Learning Through Masks

For several years now, visual arts teacher and Saint-Camille’s resident Annie Morey has been collaborating with Masq’alors! by introducing her students to various mask-making techniques and encouraging her colleagues to get involved as well. We wish all our visitors—both indoors and out—a wonderful time exploring, right in the heart of the village.

TEXTILE MASKS FOR UTILITY POLES
Visual Arts Concentration, Secondary 1 & 3
Teacher: Annie Morey

After observing a variety of masks from diverse traditions—such as wrestling, Commedia dell’arte, and Japanese theatre—students created their own personal interpretations. Using wool and a technique called punching, which is typically used to make rugs, they brought their ideas to life.

Secondary 1 Visual Arts Concentration students:
Zoé Beaudette, Olivia Courtemanche, Josyane Custeau, Federika Distefano, Fée-Lycia Dufresne, Mavrick Lauzon, Coralie Lemieux, Emily Ménard, Élisabeth Morin, Marilou Potvin, Jade Rufiange, Lilou Schuler, Alyssia Tétreault, Coralie Turmel, and Alicia Vallières.

Secondary 3 Visual Arts Concentration students:
Anaël Alibart, Samuel Bergeron, Marianne Bolduc, Brithany Bourdeau, Elsie Boutin Chagnon, Alice Brière, Even Demers, Maxime Desautels, Lily-Rose Dufresne, Léa-Kym Francoeur, Léanne Kingsburry, Jaya Langlois, Abby Larochelle, Eloïse Leclair, Francyka Ngo, Lilia Normand, Soly Paquette, Laurie-Anne Pelletier, Mariloup Philibert, Lily-Rose Racicot Barbier, Fanny Robichaud, Laïla Rodrigue, Anna Salaün, and Dominique Tremblay.

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MASKS FOR UTILITY POLES 
Adapted Program, Levels 1 & 2
Teacher: Johanne Tremblay
Colorful shapes (oil pastels on polyethylene tarps)

Inspired by surrealist faces, primitive portraits, and geometric compositions, students created colorful, flat designs.

Adapted Program 1 & 2 students:
Alexis Collin, Maya Dubois, Zachary-William Forget, Ali Haydar Gul, Zakary Laplante, Malcom McNeil, Nathan Cliche, Jacob Dupuis, Lilou Gagnon, Kalvin Jacques, Mikaël Martineau, Nathaniel Rouleau, William Bernard, Alice Côté, Louka Dubois-Pominville, Kevyan Francoeur, Manoé Hamel, Dimitri Lessard, Yan Provençal.

THREE-DIMENSIONAL MASKS 
Secondary 1 to 5
Teacher: Geneviève Rouleau
Mixed media: paper modeling, modeling paste, papier-mâché, gouache, collage of found objects

After exploring the history of artistic masks and discovering the work of contemporary artists like Damselfrau, Romuald Hazoumé, Tracy Widdess, and Charles Fréger’s photographic series, students created unique works around the theme “OUTSIDE!”

Selected students:
Maryah Amber Cross, Mélya Côté, Maxim Le Prohon, Rosalie Urpesz, Alida Haché, Noémie Dame, William Rediker, Juliette Ferland, Alice Renaud.

MASKS INSPIRED BY HANNAH LIM
Visual Arts Concentration, Secondary 5
Teacher: Néloumta Blanchet

Following a presentation of works by British-Chinese artist **Hannah Lim**, students were asked to select one of her creations and reinterpret it as a mask, using her signature colors and shapes. The final pieces reflect her artistic style and represent the culmination of a meticulous creative process.

Exhibiting Secondary 5 students:
Charlee-Rose Beauvais, Mya Bégin, Jolianne Bernier, Mélodie Bourdages, Pénélope Boily, Daphnée Champigny, Zeynab Diomba, Frédérique Jobin, Mathieu Karh, Deborah Keza, Cassandra Lacroix, Elsy Moquin, Viktoriia Pohlubko.