JUDITH MORTENSEN

Judith holds a BA in Math and Education from Elms College and is a certified Expressive Arts Facilitator through Salve Regina University. Judith is a Master Teaching Artist with the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. A dancer for fifteen years, she has choreographed musicals for schools and semi professional theatre. As an elementary educator, Judith guided students to discover their creative spirit using math, music, visual and language arts to bring fairy tales to life through musical theatre. Through mask making, movement, musical theatre and hands-on workshops she fosters self-discovery through the arts. She has worked with children in schools, with hospitalized and chronically ill children and their families, and with cancer and dialysis patients and their caregivers.

And the Animals …Move Workshop ( Pre K -2)

Children discover the magic of movement and mask making as they experience animals from the “inside out”. They revel in walking in the legs, swimming in the fins, flying in the wings…. of animals that inhabit the earth… and in imaginary creatures they create! This workshop is meant to support your work with the children in exploring animal families and animal life. It is interactive and experiential and may be incorporated into the content area, or used as a stand-alone experience for the children

Length: 45 Minutes

Native American Totem Masks Residency (Grades 4-6)

Totems come to life through this mask making Experience. Students embrace the reverence that Native Americans have for the earth and the spirit of the animals that are part of it. This workshop introduces students to a sculpture technique using plaster gauze casting. Casting their own faces as a base, they create a totem that in some way represents an animal spirit that is meaningful to them. This residency focuses on Native American Tradition, specifically the meaning of totems to Native Americans and the art process of plaster gauze casting.

Two Workshops: $560

Four Workshops: $835

Four day Residency: $2,230 plus materials

Additional Residencies:

Egyptian Mask Making

Creating Mayan Cultural Masks

Curriculum Connections: Visual Art, Dance, Social Studies, Physical Education, Science, Language Arts
WRT

CCT Funding Available