Through the art of mask-making this workshop will encourage participants to explore identity and self-transformation. Clay, plaster bandage strips, gesso and paint will be utilized to create a highly individualized work of art. This sculptural expression can be a face, an object, or anything else that the participant is open to. Journal writing will also be used as a tool for self-reflection. The workshop will provide a supportive environment to undertake an intuitive, creative journey. Always revealing and surprising, the mask is the magical end result, mirroring back to its creator an inner aspect of his or her own spirit.

Judith Lyons is a passionate and innovative educator and artist. She has a MEd in Education and Special Education and has served in a variety of instructional and leadership positions in the Boston Public Schools for over 15 years. Her work with inner city "at risk" adolescents is highly respected. Lyons is committed to providing educational experiences for youth and adults that foster self-discovery, reflection and recovery through many forms of creative expression.

Midge Battelle was born in Worcester, Mass and received a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston. She has been a member of the Provincetown arts community since 1992—as an artist, teacher, curator, gallery manager, and most recently, as a mentor at the Academy of Art, Science and Technology at Provincetown High School. A photographer and mixed-media artist, her work has been exhibited widely and is in numerous public and private collections. She has taught photography and Spirit Mask Making since 1988. She is on the staff at PAAM, and currently serves on PAAM’s Exhibition Committee. Batelle resides in Provincetown, MA. For more information on her work visit www.mmbattellecyanotypes.com.