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Purchase College, State University Of New York: Gianna Caranfa '15 Invites You To “Bee Inked”
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August 06, 2021
August 06, 2021
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Her new tattoo parlor opened recently.
Congratulations to Gianna Caranfa ’15 (sculpture) on living her passion. She recently opened a tattoo parlor, Bee Inked, in her hometown of Yorktown Heights, NY. Her love of puns inspired its name, she says in the Journal News, “’Come ‘bee’ inked by me and it’ll only sting a little.’”
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She came to study the visual arts at Purchase with the intention of pursuing a career as a special education art teacher, but ended up in a tattoo apprenticeship.
As a woman in a male-dominated field, she’s rethinking the tattoo parlor from grungy boys club to a welcoming living room.
Read more about her shop and her journey at the journalnews.com.
Gianna Caranfa ’15 Inside her new tattoo parlor Bee Inked. (Mark Vergari/The Journal News)Mark Vergari/The Journal News
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August 06, 2021
Her new tattoo parlor opened recently.
Congratulations to Gianna Caranfa ’15 (sculpture) on living her passion. She recently opened a tattoo parlor, Bee Inked, in her hometown of Yorktown Heights, NY. Her love of puns inspired its name, she says in the Journal News, “’Come ‘bee’ inked by me and it’ll only sting a little.’”
She came to study the visual arts at Purchase with the intention of pursuing a career as a special education art teacher, but ended up in a tattoo apprenticeship.
As a woman in a male-dominated field, she’s rethinking the tattoo parlor from grungy boys club to a welcoming living room.
Read more about her shop and her journey at the journalnews.com.
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Gianna Caranfa ’15 Inside her new tattoo parlor Bee Inked. (Mark Vergari/The Journal News)Mark Vergari/The Journal News
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- Opening a tattoo parlor a long-held dream for Yorktown native who beat brain stem tumor
- Bee Inked Instagram
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Congratulations to Gianna Caranfa ’15 (sculpture) on living her passion. She recently opened a tattoo parlor, Bee Inked, in her hometown of Yorktown Heights, NY. Her love of puns inspired its name, she says in the Journal News, “’Come ‘bee’ inked by me and it’ll only sting a little.’”
She came to study the visual arts at Purchase with the intention of pursuing a career as a special education art teacher, but ended up in a tattoo apprenticeship.
As a woman in a male-dominated field, she’s rethinking the tattoo parlor from grungy boys club to a welcoming living room.
Read more about her shop and her journey at the journalnews.com.
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