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La MaMa Puppet Festival
Mexican Mask Making Workshop (11/3/24)
Interactive workshop with Mariana Garcia Tinoco
Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 12:00PM
Community Arts Space
74 East 4th Street
New York,NY10003
Between 2nd Avenue and The Bowery.
N, R, 6 and F
Students will learn how to make a traditional alebrije mask which will be used for a play/dance. Alebrijes are
influenced by pre-hispanic cultures. In the Zapotec tradition, fathers assigned an animal protector to every
newborn, known as Tona. In the Nahua culture, Tonas are spirited animals that eventually become nahuales (a
human with the ability to transform into their Tona-Animal). Materials: Engrudo (sugar, water, flour), scrap
paper, paintbrushes, acrylic, balloons, clay, scrap materials.
Mariana debuted in Mexico's City Festival of ExpresArte from UNAM in 2012. Later on, she was recognized by
INDESOL and Asistencia Promoción y Cultura A.C. in 2015 for her cultural contributions to art. In 2016 she
participated as a solo artist in the Cultural Festival of Tultitlán and later that same year in the Festival of La
Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Emperatriz de America during the Holyday’s celebration. Mariana
has also developed as a singer in different performances and concerts. In 2018 she came to the US to study
Visual arts in NY ART Studio to then enroll at Pace Univeristy's Fine Arts Program. The Society of Fellows
awarded her in 2021 for her piece The Defeated exhibited at the 40th Annual Meeting. Mariana has worked as
a curatorial assistant for the database creation of the George Stephanopoulos Collection. After graduation, she
worked in puppetry workshops with Loco7, had a solo exhibition at IATI, and worked as a live painter in the
play Los Colores de Frida by Teatro SEA. She designed posters for Psicopatía Jauja by Corezon and worked as a
graphic designer for Spacebridge.
