MASKS:INSIDE OUTSIDE IDENTITY MASKS

Unit Lesson Plans by Michelle Meade Imagine That! Expressive Arts

Masks

What do we already know about masks?

Can Masks Be Cultural Story Tellers?

Share Tribal Tales?

Support Spiritual Ceremonies?

RepresentCharacters?

Preserve Family History Tell Creation

Tales?

Are Masks Theatrical?Do they represent beauty,

good and evil?

Do they enhance

dramatic storytelling?

Are they

larger than life?

Do they exaggerate

personality and

character traits?

Happy Face, Actor’s mask, 199-100 BCE,

HellenisticParacas Mask from mummy bundle. 3-1 BCE, Greece

Greek Masks

Modern Masks

Gourds Mask, Silvio Rebello

Vejigante mask, Reinaldo Rodriguez, Coconuts, ramilla sticks, Puerto Rico

Where else are Masks, Symbols and Metaphor used in Art and Cultural history?

Where do we see masks in our modern Pop Culture today?

River Fest Welcoming Characters 2011- Design to Paper Mache Process

Transformation Masks and Story Teller Figures

Metaphor and Symbols Is there a difference?

Metaphor Symbols

What do we already know about Metaphor?

In writing descriptions in stories?

Poems? In visual art? If you had to create a

metaphor to describe you, what would it be?

What do we already know about Symbols?

What is a symbol? Who can give me

some examples of symbols?

If you had to create a symbol, to represent you, what would it look like?

Self Portraits

What do we already know about self portraits?

Do they show what is outside? Inside?

Inside Outside Masks