Joyce Ritz: Visiting Artist to MMS
Joyce Ritz of Integrity Designworks paid a visit to MMS in January. As a talented professional mask maker, she gave a presentation to a 6th grade audience. Joyce spoke about her career as an artist. She also spoke about the process of fabricating puppets and masks from the design phase to the finished product.
Joyce presenting the her masks
A creative horse mask used for ballet
A very realistic looking mouse mask!
Drawing and sketching is important to mask making
A friend is found
Masks are made of all types of materials
Joyce demonstrates the many varieties of masks that can be created