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labricoleuseOne of my graduate students went to Chicago for the weekend and brought me a gallery card for an exhibit of the mask artwork of Semmerling and Schaefer, "Mask In Style," at the Inside Out Art Studio (2005 W. Montrose). The show, which runs from September 13-October 28, 1006, will have an opening party from 6-9pm on the 13th.
Paging through the catalogue and gallery sections of the site is a good overview of the types of masks they produce--seems the base structure is most often either molded leather or neoprene, and the creations range from a fairly standard line of Commedia dell'Arte character half-masks to crazy enormous full-head feathered birds and raffia-maned Mardi Gras madness masks. They've got a wide variety of past clients, from the Goodman Theatre to Disney/MGM.
Those in and around the Chicagoland area (or, willing to travel) can take workshops and classes in various styles of maskmaking from the folks who run the studio, as well.
Paging through the catalogue and gallery sections of the site is a good overview of the types of masks they produce--seems the base structure is most often either molded leather or neoprene, and the creations range from a fairly standard line of Commedia dell'Arte character half-masks to crazy enormous full-head feathered birds and raffia-maned Mardi Gras madness masks. They've got a wide variety of past clients, from the Goodman Theatre to Disney/MGM.
Those in and around the Chicagoland area (or, willing to travel) can take workshops and classes in various styles of maskmaking from the folks who run the studio, as well.
