Mask workshop (part one)

Event Info

Date	04.20.24
Time	6pm–10pm
Format	Workshop
Medium	Craft
Admission	Free

Involved

Event artist	Linh Le
Funded by	Embassy of Denmark Washington D.C. The Consulate General of Denmark in Houston Scan Design Foundation the Danish Arts Foundation Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department The City of Copenhagen
Associated Program	Unlisted Projects

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Schedule

Day 1 - 4/20 - 6pm - 10pm

Day 2 - 4/22 - 7pm - 9pm

Info

Learn how to build a mask!

We will build a mask of a bat species and pay tribute to bats and their fight for survival in our time of biodiversity crisis. The mask workshops are divided into two parts: 1) Building the mask. Then it needs a day to dry. 2) Painting the mask. If you are only able to participate one day, you can bring the mask with you and paint it at home.

REMEMBER TO BRING A BIKE HELMET. We will use it as a base to build the mask.

ALL OTHER MATERIALS WILL BE PROVIDED. If you do not have a bike helmet, please write and we will find one for you. You can use the mask for performances, actions, demonstrations, halloween, celebration days as Biodiversity Day or Earth Day.

You can prepare at home and think about what bat species you would like to make a mask of. Otherwise, there will be a book of pictures of bats that you can look through to find your bat species.

Artist Background

Artist-in-residency: Performance artist and climate justice activist Linh Le Collaboration with MoHA (US) and WH9 (DK) Ambassador of the long-eared bat, is in Austin, Texas to scream and fly with the world’s largest urban bat colony! Linh Le will undertake a 1-month residency in Austin, Texas as part of the CopenhAustin residency initiative.

She is volunteering at the Austin Bat Refuge, learning about the bats and interested in sharing skills with the community.

https://linhle.dk/ https://www.instagram.com/linhle_explorer/