Melissa Hyatt Foss

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Explore clay and sound in community

As a professional bilingual teaching artist I have created and delivered innovative educational programming with groups of all ages at the National Gallery of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Walters Art Museum, National University of Argentina, Yale University, UMBC, and with early childhood through 12th grades in children's centers and schools across the state of Maryland.

All programs can be offered in English and Spanish

Residencies

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Bilingual arts integrated performances and residencies with early childhood through 12th grade use clay, music, and Pre-Columbian musical instrument traditions to inspire interest in nature, culture, and history while developing individual creativity.





Workshops

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Learning to create our own musical instruments with clay slows us down, connects us to our bodies and to our self-expression, and helps us to rediscover a sense of wonder and play as we reconnect with an ancestral tradition in community.




Demonstrations

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Performance-based instrument demonstrations give a multisensory introduction to ancient instruments whose unique forms, scales and sounds provide a glimpse into the extraordinary cultures that created them.




Performances

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An inspiring performance for Pre-K - 5th grade transports us to faraway lands, where we experience a diverse collection of musical instruments while participating in a mythical story of challenge and persistence that leads to triumph and celebration.




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            Each instrument is unique and crafted by hand

2026