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May 2 - 13
Two Week Master Mask Making
Workshop at Ravenwood Studios
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Week Master Mask Making Workshop at Ravenwood Studios
in Los Angeles
To
resigster and for more information go to RavenwoodMasks.com
May
2-13, 2011
Monday
- Friday 10:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m.
Location: Ravenwood Studios at The Brewery Artists Colony,
Los Angeles (near Union Station)
A
Master Mask Making workshop with award winning mask
maker Alyssa Ravenwood. Learn professional techniques
in mask making, molding and casting, sculpting, painting
and fabricating. You will work with clay, plaster, cement,
acrylic paints, neoprene casting rubber, paper mache,
vacuum formed plastic, and leather.
No
previous experience required. You will learn everything
you need to know in class.
This
is a professional techniques based class. It is not
a crafting class. It is best suited to people who are
interested in learning the professional techniques and
plan to continue to make more masks on their own.
You
will make a life cast, a clay sculpture, a
plaster negative mold, a
neoprene mask, leather masks, and a papered vacuum-formed
mask. Plus more techniques as time allows. You will
keep what you make in class. Class size is limited to
6 students, ensuring a lot of one on one time with the
instructor.
About
the Instructor:
Alyssa Ravenwood is an award winning mask designer whose
masks have been seen in performances by theatre companies
and schools in the USA, Europe, Canada, and Asia. She
was awarded the Portland Drammy Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Mask Design and is a two time winner
of the Best Performance Mask Award at the Ink People
Maskibition. She has taught mask making and mask performance
workshops at theatres, art museums and Universities
across the US.
Class
size is exclusive, register early to reserve space.
Cost:
$1,600 tuition, $350 materials.
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In
class you will make at least one of each:
- a life cast of your face
- a clay sculpture of an expressive character face. You will
learn how to sculpt an expression that radiates emotion for
a mask that “comes to life.”
- a negative plaster mask mold
- a neoprene mask
- a paper mache mask
- a sculpted leather mask
+ more techniques as time allows |
There
will be guided lectures and demonstrations in the morning
with award winning mask designer Alyssa Ravenwood. In the
afternoon you will have free time to further explore the
style of mask making that most appeals to you with guidance
from Alyssa Ravenwood.
Class
size is exclusive. 2-6 students max, ensuring that you get
a lot of one on one instruction.
2 Weeks
M-F 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Where: Ravenwood Studios located at the Brewery Arts Colony
Los Angeles CA 90031
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Leather
Mask Making Workshop
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Learn
to make “folded” leather masks. An easy technique
for beginners to learn, yet gives the artist infinite potential
for creating elaborate works of art.
This
is a professional techniques based class. It is not a crafting
class. It is best suited to people who are interested in
learning the professional techniques and plan to continue
to make more masks on their own. You will sculpt 2-3 leather
masks in class. You will keep what you make in class.
Location:
Ravenwood Studios at The Brewery Artists Colony, Los Angeles
(near Union Station)
Directions will be emailed after registration.
Class size is limited, register early to reserve space.
Credit cards accepted through Paypal.
About
the Instructor:
Alyssa Ravenwood is an award winning mask designer. She
has taught mask making and mask performance workshops at
theatres and Universities across the US.
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Neoprene Mask Making Workshop at Ravenwood Studio, Los Angeles CA |
Alyssa Ravenwood
Mask Design
You
will learn:
* sculpting in clay
* how to sculpt expressions
* plaster mold making techniques
* casting with neoprene rubber
* trimming and sanding neoprene
* fitting a mask to a person’s face
* making an adjustable elastic strap
* painting techniques
This
is a professional techniques based class. It is not a crafting class.
It is best suited to people who are interested in learning the professional
techniques and plan to continue to make more masks on their own.
You will make a ½ face character mask in class. You will
make a sculpture in clay, make a mold in plaster and cast the mask
in neoprene. You will keep what you make in class.
Small class size allows for individual direction.
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Location:
The Brewery Arts Complex in downtown Los Angeles, CA.
Alyssa
Ravenwood has been sculpting masks for theatre productions since
1988. Her masks are seen in performances by theatre companies and
schools in the USA, Europe, Canada, and Japan. She was awarded the
Portland Drammy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mask Design
and is a two time winner of the Best Performance Mask Award at the
Ink People Maskibition. She has taught mask making and mask performance
workshops at theatres and Universities across the US. |
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Performance
Workshops -
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Physical Comedy - Performance Workshop Enhance
your ability to express character, emotions and humorous action
through physicality. Come to class prepared to move.
