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    Alumni Showcase: Beauty Turner Academy

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    The Beauty Turner Academy of Oral History is back for the summer of 2025!

    Want to see how past Beauty Turner Academy graduates have applied their training? Join us virtually as four alumni of the program share and discuss creative projects, memory practices, and capacity-building programs that they have led, bolstered by their time with the Beauty Turner Academy. 

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    If you’re interested in applying for this year’s Beauty Turner Academy cohort, applications are officially OPEN until April 25. This year’s program will be 11 weeks (June 9–August 29), and will include a participant stipend, training workbook, and equipment starter kit. 

    This program is entirely virtual, so interested parties from across the country are welcome to apply.

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