Artisan Foundation

A record beginning in 2021

Grooming, wellness, and career development for youth.

Run by the Artisan Barber team, the Foundation brings grooming, wellness, and career development into youth-focused programming. Activations combine personal care with practical exposure to professionals, creative work, business, and career paths.

Group of students and adults holding vintage T-shirts in a school library.

Students and adult participants with vintage T-shirts during the Bronx Academy launch, November 2021.

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Methodology

Care opens the conversation.

01

Care, first.

The Foundation begins with practical care: free haircuts for low-income public schools, grooming support, and hygiene products. The setting is personal and immediate, creating space for a wider conversation about wellness and what comes next.

02

A private practice of self-care.

Journaling and individualized support bring reflection into the program alongside grooming and hygiene. Wellness is treated as something practiced, discussed, and carried into daily life.

03

From individual care to the room.

Group empowerment and career-building sessions move the work from individual support into shared discussion. Students encounter different ways of working across business and creative fields.

04

Work, made visible.

Activations connect career conversation to practical activity: entrepreneurship, finance, grooming-product development, and business and product exposure. The subjects change; professional experience is brought within view.

Survey evidence

What respondents reported.

These statements appear in the supplied Foundation survey. Its sample size, respondent group, date, and methodology have not yet been established for publication.

40%

aspire to become an entrepreneur, artist, or freelancer.

Reported survey response

90%

are interested in personal wellness and have a self-care routine.

Reported survey response

100%

help their families with physical and mental support.

Reported survey response

Foundation archive

Activations, 2021—2025

Seven supplied records trace a progression from grooming and entrepreneurship to wellness, product work, finance, and career conversation.

Record 01

November 2021

Bronx Academy Launch

The first documented activation brought approximately 18 students together at Bronx Academy for entrepreneurship conversations, grooming, and a distribution of grooming kits and vintage T-shirts.

Place
Bronx Academy
Attendance
Approximately 18 students
With
Entrepreneurship guest speakers
Activity
Entrepreneurship conversations; Grooming and haircuts; Grooming kits and vintage T-shirts
Barber cutting a student's hair at a grooming station in a school room.
A grooming session during the first documented Bronx Academy activation.
Adult guest speaker addressing students seated in a circle.
A guest speaker in conversation with students during the launch activation.
Close view of a barber's hands shaping a student's haircut.
Detail from a haircut during the November 2021 activation.

Spring

2022

Record 02

Spring 2022

Bronx Academy, Spring 2022

A second Bronx Academy activation brought approximately 18 students into conversation with marketing executives, a painter and sculptor, and a clothing designer, followed by a giveaway similar to the 2021 launch.

Place
Bronx Academy High School
Attendance
Approximately 18 students
With
Marketing executives; Painter and sculptor; Clothing designer
Activity
Creative and career conversation; Launch-style giveaway

Record 03

June 2022

Finance, Grooming, and Collective Focus

Chad Wellington joined approximately 12 middle schoolers and several high school students for finance coaching, alongside group discussion and grooming activity documented with Collective Focus.

Attendance
Approximately 12 middle schoolers and several high school students
With
Finance coach Chad Wellington; Collective Focus
Activity
Finance coaching; Group discussion; Grooming
Student shown in profile after a haircut.
Grooming activity documented during the June 2022 finance session.
Students and adults seated in a discussion circle inside a classroom.
Students and adults gathered in a discussion circle during the June 2022 activation.
Two adults seated behind a table with a Collective Focus banner.
Collective Focus context documented during the June 2022 activation.

Record 04

March 2023

Harry's Mental Health Collaboration

Approximately 15 students took part in a Harry's Mental Health collaboration centered on grooming-product development, barbering, presentation, and hands-on group activity.

Attendance
Approximately 15 students
With
Harry's
Activity
Grooming-product development; Barbering; Presentation and product distribution
Students gathered around a table and screen during a grooming-product activity.
Students gathered around a digital grooming-product exercise during the Harry's collaboration.
Barber working closely on a student's haircut during a school session.
Barbering during the Harry's collaboration, March 2023.
Student seated beside a barber with Harry's grooming products displayed nearby.
A student and barber with Harry's grooming products during the March 2023 collaboration.
Presenter speaking to students seated in rows during a community presentation.
A group presentation during the March 2023 activation.

Record 05

November 2023

All Kings Foundation Collaboration

The November 2023 collaboration with All Kings Foundation brought grooming and community activity together across multiple barber stations.

With
All Kings Foundation
Activity
Grooming; Community activity; Multiple barber stations
Community discussion and barbering activity taking place in the same school room.
Community discussion and grooming activity during the All Kings Foundation collaboration, November 2023.
Several barbers working at grooming stations in the same school room.
Multiple grooming stations operating during the All Kings Foundation collaboration, November 2023.

Record 06

June 2024

Ripe: Product, Business, and Finance

The source record identifies Mike Evans as founder of Ripe in connection with a Ripe presentation and associates Chase Wellington with a finance presentation. The visible record documents Ripe branding, presentation activity, and a hands-on currency exercise.

With
Mike Evans, identified in the source record as founder of Ripe; Chase Wellington, finance presentation
Activity
Ripe product and business presentation; Finance presentation; Hands-on currency exercise
Presenter holding a Ripe T-shirt while speaking to seated students.
A Ripe presentation with students during the June 2024 activation.
Presenter standing beside students holding play currency during a finance activity.
A finance presentation and currency exercise during the June 2024 activation.
Participants gathered around a table holding play currency during a finance exercise.
Participants working with play currency during a hands-on finance exercise, June 2024.

May

2025

Record 07

May 2025

Career Day

The supplied chronology records a May 2025 Career Day with Daniel Diaz, identified there as a Senior Account Executive at Google. The record does not establish Google as a sponsor or organizational partner.

Activity
Career Day

Community in the record

People, practice, and participation.

Chad Wellington

Finance coaching

Collective Focus

Activation documented with Collective Focus

Harry's

Mental Health collaboration and grooming-product development

All Kings Foundation

Grooming and community collaboration

Mike Evans / Ripe

Product and business presentation; source record identifies Evans as founder of Ripe

Chase Wellington

Finance presentation

The next record

Work with the Foundation.

We are interested in conversations with schools, working professionals, community organizations, and product partners who can contribute to future Foundation programming.

For schools

For speakers and mentors

For community partners

For product partners and supporters

Contact details forthcoming