'MASK UP' mosaic workshop with Joan Schwartz - March 31 - April 2, 2026
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TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE: Pay in Full or use coupon code: DEPOSIT to pay 50% deposit
'MASK UP' Mosaic workshop (3-day class) with Joan Schwartz
Date: March 31 - April 2, 2026 - Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
Skill Level: all levels welcome
Hours: 10am – 5pm with a lunch break
Materials included: Most materials included
Minimum # of students: 6
Description: Join us for a fun and creative 3-day workshop where you’ll explore the world of masks! We’ll be working on a 12” H x 8 1/2” W x 1/4”D oval wood substrate. The goal is to create an African mask, or maybe not! Feel free to let your imagination run wild and design something completely unique in your own style and color scheme. I'll walk you through each step of the process, from start to finish, so you can create your very own masterpiece.
I’ll provide a wide variety of materials to help spark your creativity. Feel free to search online for inspiration. *Please bring any special broken jewelry, plates, tiles, beads, or thick wire for hair that you’d like to use.
STUDENTS SHOULD BRING:
- Any meaningful odd or broken jewelry, buttons, knick knacks, china, wood or plastic sentimental items they might want to use in their piece.
- Favorite tools: Sharp nippers, breakers (running pilers), pistol glass cutter, tweezers, ruler, Sharpie, pens, pencils, color photos of flowers or favorite printed fabric. (Do not buy any new tools; they will be provided for you if you don’t have them).
- Cell phone with built in camera.
- A willingness to learn, laugh and have fun!!
About the Instructor: Joan Schwartz
I’ve made art as long as I can remember, even while working as a pediatric nurse and raising my 3 children.
Several years after I started working in mosaics, I realized it had become a seriously important part of my life. It’s not just the end product but the process itself. It is my mental vacation, a journey in which I get lost in an array of colors, patterns and materials… a viable antidote to stress. It is truly a drug to which I now know I am addicted. When I can’t get down to my studio, I feel out of sync, irritable, and just plain unhappy!
Mosaics has offered me opportunities to travel all over the world, expanding my education, by taking multiple workshops with the most notable instructors, and making life-long, like-minded friends.
A few notable things worth mentioning:
- I have works abroad as well as in the US.
- I’ve participated in many group projects, and charitable works.
- I have been juried into Art Prize twice
- I have been juried into MAI (Mosaic Arts International) 5 times.
- * With tons of help, in 2017 and 2024, I hosted the SAMA conference in Detroit, and Troy, MI.
- With tons of help, in 2017 and 2024, I hosted the SAMA conference in Detroit, and Troy MI.
- With guidance and project manager, Sue Majewski both years, SAMA donated a finished large scale work to the ‘Children’s Hospital of Michigan.’
I’m looking forward to sharing my passion with you and all I have learned over the years. - Joan
Cancellation Policy:
- 50% deposit is required to hold your space in the class or workshop.
- Balance due 30 days before class or workshop date.
- Full Refund - 30 days prior to the class or workshop minus a $50 processing fee.
- Full Refund if class or workshop is canceled.
- No Refunds - within 30 days of the class or workshop unless we can fill your space minus a $50 processing fee.
- No Refunds - within 7 days of the class or workshop.