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The academy in action

Classroom instruction, live painting projects, community work, and the ceremonies that mark a new beginning.

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Inside the Workforce Painting Academy

Two students rolling and cutting in fresh wall paint on a residential job site
Students on a live job site
Student cutting in a ceiling line while a teammate rolls the adjoining wall
Cut-in and rolling technique
Student brushing paint along a ceiling edge with a trim brush
Brush work at the ceiling line
Team painting an interior dining room together during training
Working as a crew
Students painting a corner wall from a step platform
Ladder and platform safety
Student applying primer to a prepared interior wall
Priming prepared surfaces
Hands-on classroom instruction in the painting academy
Hands-on classroom instruction
Commercial exterior painting project in progress
Exterior projects
Graduates holding certificates at a graduation ceremony
Graduation ceremonies
Students and painters working together on an interior job
Residential training

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