Vizual mime artist
and a NZ trained teacher,
who uses her skills in mime, art and
education to bring the arts curriculum
to life, for teachers and students
throughout NZ
She uses a range
of skills - cartooning,
mime, drama, and entertainment
to present creatively unique
education programmes which
enhance visual art and
language learning
Check out Maz original artworks and prints at the Mazart Gallery
Diploma of teaching
Diploma of Art and Creativity (4th yr)
I attended a workshop run by Maz for teachers in Whangarei. Her vitality and talent are extraodinary. Her workshop was great fun, but also deeply thought provoking. Maz asks:
" Have you ever thought about how much information we recieve through the eyes?"
Visual language is becoming a vital part of everyday communication. Body language, facial expression, colour, symbols, hand signs, advertising, art, mime, and internet are just a few examples of visual communication we use in the modern world".
Maz is the arts curriculum brought to life. As a teacher entertainer, and cartoonist, she uses a rich array of skills- signing, cartooning, miming, and sheer physical exuberance- to involve teachers and students in doing as well as understanding the Arts Curriculum
The workshops are a well-designed opportunity for teachers and children, to learn skills and understandings in visual language, art and internet use. But they go way beyond to explore education as communication. Maz is a woman who has turned what many see as a disability, into an ability so special that any teacher and child who sees the world through her eyes, will be forever enriched.