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Acting under Rubber – Performing in Masks and Prosthetic
Makeup
Learn the specialized techniques needed to
give an emotionally nuanced and physically dynamic performance
when acting in masks and prosthetic makeup. Techniques for
theater and film. Come to class prepared to move.
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partial scholarships available for low income applicants.
Student Testimonials:
"I've learned and grown immensely while participating in the
Ravenwood Performance Group workshops. The clown and mask training
is at once challenging, provocative and inspiring, and strikes at
the heart of the creative process. I recommend it for all students
serious about the art of physical theatre." Jon Monastero,
Ten West Comedy Troupe
“I’ll start with applauding her dive-right-in approach.
The physical work was immediately appropriate and helpful. The workshop
was also excellent in jarring me out of my comfort zone, challenging
me to stretch for more risky, interesting choices.” - Mark
Twohy, workshop graduate
From Stage Directions Magazine Jan 08:
“The benefits of having performed in mask are body awareness
and body freedom. Training in effectively communicating emotion
and action with the body gives actors another tool to use besides
the voice and face… Los Angeles mask designer and physical
theatre expert Alyssa Ravenwood creates expressive masks and individualized
workshops for theatre companies. In her classes, performers learn
to enact characters with movements and emotions that embody their
masks. ‘My focus,” Ravenwood says, ‘is teaching
actors practical techniques in order to give the best performance
possible.”
Instructor
Bio:
Alyssa Ravenwood is an award winning physical theatre director,
performer, and mask designer. She has been working in regional theatre
since 1986. She has worked with Krizo Theatre (France), Bloomsburg
Theatre Ensemble (Pennsylvania), Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Northwest
Children’s Theatre (Oregon), WGBH Boston for PBS, and more.
She toured her own solo show, Orlando Eats Children with Wine, from
2000-2004. Her masks and prosthetic makeup designs have been seen
in productions and used as drama training tools in the United States,
Canada, Europe, and Asia. Ms. Ravenwood teaches physical theatre
and mask making workshops at theatres and universities across the
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and Clown Performance Workshops
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An introduction to mask and clown performance techniques. Learn
to express yourself with greater spontaneity and physical dexterity.
Appropriate
for people with no physical theatre performance background and
for experienced performers looking to practice and expand their
skills.
Film
Actors and FX Puppeteers: Mask performance technique
is very useful for actors performing with special makeup effects.
If you are an actor wearing a prosthetic makeup that covers your
face or a puppeteer bringing an animatronic creature to life,
mask performance technique teaches you how to turn that piece
of rubber into a memorable character, alive with emotion.
About
Alyssa Ravenwood:
An award winning physical theatre director, performer and mask
designer. Artistic Director of the new Los Angeles mask troupe,
Ravenwood Performance Group. A graduate of the Dell’Arte
School of Physical Theatre. She also studied Clowning with Sue
Morrison at the Canadian Clown Institute and Commedia with Ole
Brekke of The Denmark Commedia School.
Student
Testimonials:
"I've learned
and grown immensely while participating in the Ravenwood Performance
Group workshops. The clown and mask training is at once challenging,
provocative and inspiring, and strikes at the heart of the creative
process. I recommend it for all students serious about the art
of physical theatre." Jon Monastero, Ten West Comedy Troupe
“I’ll
start with applauding her dive-right-in approach. The physical
work was immediately appropriate and helpful. The workshop was
also excellent in jarring me out of my comfort zone, challenging
me to stretch for more risky, interesting choices.” - Mark
Twohy, workshop graduate
From
Stage Directions Magazine Jan 08:
“The
benefits of having performed in mask are body awareness and body
freedom. Training in effectively communicating emotion and action
with the body gives actors another tool to use besides the voice
and face… Los Angeles mask designer and physical theatre
expert Alyssa Ravenwood creates expressive masks and individualized
workshops for theatre companies. In her classes, performers learn
to enact characters with movements and emotions that embody their
masks. ‘My focus,” Ravenwood says, ‘is teaching
actors practical techniques in order to give the best performance
possible.”
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