AHA t-shirts, mugs, pencils, handbooks and workbooks.

  The handbook of the instructors that will contain a structured sequence for every haircut that will be taught.
The work book is for the attendees which will contain head sheets, notes sheets for sketches
and notes during the seminar.
So far AHA has created T-shirts, mugs, capes, pencils, certificates, workbooks and handbooks.
This products are not for sale but are personalized and distributed during our events.

Academy announces Agenda, Exhibitors and future events

It's Oct.22 Monday and it's stopped raining and GO GIANTS!!!

The newly inked Paul Brown just messaged from the hair convention in New Jersey.
Obviously with Ashanti performing.
By weeks end, Paul is flying in to SF and will be our guest at Art of Hair Academy Fall/Winter Collection scheduled this Sunday, Oct 28th, from 10am-3pm.
Apparently, Paul met up with Tim Hartley, formerly of VS and Davines and they decided to extend an invitation for Art of Hair Academy to tour Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo first quarter in 2013.
Sabrina who sponsors her salon in Kentfield  is currently in Paris and will be returning this Friday the 26th to greet attendees at the Seminar Sunday.
Unfortunately, AHA co-founder, Tony Trono and AHA Director, Jill McGillis will not be present this Sunday but will be re-joining us for AHA November "makeover" series starting  Nov. 4th, Sunday, sponsored by a major hospital in the Peninsula.  (tba)
Art of Hair Academy will introduce our attendees with a newly designed " Advance Creative Education" (ACE) workbook and personalized pencils. The Art of Hair Academy Instructors Handbook will be released on the 3rd week of January 2013. The Instructors Handbook will represent the structured method training for all AHA teaching staff.
Greg Fernandez, owner of GCF Dynamics and an AHA Director will introduce the first of the Renbow colour application series also scheduled this Sunday.
Regina Plaza, AHA Admin, Treasurer and Director will be over-seeing the events progress.
Boris Oak, founder of Evolh and AHA contributor will also be helping out.
California cosmetology school students with Aveda (Cinta) Institute, Paul Mitchell and Marinello's in San Rafael are also scheduled to exhibit their avant-garde interpretation  for Fall and Winter.
jp strand will begin the 10 am introduction, a visual story about the "strands", Q&A, cut demo and guide the event.
Inquiries shoot me an email to jp at jp@jpstrand.com
thank you :)

AHA joins SF Arthritis Foundation Fashion Show

Call time 9am, Boris Oak and I arrive at the Four Seasons Hotel on market street via Stevenson street for valet parking, unload gear, up to the lobby inside prep room, seven models from various SF model agencies enthusiastically ready to prep. Hair and make up goes on in between rehearsal for "Catwalk" sequence.  Tiffany and Jarman, AHA volunteer recruites from past seminars from Los Altos and Novato were there to assist.
Hair and make up finished I leave crew to take images and head to J Hair Studio on Union Street to start my day at 11to do  clients.

Fun Day!

AHA future Foundation and AHAsalons.com

This is what the future looks like to Art of Hair Academy.
At Marin City Hall representing the State of California we registered:
Art of Hair Academy Foundation (not for profit, charitable foundation)
pure without affiliations and representations from any profitable organizations.
Secondly, on the profit side of things:
Art of Hair Academy will open a series of affordable green salons by way of AHA salons.
This will be franchised salons whose staff is trained in the academy.
Thirdly, AHA will "test out" and give merit and accreditation to individuals and salons that
goes through our accreditation process.
All merited salons will carry a  "AHA salon member" accreditation.
The website for the salons will be called:
AHAsalons.com a registered domain in association with Art of Hair Academy, the training facility also providing web support and photography for accredited members but leaving the
Art of Hair Academy Foundation as a separate entity.
Hair Salons with different names will bare the registered trademark as:
example:
J Hair Studio
AHA salon member
What will this mean in our industry?
That all staff members of the said salon are either developed, trained or continuing with the advanced creative education provided by the Academy.

Art of Hair Academy muse Sarah Withers lands Verizon Commercial

AHA Spring/Summer Collection 2012

Art of Hair quietly joins the fashion calendar and releases predictions for Spring/Summer Collections for 2013 and predicts the year of the creative haircutter.
Educational Hair Institutions will be challenged by the new generation of cutters that will express their craft by doing asymmetrical looks with layers and undercutting different shapes in areas of the head. The focus will be in the combination of shapes within the haircut.
Before the next wave of the "bob", unpredicable shapes with variations of lines, angles and textures wil be evident. Keep exploring your design lines!
First and foremost, don't forget that suitability, technical and natural cutting instincts is perennial.

AHA settles the Q.Who cuts Gavin Newsom's hair?

Congratulations on "The Gavin Newsom Show".
Watch Gavin interview people with ideas that influence San Francisco and global culture today!!!
Gavin's most modern look.

John Paul Strand cuts California's Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom's hair.            www.artofhairacademy.com

AHA releases photos from spring/summer 2012 collections

details at www.artofhairacademy.com

AHA joins fashion calendar: Spring/Summer 2012 Collections

After a 5 years of private, group and salon classes, the founders of Art of Hair Academy quietly announces May 6th, Sunday as the release date for  Spring/Summer 2012 collections sponsored by Le Cut salon in Novato.
The Agenda will be a series of haircutting demos and photo shoot throughout the day.
Since our Academy is rapidly growing we deemed it wise to join in on the media digital directory being careful to still keep it personal.
We are also very excited to wear our new "Art of Hair academy" t-shirts.

We are also proud to announce the opening of our academy site:
www.artofhairacademy.com