Alex credits moving to Arizona and meeting Zarco as the start of his creative journey for his love of mask making. They became a source of inspiration for him. Especially the incredibly detailed fantastical Mexican Folk masks from Guerrero Mexico.
“It has been an immense privilege to meet and learn from renowned mask maker Zarco Guerrero. His skills as a performer and artist have given me a deeper understanding into the world of the mask, and how to forge them
in various ways.”
Alex credits his apprenticeship and working with Cultural Coalition for giving him new making masks skills and a new understanding of how to wear them.
“To dance and move with the mask is a wonderful way to get lost within one’s self. To be free and experience a sense of weightlessness away from the everyday, and into another world.”
