Kevin Martin, the founder of Rockcreek Steel Drums, has been building, teaching, and performing on steel pan musical instruments of Trinidad since 1989. We have taught over 100,000 people in person the joy of performing music on the steel pan and the steel tongue drum.
As a teaching artist, Kevin has visited over 300 schools bringing large group steel pan workshops and steel pan residencies throughout MD and the east coast.
Stephen Philip Harvey (1992), is an African American saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator.
Born and raised in Baltimore, Molly is an actor, teaching artist, and director. As a Roster Artist for Young Audiences of Maryland, Molly performs an assembly program for elementary school students called: “Miss Molly’s Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Molly’s specialty is Shakespeare. She is a Resident Acting Company member at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in Baltimore where she acts, teaches, and is the Children’s Director for the annual production of A Christmas Carol. In addition, Molly is a frequent guest drama teacher and co-director at Roland Park Country School.
Christina Delgado is a Baltimore based photographer, designer, and curator. Her work revolves around a sense of self and identity as a Nuyorican born and raised in New York City who migrated to Baltimore as a young adult. Delgado’s work displays a passion and pride for identity in family and homeplace. It connects ways in which home, place, and family can be sights of pain & trauma but ultimately sights of healing, freedom, and self-love. She is the founder and owner of Tola’s Room, an immersive Puerto Rican home museum and culture space located in Northeast Baltimore.
Elizabeth Rees is the author of Every Root a Branch and three award-winning chapbooks. A fourth chapbook was published by March Street Press in 2002. Over 350 of her poems have appeared in journals, including The Southern Review, Agni, Partisan Review, New England Review, and Kenyon Review, among many others. She has taught widely: Howard University, the U.S. Naval Academy, Harvard University, Boston College, Boston University, Macalester College, Hamline University, and in the graduate program at Johns Hopkins University.
Khaleshia Thorpe-Price is the Owner and Master Teaching Artist of Dramatic-Play. She has worked in the field of arts education for over 20 years. She is a versatile creator and educator. She aims to dazzle participants with the love of play and creative exploration.
Hello, my name is Josette Young, a Teaching Artist from Hyattsville, MD. Originally from Pedregal San Joaquin Panama. I've developed a fun interactive Dance and art class for children Pre-k to 2nd grades, called Universal Carnival, which came about as I was inspired by my nostalgia and great memories growing up in Panama during Carnival season.
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.