StoryFaces and Body Painting at NYSATA 2013

Nov26

At this year’s New York State Art Teacher’s Association Conference (NYSATA) I had the opportunity to do a presentation on my StoryFaces Mask Arts programs, which included performing a few stories from the assembly programs I do in schools, and we went through “Designing Tribal Masks Project”, an example of one of my classroom workshop programs, along with this sample handout: .StoryFaces_MaskArts_TribalMaskProject_agostinoarts

As the tiger leapt through the walls of fire, he began to burn with a flame of his own…

For one of their Friday After Dark workshops I offered “Face and Body Painting 101”, so during the day I also painted a model in the exhibit area as an example. It’s a design of familiar elements, from my story “The Tiger That Went to the House of the Sun”, which I would be telling that afternoon in the StoryFaces session. The open lobby area we were in was too chilly for my volunteer model, so I limited the painting to from 10:00 am to 12:30.

Face and Body Painting 101 at NYSATA

We also had a couple of volunteer models along with 14 participants for the Face and Body painting workshop that night, and I think everyone enjoyed themselves.

Learn more about my school programs at:

Christopher Agostino’s StoryFaces

StoryFaces — Mask Art Workshops

From African Abstraction to Modern Art — Huntington Arts Council Workshop

Sep26

I’ll be presenting a workshop on the journey from masks to modern art — #modernprimitive — for the Huntington Arts Council on October 2. I am re-posting here the notice from the Long Island Arts Alliance that this workshop will be a signature series event of this October’s Arts Alive Festival:

Cultural Arts Workshops:
African Abstraction &
Modern Art Intertwined

Wednesday, October 2, 2013 4:30 – 7:30 PM

Huntington Arts Council

213 Main Street

Huntington NY 11743

Christopher Agostino – visual and performing artist is the author of Transformations! The Story Behind the Painted Faces and his work has appeared on TV and on magazine covers. He will display examples of mask and makeup art traditions of different cultures in Africa. The social function of masks and body arts will be examined and how these “primitive” arts influenced the revolutionary approach of Picasso, Matisse and the other early “modern” artists. Participants will design a mask and observe Christopher’s face painting technique. FREE for participating JOURNEY district teachers, $20 for general public and other teachers.

To register online: huntingtonartscouncil.org or email: artsined@huntingtonarts.org or call (631) 271-8423 X14. Learn about the full line up of workshops at: Huntington Arts Council

This is an Arts Alive LI Classic Signature Series event.

– See more at Arts Alive LI: http://www.artsaliveli.org/cultural-arts-workshopsafrican-abstraction-modern-art-intertwined/#sthash.Kmv3BXRn.dpuf

Tennis Faces Anyone? U.S. Open 2013 – Face Painting Gallery

Aug26

by Christopher Agostino #storyfaces

Transformations 3.0 at the U.S. Open. For our second year of painting tennis faces for the wonderful Arthur Ashe Kids Day event that begins US Open week here in NY we focused on using cartoon techniques to paint images of tennis players on people’s faces. We had twelve artists at this year’s event, and painted a lot of faces. Most of these are my own examples, in which I was painting a caricature of each person onto their face in action playing tennis, plus some playful ideas like the ball being hit by a racket.