The MASK SHOP is BACK!
The last year has humbled the MASK SHOP. But I've held on, with a little help from my friends, and will be making masks for Halloween and Mardi Gras again soon.
I have found a Studio in Baltimore! I will be setting up in early August 2021 and making masks again by the end of that month.
Starting over in a new place as an artist is going to be continually challenging; I thank you for any help, ideas, thoughts or prayers you have to offer.
Please Shop the MASK SHOP ~ still selling Masks, Crowns and Clown Noses. I should be back in production soon for custom orders.
Follow @JeffSemmerling on Instagram ~ I also invite you to watch my Patreon Page where membership "Tiers" start at $1 and many posts are unlocked for the Public. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32262087
Your support has been a life line, thanks.
"The Finest, Most Comfortable Handmade Masks, ANYWHERE," known around the world for the quality and comfort that Jeff Semmerling's professional tools of theatrical transformation offer. Makers of Opera, Theatre, Dance, Magic, Music, and serious fun makers and collectors all instantly and after hours of wearing appreciate the qualities 38 years of professional practice brings to their Semmerling Masks. In 2015 12 of his masks opened on Broadway in Lincoln Center Theater's "Falsettos." After the four year run the same masks now travel with the touring show, never having needed a repair.
Students from around the world come to his Chicago Store Front "Art Side Out Studio & MASK SHOP to learn Art & Mask Making from the Mad Master Mask Maker. There he teaches how to make Leather Masks in Weekend Intensive Workshops, After school and Day Off School for young artists, classes for Special Needs Therapies and more. You can also have him visit groups, clubs, performance ensembles/companies, schools, Libraries and Universities with visiting workshops and residencies or for special projects. Very few mask makers teach all that they know and none as free of nonsense and dogma as silly/serious Jeff Semmerling.
You too can support this loony career by acquiring a mask of your own, or taking classes or bringing the Mad Master to teach, show his masks or perform in them with walk around masks and puppets or his show "The Magic of Masks."
In Chicago? Come visit Art Side Out Studio & MASK SHOP. It is unique to the world.
Join his Famous Client List: Broadway's Lincoln Center Theatre, Radio City Music Hall, Disney's MGM Studios Theme Park, NBC Productions, The Florida Grande Opera, The Minnesota Opera, Mill City Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre, Lyric Opera, The Alley Theatre ~ Houston, Goodman Theatre ~ Chicago, New England Youth Theatre, New Canaan Summer Theatre, Filament Theatre, Famous Door Theatre, Ballet Arizona, Joel Hall Dancers, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Mr. Moo-Stach, Jane the Phoole, Dr. John, Harry Shearer, Katie Morgan, Evan Stone, Michael Trautman and many more...
Students from around the world come to his Chicago Store Front "Art Side Out Studio & MASK SHOP to learn Art & Mask Making from the Mad Master Mask Maker. There he teaches how to make Leather Masks in Weekend Intensive Workshops, After school and Day Off School for young artists, classes for Special Needs Therapies and more. You can also have him visit groups, clubs, performance ensembles/companies, schools, Libraries and Universities with visiting workshops and residencies or for special projects. Very few mask makers teach all that they know and none as free of nonsense and dogma as silly/serious Jeff Semmerling.
You too can support this loony career by acquiring a mask of your own, or taking classes or bringing the Mad Master to teach, show his masks or perform in them with walk around masks and puppets or his show "The Magic of Masks."
In Chicago? Come visit Art Side Out Studio & MASK SHOP. It is unique to the world.
Join his Famous Client List: Broadway's Lincoln Center Theatre, Radio City Music Hall, Disney's MGM Studios Theme Park, NBC Productions, The Florida Grande Opera, The Minnesota Opera, Mill City Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre, Lyric Opera, The Alley Theatre ~ Houston, Goodman Theatre ~ Chicago, New England Youth Theatre, New Canaan Summer Theatre, Filament Theatre, Famous Door Theatre, Ballet Arizona, Joel Hall Dancers, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Mr. Moo-Stach, Jane the Phoole, Dr. John, Harry Shearer, Katie Morgan, Evan Stone, Michael Trautman and many more...
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Coming up...Many of the classes I used to offer will be offered again, Adult Mask Making in my studio, Kids classes in other facilities, schools, libraries, clubs, universities. Available for that immediately.
Below in green is a sample of last year's schedule.... July & August 2019 ~ SUMMER ART CAMPS for Young Artists. Monday thru Friday 9 am to 2pm Last Weekend of July 2020 ~ Shaping Leather Masks Weekend Intensive First Weekend of August 2020 ~ Advanced Leather Mask Making Weekend Intensive ADVANCED LEATHER MASK MAKING ~ Art Classes ~ Custom Work ~ Catalog in our MASK SHOP |