Art shows like Art X Lagos and the 1-54 series of African art shows in New York, London and Morocco have also featured contemporary masks or mask images. Artwork by Yusuff Aina Abogunde.

Finally, mask making is a good example of an art therapy intervention that invites the use of expressive therapies —the continuum of the arts [visual art, theater, dance, and music] in healing.

Interview Art without the mask of Native identity Multidisciplinary artist Nizhonniya Austin talks about authenticity, trust fund pottery hipsters, and her role as Cara in ‘The Curse.’ ...