Join acclaimed mask designer Aaron Cromie for a five-day (15 hours of instruction) evening course in the art of mask making. Participants will make plaster "positive" casts of their faces, sculpt full mask designs in clay, mold the results in paper maché and learn paint application--all the basic skills needed for your mask making practice.

Each night is dedicated to a specific phase in the mask making process; participants must be present for all classes (with some flexibility in the Friday evening schedule).

Contact Aaron to register and for more information: maskswithcromie@gmail.com

Aaron Cromie is a Philadelphia-based director, designer, performer and instructor who has designed masks and/or puppets for such companies as Arden Theatre Company, The Wilma Theater, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Azuka Theatre, Theatre Exile, The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, Folger Theatre (DC), Studio Theatre (DC), Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC) and the upcoming Winter’s Tale for Shakespeare in Clark Park. He has received support for his work from Independence Foundation, The Jim Henson Foundation and The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, and his puppets are featured in the Folger Shakespeare Library’s permanent collection. Aaron studied the art of mask making at the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre, and with Maestro Antonio Fava in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Aaron has taught for The University of the Arts, Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training, Headlong Performance Institute, Teatro Studio Maschera (Italy) and Drexel University, among others.