Mask making with Let’s Make Art

Event Details

Saturday

11am – 5pm

Sunday

11am – 5pm

Age

All ages

Venue

Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery

How to attend

Drop in

Price

Free

Join artist duo Karen and Alice of Let’s Make Art to make some seriously impressive masks. 

Inspired by Fredun Shapur’s 1971 project Four Faces, this creative mask-making workshop invites participants to design their own unique wearable artwork. Shapur’s original set of three masks featured abstract cut-out shapes suggesting hairstyles, beards, and headwear.

Join Lets Make Art to customize a silver mask using colourful stickers, paper-folding techniques, and your imagination. Create a bold, playful, and completely bespoke piece of headwear to take home. Suitable for all ages, this hands-on activity is a fun and engaging experience for the whole family.

The workshop also draws inspiration from Shapur’s 1965 book Round and Round and Square, in which a circle and a square play together to create an entire imaginary world. Through magical shapes, colours, and simple forms, the book introduces readers to the endless possibilities of visual expression. The sticker patterns used in the workshop are inspired by these playful ideas, alongside the graphic creativity of Picture Pie by Ed Emberley and the vibrant geometric designs of vintage French gommettes.

About Let’s Make Art UK

Let’s Make Art UK is a friendly, artist-led organisation based in Bristol, run by Alice Hendy and Karen Davies, Creatives in Residence at Arnolfini. Since 2012, they’ve grown from a small community hall studio into one of the UK’s leading mobile arts providers, bringing creative experiences to children, families, and adults across the country.

Known for their playful and imaginative approach, Alice and Karen work with galleries, schools, festivals, and community organisations to deliver hands-on workshops and large-scale creative projects. Through hands-on workshops and family-friendly activities, they encourage people of all ages to explore, experiment, and express themselves, building confidence, making meaningful connections through art, and engaging with exhibitions in fun and accessible ways.

Passionate advocates for art education, they believe creativity plays a vital role in learning, wellbeing, and personal development. Alongside their workshops and events, they run after-school art clubs, providing support and mentoring to creative facilitators. Their projects enrich learning across a wide range of subjects while nurturing creativity, curiosity, and a lifelong love of making.

Committed to inclusivity, accessibility, and sustainability, Let’s Make Art UK believes that everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy and benefit from creativity. Their goal is simple: to make art a joyful, inspiring part of everyday life.