Slim Harrison - Sunnyland Music: Biography
For over 40 years, Slim has performed at Schools and Festivals, Hoedowns & Throwdowns all over North America and around the world.
Considered a "Self-taught" multi-instrumentalist, storyteller & Barn Dance caller, Slim says he, "learned a little bit from everyone I met as I traveled around this great country and around the world!" His greatest joy is sharing the music & dances of America and the world with children & adults.
Israeli-born Noa Baum is an internationally acclaimed storyteller and author. With mesmerizing voices, impeccable timing, and warm authenticity Noa captivates audiences of all ages, with stories drawn from diverse cultures that highlight our similarities, celebrate our differences and encourage curiosity, and acceptance. In a world where peace is a challenge in the schoolyard and beyond, Noa’s work builds bridges of understanding and compassion.
Screen painting is a unique folk art that started in Baltimore in 1913. In the classroom during a residency, students learn the history, techniques, and functionality of the art form. Relating to any STEAM curriculum, it's the perfect medium to connect with students in all grade levels. Mr. I's knowledge and skill objectives are the what-why-and-where that enables the student's enthusiasm to complete their own screen sharing the MAGIC of this amazing art form. OR - Creating Large 3'h x 6'w Legacy screens for school display too hang independently from any type wall.
Peter is an exceptionally rare kind of artist—a true polymath—whose work seamlessly blends music, visual art, cultural heritage, history, and cutting-edge digital media. Building on the legacy of his grandfather, the legendary entertainer Cab Calloway, and great-grandfather Andrew Reid, a prominent Baltimore activist in the post–Civil War era, Peter brings forward a tradition of social justice, community engagement, and creative innovation.
Caidy Lynn is a mixed media artist living in Maryland. She has a B.A in Drawing and Painting from Towson University and an MFA in Curatorial Practice and Art Criticism from the Ontario College of Art and Design. Caidy Lynn uses printmaking, sculpting, drawing, painting, collage, and fiber to create artwork which explores ideas of identity, femininity and the divergence between human and animal. Evoking ideas of discomfort and repulsion she encourages viewers to engage with how unnatural being human can sometimes feel.
Anna Sellheim is originally from Washington DC. She earned her MFA in comics from the Center For Cartoon Studies in 2016. She has been published by the Nib, Oni Press and Seven Days (Vermont’s Alternative Weekly Newspaper). She also has contributed to a number of anthologies, most notably Dirty Diamonds and Comics For Choice. She has taught adult literacy in DC to native English speakers that read below a 6th grade level, and has taught art and comic classes throughout The DMV Area and New England.
Sisi Reid is a Black and Queer artist from Wheaton Maryland, who practices theatre for collective liberation and healing. She is an actor, playwright, director, spoken word performer, facilitator, teaching artist, and an arts administrator. As an actor, Sisi has performed with The Smithsonian's Discovery Theatre, Theater Alliance, and Young Playwrights’ Theater, LiveArt DC, Mosaic Theater, Pinky Swear, and Convergence Theater. As an applied theatre practitioner, she has facilitated theatre workshops in prisons in Michigan, Virginia, and Brazil.