Clay & Sound: A Family Rattle-Making Workshop
Explore the magic of sound and clay in this hands-on, intergenerational rattle-making workshop for children ages 7+ and their parents or caregivers. Together, participants will discover ancient musical instruments of the Americas and explore how rattles have long been used for storytelling, celebration, and connection across cultures and time.
Working side by side, caregivers and children will learn easy, step-by-step hand-building techniques and experiment with sound, texture, and form to create their own unique instruments. This welcoming, collaborative workshop invites families to slow down, make together, and create handmade rattles that carry ancient history and a shared creative memory.
No prior experience with clay, instruments or music is needed. All materials, tools and instrument firing included.
All materials, supplies and firing are included. No previous experience with clay, instruments, or music is needed!
Where: Creativity Center, 3137 Eastern Ave. Baltimore MD 21224
When: SUN OCT 4 | 12-3PM
Age Range: 7+
Cost: $18 standard, $15 members, $5 per additional kid
About the instructor:
Melissa Hyatt Foss is an instrument-maker, musician, composer-performer, and teaching artist who co-creates with an ever-growing collection of instruments that she hand-crafts with clay. She received her training in Argentina where she developed her career as a performer, instrument-maker, teaching artist, and researcher for nearly a decade in connection with the National University of Argentina.
Since returning to the US in 2021, Melissa has created and delivered innovative, bilingual educational programming with the Baltimore Museum of Art, Walters Art Museum, National Gallery of Art, UMBC, Shepherd University, Enoch Pratt Libraries, Creative Alliance, and Baltimore Clayworks, and numerous early childhood through 8th-grade classrooms across Maryland.
Learn more: www.melissahyattfoss.com
Questions? Write to: hello@melissahyattfoss.com
Special Thanks!
This program is made possible by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council.
$140 a week
4 Week pass: $480
4-WEEK PASS
Bundle 4 weeks of Open Minds After School Art Club and save! Just add 4 sessions to your cart, then enter code ARTCLUB on the ‘Discount Code’ page to unlock this offer.
Note: This discount is valid for single transactions only. It must be applied at the time of purchase and cannot be added to existing registrations or previous orders. Subject to availability
Location: Creativity Center
Location: The Creativity Center
Location: The Creativity Center
