Within a three-hour time limit, competitors were to create a full prosthetic look from scratch with no assistance or outside prosthetics. Competitors were judged in the categories of character design, appliance application, use of color and overall presentation. Hairstyling was worth up to five extra-credit points.

The International Make-Up Artist Trade Show is the make-up world’s biggest gathering. Thousands of make-up artists, vendors and enthusiasts discuss, display and collect the best the industry has to offer. Make-up pros from fashion and film (including Oscar, BAFTA and Saturn award winners) provide education and demonstrations at IMATS, and new products often debut there. For more information, visit http://www.imatsshow.com/video_gallery.php and click on “IMATS Student Make-up Competition.”

The UNCSA School of Design and Production offers one of the few undergraduate and graduate programs in wig and makeup design in the country. The curriculum provides thorough and comprehensive training for professional careers as makeup artists, wig-makers and period hair specialists in theatre, dance, opera, television and film.

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts is the first state-supported, residential school of its kind in the nation. Established as the North Carolina School of the Arts by the N.C. General Assembly in 1963, UNCSA opened in Winston-Salem (“The City of Arts and Innovation”) in 1965 and became part of the University of North Carolina system in 1972. More than 1,100 students from high school through graduate school train for careers in the arts in five professional schools: Dance, Design and Production (including a Visual Arts Program), Drama, Filmmaking, and Music. UNCSA is the state’s only public arts conservatory, dedicated entirely to the professional training of talented students in the performing, visual and moving image arts. UNCSA is located at 1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem. For more information, visit www.uncsa.edu.