Masks have long served as ceremonially significant objects in many cultures across every continent for embodying and working with spirits and archetypal energies. Join us for a three day workshop creating your own masks!
Mask-Making with
House of Arulu
What We’ll Be Doing
Immerse yourself in a three day workshop facilitated by House of Arulu, guiding us through a hands-on process of making your own paper maché mask in an intimate, creative space!
Participants are encouraged to consider what they would like to make beforehand, but will also be given time to sketch and solidify a vision of the mask they will make over the course of the workshop. The process involves sculpting a clay mold, making a paper maché mask over the mold, and finishing with surface decoration.
All participants will be photographed by Jungle Branch with their finished masks at the end of the workshop.
Where & When
This three-day workshop will take place at Apocalypse Parlor; A space for people to share and witness creativity. This venue is located roughly 20 minutes north of downtown Asheville.
21 Young Rd. Weaverville, NC
11am - 6pm Fri, Sat, & Sun / May 30 - June 1
About the Facilitating Artist
Arulu is a multimedia visual artist based in Black Mountain, North Carolina. She specializes in the sculpting of clay and paper-mache masks inspired by her elaborate dreams and the spiritual dimension of the natural world. Arulu’s interest in making masks originates in her study of the ancient ceremonial use of masks worldwide for healing, protection, and communication with spirits and ancestors.
Materials Included
All basic materials (clay, paper, glue, paint, brushes, etc) will be provided, but participants are invited to bring any materials for inspiration: (consider objects from nature, shells, silk flowers, cloth, beads, etc, & if you have your own clay tools please bring them!). We will conclude with wearing & embodying our masks to be witnessed by one another & optionally photographed.
All artistic skill levels are welcome!
Prior painting & sculpting experience helpful but not required.
Our purpose is to cultivate resilience and joy, and we deeply feel the importance of play, creativity, culture, and storytelling, as a way to empower our healing. By accessing the imagination and authentic expression, by gathering together to share creative activities, by growing community relationships intergenerationally, we can tap into a wider healing as well.
In Collaboration with
Soul & Soil Project
This CAB project is partly funded thanks to a grant from Crafting the Future!
Lunch Provided by
Archipelago Kitchen
Healthy meals & snacks will be provided by Archipelago Kitchen; plant emphasized food, good for you and the planet! Local & women owned.
Registration Required
Space is limited, and we need time to acquire the proper amount of needed supplies and food for the workshop.
Registration and Payment is due May 16th
This three-day workshop will take place at Apocalypse Parlor; A space for people to share and witness creativity
21 Young Rd. Weaverville, NC