Mask Making

Saturday, March 29 | 6:00-8:00pm
West Valley Performing Arts Center
3333 S. Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City
Participants should be 16+
$25.00 per person

*Classes require a minimum of 4 participants. If fewer register, the class will be canceled.

Mask Making Mask Making
Mask Making
$25.00
Two women performing on stage, one dressed as an older woman with gray curly hair, wearing a long dress and shawl, and the other as a young girl in a pink dress with blonde hair, with the girl lying on the floor and the older woman standing behind her.
A person wearing a skull mask and a red patterned jacket, sitting in a dark environment.

Masks have been an integral part of theatre all the way back to the start. In this class we’ll talk about the elements of mask design that will help to create a compelling character, and the tools and material options for realizing that design including face casting, traditional paper mache techniques, leather working, and thermoplastics.

Meet the Instructor

A woman with short brown hair, glasses, and earrings, wearing a dark blazer and a maroon top, smiling at the camera against a light blue background.

Kelsey Nichols is a costume designer and costume shop manager for West Valley Arts. She was trained in mask making in Indiana University’s MFA Costume Design program and has had ample opportunities for strange stage mask designs for productions of Xanadu (the cyclops), Into The Woods (the witch), Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play (the Simpson’s family and beyond), and Phantom, among other independent projects.