Gallery

The work, and the room.

A first look at our Gastonia home: the barber stations, classroom, and spaces taking shape for our inaugural cohort.

Inside the academy

Black barber chairs facing arched mirrors and gray workstations at Paramount Barber Academy.
The barber stations
Tables and black chairs arranged for lessons in the academy classroom.
The classroom
Two black barber chairs beside a sunlit window on the academy clinic floor.
The clinic floor
An open storage drawer beneath a gray barber workstation.
A place for the tools of the trade
A walkway leading to the front door of the red brick academy building.
Our home in Gastonia
A ramp with metal railings leading to a side entrance of the brick academy building.
Around the academy

Teaching, practice, and the people behind it

Earlier training moments and portraits from our faculty’s barbering community.

Four students in the Paramount Barber Academy doorway in Gastonia, NC.
Students in matching black uniforms writing at classroom tables.
Barbering classroom with students at work.
A student at a barber chair during clinic hours.
Hands-on clipper instruction on the clinic floor.
Students gathered for a lesson in the academy.
The shop floor during a training session.
Barbering students practicing guest service.
A finished cut on the clinic floor.
Justin Marlow teaching from the front of the classroom.
Studio portrait of Fly Ty.

Fall 2026

The inaugural cohort is forming.

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