Craft Night: Mask Making

Come and make your Halloween mask, out of papier-mâché with the wonderful DUMBO-based artist, Maria Berrio. We'll first learn how to make papier-mâché out of flour and newspaper, that classic art class concoction. Then, we'll each make our own custom mask of any animal or creature you can imagine! We will use collage (any decorative paper or fabric), as way to decorate the outside of the masks.

When is it? 4-8 p.m. on Monday, August 29 at the Etsy Labs in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

Do I need to have any special skills to participate? Nope! This project is suitable for everyone, whether you've never worked with papier-mâché before, or you consider yourself something of an expert.

What should I bring? All supplies will be provided, though you are welcome to bring collage materials and paint if you have a specific direction for you mask in mind already.

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Artist Maria Berrio (above)

About Maria:

Maria Berrio is an artist/ children’s books illustrator/ who has been residing in New York City since 2000. She currently has her studio in the same building as the Etsy Labs!

Maria has worked and lived in Brooklyn since obtaining her BFA at Parsons School of Design in 2004,and MFA at the School of Visual Arts in 2007. Her’s artwork has been showcased in numerous New York City galleries including Praxis International, Chelsea Museum, and the Art Directors Club, Nationally; she has presented her work in San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Boston, and Miami – where she exhibited in Art Basel 2009. Maria has also a big passion for children’s books, teaching, and mural making. Sherecently finished her second mural in Harlem with teenagers from the community, to see more ofher work please visit her website (http://www.mariaberrio.com/) and Etsy shop (http://www.etsy.com/people/mariaberrio?ref=si_pr).