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2024 APP Legacy Scholarship

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The 2024 Legacy Scholarship Program is now taking applications to attend the upcoming APP Conference & Exposition, taking place at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, June 23-28!

This is funding for approximately 8 piercers in need of financial assistance to attend this educational event and recipients are required to work more than 30 hours during the Conference. Accommodations and Conference registration are included in the Scholarship, but you must provide your own transportation to and from the Conference and cover your own meals.

So, do you qualify? Here’s a few things that are required for eligibility.

-You must be 21 years or old by the time Conference happens.
-You must have never attended Conference before (some exceptions do apply).
-You must be working in a studio and have at least six months experience before Conference.

All applicants will be considered based on the following criteria.

-Financial Need: This scholarship is for piercers who cannot attend the conference without assistance.
-Participation in the industry outside of your own studio.
-Demonstrating interest in bettering your skills/circumstances.
-Enthusiasm for the opportunity.
-Spirit of volunteering / Demonstrating work ethic / Humility

Do you feel that this scholarship applies to you? Take a peek at the detailed information and the application right here through this link: 2024 Legacy Scholarship Information and Application.

You have until January 31, 2024 to apply.

Good luck everyone!

2023 Legacy Scholarship

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The APP is pleased to announce that the Legacy Scholarship Program is now taking applications to attend the 2023 APP Conference & Exposition in Las Vegas!

This is funding for approximately 8 piercers in need of financial assistance to attend this educational event and recipients are required to work more than 30 hours during the Conference. Accommodations and Conference registration are included in the Scholarship, but you must provide your own transportation to and from the Conference and cover your own meals.

So, do you qualify? Here’s a few things that are required for eligibility.

-You must be 21 years or old by the time Conference happens.
-You must have never attended Conference before (some excepts do apply).
-You must be working in a studio and have at least six months experience before Conference.

All applicants will be judged on the following by the Scholarship Committee.

-Financial Need: This scholarship is for piercers who cannot attend the conference without assistance.
-Participation in the industry outside of your own studio.
-Demonstrating interest in bettering your skills/circumstances.
-Enthusiasm for the opportunity.
-Spirit of volunteering / Demonstrating work ethic / Humility

Do you feel that this scholarship applies to you? Take a peek at the detailed information and the application right here through this link: 2023 Legacy Scholarship Information and Application.

You have until January 15, 2023 to apply.

Good luck everyone!

Volunteer Group and Scholars from the 2016 Conference. Photo by Fabricio Cardoso

For me, attending the conference was almost the best week in my life. I couldn’t believe that I’m in the place I always wanted to be although all the difficulties and everything. Everyone there was very helpful and trying to make it easy on scholars in work and also outside work. Imagine people from all over the world and they all meet in one place and there’s no piercer who feels alone or anything. When it was the last day and we were finalizing everything, I stopped for a minute wishing that this week could repeated again and the idea was in my mind mind until I returned to Dubai. I miss the people there, the work, the activities and classes. All the best to everyone who made this a thing for piercers to feel that they belong to a place.
Fatma Ahmed, United Arab Emirates ~ 2022 Scholarship Recipient

This was hands down one of the best decisions I have ever made to apply for the scholarship. The doors this will open, the people you’ll meet, and the things you’ll learn. This scholarship changed everything about my life and career and I’m eternally grateful for the opportunities it has presented to me. If you are thinking of applying for any of the scholarships please do, this is a life changing experience for me, in both career and learning opportunities.
Zakk Boyer, United States ~ 2018 Scholarship Recipient

2022 NEHA Review

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Shortly after the APP’s 2022 conference in Las Vegas, APP member John Johnson traveled to Spokane, Washington to represent the association’s Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Committee (LRAC) at the annual education conference hosted by the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA).

APP members Matt Bavougian, Steve Joyner, and John Johnson each have positions on NEHA’s body art committee which created the Body Art Model Code (BAMC). NEHA represents health inspectors around the United States who visit body art studios and enforce local codes. This NEHA conference in Spokane featured four days of body art inspector training and the APP’s John Johnson was there to speak on behalf of body piercing facilities and discuss the most practical and effective methods for their inspection.

The NEHA conference is similar to our APP conference in many ways, lectures and other presentations take place each day with topics related to environmental health, opportunities to network are everywhere, and of course the exposition hall where vendors display their products and services is a main attraction.

Like piercers who attend the APP’s conference, health inspectors and other environmental health officials attend conferences such as NEHA to stay up-to-date with trends, technology, and information relevant to their profession. Today, these environmental health specialists have great interest in body art like professional piercing.

Body piercing is now considered mainstream by many and regulators are very interested in effective health codes and their enforcement. The APP’s LRAC works closely with organizations like NEHA who have a need for body piercing health and safety information. We appreciate everyone at NEHA who supports the APP’s mission of safe piercing.

At the time of this article NEHA is accepting change requests for the Body Art Model Code.