The Academy
By: Maddie
What is it?
As you have probably seen in our social media posts throughout the past weeks, we have been spending a lot of time in “The Academy“. We created this space a few years ago after realizing we needed a dedicated space to teach, learn and continue to improve our craft. Setting up an educational class in our back room just wasn’t cutting it anymore (pun intended)! So, after our next door neighbor left we took over the space and made it the educational center for all four salons. Thus, The Academy was born.
Tell me more…
The Garbo’s Academy takes up more than 2,000 square feet of space and is located directly next to our salon in the Oak View Mall. The space is outfitted with movable tables and chairs which allow us to set up any type of configuration we need.
Just like in any business, the moment we stop innovating and improving we cease to exist. The best way to keep moving forward is to learn from the best and to be given the chance to push the boundaries of our creativity. The Academy provides us that opportunity and we take full advantage of it!
Previous classes and instructors
Because we believe so strongly in education we have our very own education leaders who are responsible for setting up classes and bringing in top talent from all over the country to teach us their ways. We use these classes to learn more about every portion of the salon industry – hair cutting, coloring, styling, hot and upcoming trends and even how to grow our books of business. We don’t limit the type of education that can be taught in the Academy – if we can grow from learning it then we will!
Over the years we have been very blessed to have learned and be inspired from some of the best in the industry. These are just a few who have recently helped us grow!
Luis Alvarez – Co-founder of Aquage
Luca Boccia – Aveda Business College
Dominique Barnes – Textured Hair
Stevi Trevino – Aveda Color
Retail Sales Class
Illumina Color Class
Lyndsay Von Dietrich – Wella
Sonya Dove – Wella Global Artist
Nick Arrojo – Business Jam
Will Harries – Wella
David Conners – Barberology
Keratherapy
Aveda Color Talk
Teresa Champion – Wella Blondes
Dayna Gamba – Barberology
Lindsey Balkovec – Aquage Stage Artist
Phytodess Class
Aveda Fashion Colors
Aveda Merging Color
CPR Certification
Microblading Certification
Tippi Shorter – Textured Hair
Do you love learning?
We love learning and we love giving our team members the opportunity to learn. The Academy gives us a place to do both! If you are currently in the industry keep your eye out for educational opportunities that we offer that are open to the public. If you are still in school and care about continuing education – please keep Garbo’s in mind!
Follow us on our social media channels ( Midtown FB, Oak View FB, Regency FB, Village Pointe FB, Instagram) to stay up to date with everything we are learning!
Sending Love,
Maddie
