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Pash Galbavy will be hosting a free mask-making events called 'Seeing Through Our Eyes' at the Sedona Library on October 11 from 10am-4:30pm, October 18 from 10am-4:30pm, and November 1st from 6pm-8pm.

City of Sedona grant provides unique mask-making opportunity

Sedona, AZ - Oct. 6, 2008 - The public is invited on October 11th, from 10AM to 4:30PM, to participate in part-one of a free community mask-making event, which will be hosted by the Sedona Public Library.

The project “Seeing Through Our Eyes” is made possible by an emerging artist grant presented by the City of Sedona to Pash Galbavy of Sedona. The October 11th event will bring people together in the morning to make plaster masks on each participant’s face. A potluck lunch will follow. The afternoon will be devoted to decorating the masks.

“The masks will represent something related to each maker and how they see themselves in the context of our community,” Galbavy said. "No need to be shy,” she added, “we are interested in expressive art that focuses on meaning over esthetics... We assure new mask makers that they can do no wrong whatever form their creations take.”

October 18th, from 10AM to 4:30PM the “Mask Discovery” event will take place, also at the library. Participants will bring their masks to life through optional exercises including writing, movement, acting, and sharing. A potluck lunch is part of the afternoon.

November 1st from 6 to 8PM, the library will host a “public offering.” “We don’t like the word ‘performance’,” Galbavy says, “It conjures up performance anxiety. This will be a chance to share something authentic, reflective, and creative about what we discovered during the mask-making exploration.”

Galbavy has a Master’s in Communication. She is an expressive performance artist and writer. She teaches contact improvisation, expressive movement, and mask-making. For the latter she utilizes as-natural-as-possible ingredients including 100% organic palm oil--instead of petroleum jelly-- as a release agent. A demonstration of her fast and easy technique can be seen at www.unmaskit.com. Masks will be displayed at the library at dates to be determined.

Those interested in participation should call in advance to reserve space as materials are limited. (928) 284-4021

Events are free.

Contributions provided by Alive Today Enterprises, Bashas, Jan Burns, City of Sedona, D’Lish, Elnajean Beyst-Martonyi, Jeanne Freeland, Pash Galbavy, Willma Gore and High Hopes of Sedona writing group, Light and Up Fused Glass, Marty Landa, Liz Learmont, Larry and Wendy Lindhal, New Frontiers, Patty Miller, Raw Bliss, Ravenheart, Judy Sander, Sedona Chocolate Superfoods, Sedona Public Library, and Cahtryn Swann.

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