The Mask Project

Mirta F. Rodriguez, MA, Counseling Therapist
Kim Loan Nguyen, MA, LPC, Clinical Therapist
Verónica Cano, MSW, LCSW, Clinical Therapist
Lise Blankenship, MA Counseling Center Director
University of Texas - Pan American

An experiential, creative art activity, this project seeks to provide an artistic outlet for grief, depression, hope, growth and healing and to assist in suicide prevention education by allowing participants to safely communicate their feelings and experiences by their use of creating, designing and decorating a face mask.  No artistic talent is required of this activity.  All participants will be provided with a face mask and art supplies for their use to create, design and decorate their masks any way they wish.  Participants will be given an opportunity to name and write a description of their masks.  At the conclusion of this activity they will be encouraged to share their mask and descriptions with other participants at the workshop.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Provide an artistic outlet for grief, depression, hope, growth and healing.
• Allow a safe expression and communication of feelings and experience through a creative therapeutic art activity.
• Provide a creative therapeutic art activity which can be taken back to colleges and utilized with students.