Create your own personal, ceramic Ritual Mask during this workshop retreat with George Rodriguez. This unique, wall mounted sculpture can be activated by the user.

Do you want to reference the past, manifest the future, or simply bring love and joy into your life? Working from photographs or drawings, we will use basic slab and modeling techniques to make and assemble a human sized wall mounted mask. We will work hollow and apply texture to our masks. Each participant’s project will be unique, so we will discuss individual plans to make construction easier. Concurrently, we will make one-part plaster press molds to embellish our masks and bring ornamentation to the surface.

Experience Level: Open to All Levels 

What to Bring: 

Detailed supply list will be emailed upon registration

About the Leader: 

Born and raised in the border city of El Paso, TX, George Rodriguez creates highly ornamented, ceramic sculptures, often underlined by a connection to sociopolitical themes. His guardian figures, tomb sculptures, and installations, commemorate and build community. His most recent projects include a permanent installation at the new Kansas City International Airport, a community tile mural at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, and an outdoor public sculpture at CASA of Maryland, an immigration advocacy organization in Baltimore. His sculptures are part of the collections of the National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL; Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C., and the NationalMuseum in Stockholm, Sweden amongst others. Rodriguez holds a BFA from the University of Texas El Paso and an MFA from the University of Washington, Seattle. He is an Assistant Professor at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia.