engaging the land in ecocentric art and science projects engaging the public in new ways to experience the land
Misty Hollow Residency
Upcoming Public Events
June 28th 2026, 2pm-4pm (free, RSVP)
Sound and Energy Experience by Marisa LaGuardia
Hosted at Misty Hollow Residency 692 Bubb Lane Ellwood City, PA.
This is an outdoor event where participants connect with the land of Misty Hollow via a Tibetan sound bowl and Reiki energy experience, led by Reiki Master Marisa LaGuardia. Please bring a chair/mat
Event Summary
This performance marks the end of Marisa's time at Misty Hollow as an offering of gratitude for the land. Born from listening and collaboration with the site, this experience will feature a restorative sound bath with Tibetan singing bowls. Marisa will be administering Reiki during the performance simultaneously.
Together, we will walk to the meadow near the main residence after setting intentions for release, healing, and receiving: both for ourselves, our loved ones, the Earth, and anywhere else where support is needed. When many gather in awareness, an energetic hotspot is created, amplifying our voices and creating an impact that travels outward indefinitely.
Artist Residency
Misty Hollow is a private artist residency on the Slippery Rock Creek, close to McConnell’s Mill State Park, Moraine State Park, Camp Allegheny, and the Monastery of the Transfiguration. Residencies support cross disciplinary work in the humanities and the sciences by providing space for artists and other disciplines to engage the land and its resources collaboratively through the creation of material/natural projects on the property. Misty Hollow provides unique opportunities for the public to experience the land through invite only or event based projects off site. Residents receive financial support, rustic living accommodations, connections to regional experts and organizations, use of natural resources, general mentorship and help. Open to 21+ emerging artists and professionals. Misty Hollow is not wheelchair accessible.
Two artists and their teams of collaborators are working on their residency projects now. Marisa LaGuardia and Emily Elliott. To see their projects and to apply for the 2027 season please follow the link below.
Current Artist in Residence
Land Lab
Misty Hollow is a space for experimental land use projects. Artist in Residence projects that consider and employ the property resources sustainably are just one of the many experimental projects. Some of the other projects include: land care and restoration, sustainable off-grid housing, and erosion and drought control.
Misty Hollow is working with Slippery Rock University professors in art, environment, and engineering, The Hoyt Center for Arts and Education, New Castle Public Library, PennOhio Clay Guild, and certified arborist Jen Senchak of Restoreth Roots, LLC. These generous supporters provide programing, educational opportunities, creative consulting, and environmental consulting for the artists in residence and ecocentric projects on the property.
The Land of Misty Hollow
Misty Hollow is a privately owned property of 25+ wooded acres. At one end of the property is a residence where the lead artist and founder Asia Ward lives with her husband and two cats. Ward and her husband fell in love with the property’s ecosystem and natural beauty and purchased the property with the intent to start an art and science residency. In 2024 Ward began a three year research project, opening the property to art and science projects that would help shape the formal residency planned to launch in 2027.
The landscape of Misty Hollow is a steep three sided hollow with a stream and multiple springs running through it, connecting to the Slippery Rock Creek and its valley. The property has two waterfalls, a glenn, wildflower meadow, views of the valley, and some cliffs. Creatures range from bear and bobcat to salamanders and ring necked snakes.