Week Session)
Continuing Education Short Courses:
- Artisan Belgium Chocolate Bonbons
- Advanced Artisan Chocolate Bonbons
- All Things Chocolate for Valentine’s Day
- The Finest Fruit Desserts
- The Finest French Tarts
- Sculpted Cake and Topsy Turvy Cakes
- Baking and Decorating Your Own Wedding Cake
A leading provider in makeup artist training in the Chicago area since 2004, London Eyes International Academy of Makeup offers a range of makeup artist certification programs and master makeup classes. We have two conveniently-situated schools in Rosemont (to the north-west) and Oakbrook Terrace (a western suburb of Chicago). All of our programs are certified by the Illinois State Board of Education. We offer programs suitable for beginners to established beauty industry professionals in need of refreshing their makeup skills and catching-up on the latest trends in beauty makeup.
We provide high-quality education in all areas of makeup, including: fashion, beauty, film, multimedia, HDTV, SPFX and injury simulation, photography, and theatrical. In addition, we expose our students to current trends and techniques in airbrush makeup, through our advanced airbrush makeup training. All programs are custom designed to allow you learn new skills within a short period of time.
We help you to build your self-confidence by teaching you how to promote your newly gained skills in the market. Our programs include Marketing Plan and Cosmetic Product classes that will help make you feel more confident in building a new career, and in increasing your recognition on the job market. Tuition includes all cosmetics and hygene products needed for duration of the course.
Master Classes:
- Airbrush Master Class (7 hours)
- Special F/X Master Class (16 hours)
- Special F/X Advanced Master Class (16 hours)
- Business Master Class (3 hours)
- Portfolio Master Class (4 hours)
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Make Up First ®, LLC (the “School”), is currently the only comprehensive, certificate program in Illinois dedicated solely to the art of makeup. The School provides an intensive series of makeup artistry classes, which result not only in the issuance of a certificate of completion from the school, but also from the State of Illinois. We are located in the center of Chicago, next to Grant Park. Make Up First School is a MAC-approved school. Students at Make Up First School enjoy both formal instruction as well as many hours of “hands-on” training. Courses are taught in a lecture/hands-on workshop format, providing the students with much-needed application practice.
In addition to the five core certification courses, Basic Makeup, Media Makeup, Theatrical Makeup, Clinical Makeup and Careers In Makeup Artistry, students will be offered the opportunity to enroll in advanced classes for on-going education in the field of makeup artistry. The School offers monthly, hands-on seminars in Airbrush and Bridal Makeup as well as Workshops in Fx, Transgender Makeup, Hairstyling for Makeup Artists and other areas. We are proud to sponsor legendary makeup artist presentations and workshops.
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is proud to have provided a world-class art and design education since its founding in 1866. It is one of the largest accredited independent schools of art and design in the country. SAIC provides degrees at undergraduate and graduate levels in a broad and dynamic spectrum of study including many disciplines in art; architecture; fashion design; filmmaking; photography; printmaking; sound; visual communication; and writing.
SAIC is distinct in the way that it provides graduate, post-baccalaureate, and undergraduate students an interdisciplinary curriculum and the necessary freedom to develop as artists, designers, and scholars. Our engaged student body and award-winning faculty of artists, scholars, and leading practitioners work in close proximity, sharing exceptional resources and establishing a forum for a vigorous exchange of ideas.
SAIC's academic departments offer students unparalleled access to outstanding facilities which will give students the chance to investigate, experiment, and create using state-of-the-art equipment in first-rate facilities.
Undergraduate Degree Programs:
- BA in Visual and Critical Studies
- Bachelor of Interior Architecture
- BFA with emphasis in Art Education...
Graduate Degree Programs:
- Master of Architecture
- Master of Arts in Art Therapy
- Master of Arts in Visual and Critical Studies
- Master of Design in Fashion, Body and Garment...
Post-Baccalaureate (PBC) and Professional (PC) Certificate Programs:
- PBC in Fashion, Body, And Garment
- PBC in Studio
- PC In Historic Preservation