Today's guest on the AHC podcast is Justin Pace, owner of Co & Pace Salon, incredible educator and colourist, and also current AHIA Creative Australian Hairdresser of the Year. When Justin won this award back in September last year, he said he felt very passionate about giving back to the industry, especially in the area of apprenticeships. And the result of that drive is the Curate Awards. 

Justin has created this unique competition platform to discover and celebrate Australia’s freshest urban and regional Apprentice talent through the delivery of exciting hair vision and creativity.

The goal of CURATE Awards is to reinvigorate a sustainable industry by attracting, inspiring, and retaining a new generation of driven Apprentices whilst elevating the perception of hairdressing as an exciting career pathway.

For Salon Owners and Directors CURATE Awards is a unique tool to motivate and guide Apprentices to enter the competitive arena for the first time and to shine a light on their salon. For Apprentices CURATE presents an unprecedented opportunity to develop their profile within the industry, along with winning epic prizes.
 
HOW DOES CURATE AWARDS WORK?

This digital competition is easily accessible for all Australian Apprentice hairdressers, simply requiring entrants to create a 2-minute video edit showcasing their cut and colour skills, or colour and style skills, then upload it to the CURATE Awards competition platform along with a few photos and forms.

There are 4 CURATE Award Winners based on each of the award categories –

• Urban Cut and Colour
• Urban Colour and Style
• Regional Cut and Colour
• Regional Colour and Style

CURATE PRIZES INCLUDE:

• A full-day photo shoot workshop for all four winners with Justin Pace
• Tickets to the AHIA Creative Awards gala
• Single-day passes to Hair Festival
• Coverage in HAIRBIZ magazine and across Mocha Hair digital platforms
• A professional biography created in conjunction with Lily Blue Communications
• And plenty more!

 KEY DATES:

• Entries open on 8th January.
• Entries due by 25th March.
• Finalists announced on  29th April.
• Winners announced on  27th May

CURATE is super easy to take part, and entries are OPEN NOW!

Watch for more news and updates at www.curateawards.com, CurateAwardsForApprentices on Facebook and / or @curateawards on Instagram.