3/25/25 – Making Masks with Melody Anderson

– For artists and teachers! The Women & Masks Project hosted a special Zoom event to launch new pedagogical resources for artists and teachers featuring Melody Anderson. An award-winning Canadian mask artist and playwright, Melody has been making beautiful masks for theatrical productions for decades using a classroom-friendly technique. While researching non-toxic approaches, she developed a versatile papier-mâché method to make refined masks quickly and with simple materials.

Melody was a featured presenter in our 2021-22 Women and Masks Conference, and we were thrilled to host her again and to be able to share resources that make a wonderful companion to Melody’s book: Making Masks. During the event, Melody introduced and screened two short videos that she created: an artist talk and a demo of her technique. After the screening, there was a Q&A and a special mini-demo of tips for teachers and teaching artists!

The event was recorded and the videos and supporting materials will be available here.