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The Church Street Mask Project

Free Mask Making & Performance Drop-in classes

Vibrant and artistic: the church street mask project banner showcasing a colorful hand-painted mask.
A vibrant clay sculpture of a caricatured face with exaggerated features, resting on a blue, paint-splattered workspace alongside a pair of scissors.
A close-up of a textured, painted clay or papier-mâché mask with exaggerated facial features, resting on an open newspaper.
A handcrafted mask with exaggerated features including arched brows, wide eyes, and full lips, resting atop a printed paper surface.
A hand holds up a handmade mask featuring a painted face with colorful eyebrows and pink lips, possibly a work-in-progress art project.
Hand-painted mask with vivid blue eyes and expressive features displayed on a wooden board.
An image of a theatrical mask with exaggerated features, including a large red nose, puffy cheeks, and long white hair, comically and dramatically sticking out its tongue with a green chili pepper positioned on it. headphones rest around the neck of the mask, adding a modern touch to this otherwise classic representation of clown-like expression.
Creativity in action: a man and woman deeply focused while collaboratively working on a craft project involving paper mache and glue in an art workshop.
An elderly woman concentrates on painting, carefully applying brushstrokes to her artwork.
Two women engaged in a creative craft workshop, sitting at a table filled with art supplies and working on their projects with focus and enjoyment.
A woman smiling joyfully at a table with bread and a glass in front of her, caught in a candid moment of laughter.
A vibrant art workshop in progress with participants of various ages focused on their craft, surrounded by colorful international flags hanging overhead, suggesting a culturally diverse or international event.
An elderly woman with a joyful expression sitting at a table engaged in a craft activity, with a colorful paper-mâché project in front of her.

Mask Making: 5 - 16 August (3 to 5 sessions per mask) Costume Making & Mask Acting: 22 - 30 August Performance: Thursday 31 August

An Intergenerational Project for young people 18+ and elders 60+ (but all are welcome if they are 18+). During August, the theatre company Dende Collective will hold an open creative workspace at Penfold Community Hub for all to make masks and learn how to perform with them. Participants will make a papier-mâché mask, create a costume for their characters and learn how to bring their masks to life. On the last day, there will be a walkabout performance for the characters on Church Street.

You can join at any point and make a mask when it suits you, but there are limited places per session which will be allocated on first come, first served. You will need an average of 4 to 5 classes to make a mask. The classes are FREE including all materials and no previous experience is needed. 

Fill in the online form to enrol or express interest and hear about the project: https://forms.gle/ XAWEZJSJ8xNpztBh6

Dates & Times: 1 - 31 August 2023, Tuesdays to Fridays, 1 pm - 4.30 pm 

Facilitators:  André Pink is a Mask Specialist, Theatre Director and Artistic Director of Dende Collective.  Caroline Jones is a Theatre Designer and make who has extensively worked in Australia and the UK.

For more information email andre@dendecollective.org or call 07984451796.

A Dende Collective project is part of the Inside Out 2023 programme funded by WCC.

Venue

Penfold Community Hub

www.nhg.org.uk/

Penfold Community Hub, 60 Penfold Street, London NW8 8PJ