2026 Artist in Residence Marisa LaGuardia created a stage and installation for her performance on June 28th, 2026. The work includes a hand-woven backdrop comprised of black birch saplings alongside works made from the property’s wild clay. The stage supported a Sound and Reiki Energy performance lead by Marisa. Additionally, Marisa composed a large-scale healing grid configuration on the property for energetic support, health, and the wellbeing of the land’s inhabitants. Finally, she will also assist in a Wild Clay Workshop lead by Eberle Studios for her community component. These events will take place in the summer and fall. 

Past Event: June 28th, 2026 2pm-4pm Sound and Energy Experience (free, onsite, rsvp) Eventbrite link

Event Description

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 is a Reiki Master and will be administering Reiki during the performance simultaneously.

Marisa’s Residency Project Statement

Residency theme - Reciprocity with the Landscape

The driving force for my time at MHAR is to explore the interplay between active listening and intentional response within the landscape. I am a creative intuitive artist, a Reiki Master Practitioner and teacher, and a certified Stone Medicine Practitioner, whose interdisciplinary background merges metaphysics with making. One facet of my Stone Medicine certification involves land gridding. This process combines Ancient Chinese Daoist principles with Sacred Geometry, science/ chemistry, and energetics to intentionally arrange groups of minerals/crystals in a specific pattern. These configurations evoke a particular resonance and can range from a few inches in diameter to hundreds of miles. These grids echo ancient compositions like Stonehenge in the UK or the pyramids in Egypt. While I have done gridwork on smaller areas, such as yards and interior spaces, working with a landscape of this size is a new adventure.

The creative guidelines for this project were realized after spending time on the property and connecting energetically with the land. Asia and I have collaborated on an intention for our large scale, permanent grid to be placed at specific points on the property to create a permanent grid. The intention will call in purification, healing, and protection for the land and will serve as a revitalizing support for the land. The grid will serve as a container for the duration of my residency and beyond. I will also create a smaller, more accessible grid that is connected to the large one. This will allow access to the entire group without having to travel to each point. Once the grid is established, I will assist Asia in clearing and constructing a performance “stage” in the meadow a few hundred yards from the main residence. This will host a sound bath offering to be completed at the end of my residency. This event is open to the public and will involve writing prompts and gentle, accessible movement to prepare the body for a restorative, connective experience during the sound performance. I will utilize my time at MHAR to compose the “score” and this performance will be a final act of gratitude for allowing me to participate and collaborate. During the performance, there will be supporting objects representative of the 5 elements: earth, water, air, and Spirit. Wild clay harvested from the area, representing earth, will be formed into items such as bowls, candleholders/candelabras/lanterns, and possibly instruments. Bowls can hold water from the stream and foraged items, while candle holders call in the elements of fire and air. A smaller grid will accompany the sound performance, and sit between myself and the participants. There will also be space for written intentions or other offerings brought by the participants if they so choose. Finally, a woven backdrop composed of vines and saplings from the property will serve as an open container for the performance.