WORKSHOP: Expressing Emotions Through Shapes

In this workshop, teaching artist Larry Ashton introduces amazing masks from around the world, then demonstrates how to make a collage that uses paper shapes to represent different facial expressions. This workshop connects hands-on artmaking with strategies for developing social-emotional skills. For grades K–3.

Image credits:

Mask, Mexico, Gulf Coast, Veracruz, Olmec, 1000–600 BCE, jadeite with traces of cinnabar, 4 × 3 × 2 inches, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Constance McCormick Fearing AC1992.134.2, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA