Step into the spirit of Mazatlán’s most colorful tradition and create a one-of-a-kind Carnaval mask to wear next year!

In this two-session workshop, sculptor Carolyn Watson Dubisch will guide you through designing and building your own expressive mask using paper mâché and a ready-made mask base. In the first session you’ll shape and sculpt your design, and in the second you’ll bring it to life with paint, color, and finishing touches.

No experience is necessary—just bring your imagination. By the end of the workshop, you’ll have a unique handmade mask ready to debut at Carnaval 2027.

Two Sessions
April 10: Design & Sculpt
April 17: Paint & Finish

Gems, feathers, paint, elastic, foam clay, and other art supplies are provided for an additional fee of MX$150 paid directly to the instructor.

Cost:
MX$600 Members
MX$750 General Public

About the instructor:

Carolyn Watson Dubisch has made masks for photo shoots in New York, Hong Kong and London, for TV shows like Crazy Ex Girlfriend, and Sean Penn’s show on hulu, and most recently Netflix UK. and for films and music videos. Other large scale mask commissions  for  theater productions like The Lion King in New York, a ballet production of Coraline in London, and The Noah’s Ark Opera in New York.

She’s made many large scale sculptures of various creatures for The Grand Avenue Festival in Phoenix, Arizona, The Mutant Piñata Show in Phoenix and Carnaval in Mazatlán in 2020.  She also created a large-scale sculptural installation in Tetouán, Morocco in 2017. To see more of Carolyn’s sculptures and masks find her store Artisan Masks on Etsy or follow her on Instagram @artbyCWDubisch