Chicago - October 26, 2005

Face Off

Mask Studio

Every year it’s the same parade of  costumes.

Slutty nurse. Cheeky nun. Harlot cop.

Can’t a girl have a little fun on Halloween without looking like another two-dime hooker?

Ditch the S&M and try a little S&S — Semmerling and Schaefer Mask Artists Studios, at the Inside Out Art Studio. The crafty duo has been teaching mask making since 1986, specializing in handcrafted leather, neoprene, and papier-mâché masks using real faces as molds.

Learn to make your own disguise at one of their intensive workshops, or, if you’re not up for a project, pick one of their ready-to-wear feathered and jeweled numbers right off the wall. Their work has been commissioned by the likes of the Goodman Theatre and the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park, so you can be sure of its quality.

And that you won’t be just another slut in the crowd.

Semmerling and Schaefer Mask Artists Studios, Inside Out Art Studio, 2005 West Montrose Avenue, at Damen Avenue (773-404-4399 or maskartists.com).