The Marsh Studio

12/30/2024

Many deep conversations, lots of good food and wine, bike rides and play time in the studio with close friends were had this weekend.

09/03/2024

I hope you will join us on Saturday, September 7 from 10-4 for this sale which will help support feeding those in need. Thank you!

05/28/2024

Count Down to Show Time! Some of my beloved aerial children start arriving tomorrow, they are bringing an incredible show to the Marsh Studio, and there are fewer than 10 tickets left for the show on Saturday at 4pm.

Photo of Ann Woodruff as the Woodstock. Inspired by Wendell Berry's Peace of Wild Things, "I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things."

Ticket link in first comment

05/24/2024

Nichole will be performing a rope piece inspired by the long leaf pine next Saturday for A Sense of Place, an aerial show that celebrates the natural landscapes of Georgia.

tickets: https://canopystudio.networkforgood.com/events/66347-2024-canopy-studio-show-season

05/24/2024

Canopy Studio's Repertory Company will be arriving in about a week for the Saturday, June 1st show at The Marsh Studio. There was a very nice article about the show and the connection to Georgia Coast in the Brunswick Paper this morning.

Only 36 tickets remain, please get ticket ahead of time. - ticket link in the article and in the first comment.

I Love Darien, GA!, Janisse Ray, CANOPY STUDIO, "A Sense of Place" Aerial Performance at The Marsh Studio, Ann Woodruff,

Ann Woodruff does so much more than fly through the air with the greatest of ease. As a veteran trapeze artist and aerial dancer, she is a master of spaces

05/08/2024

Show Announcement!! Canopy Studio and the Marsh Studio will bring "A Sense of Place" to The Marsh Studio on June 1st at 4pm. This aerial performance is open to the p***c will be enjoyed by audiences of all ages. Performers celebrate the connection to the landscapes of Georgia and explore their unique relationships to the natural world on trapeze, fabrics, bungee, lyra and more.

tickets: https://canopystudio.networkforgood.com/events/66347-2024-canopy-studio-show-

02/02/2024

This is a poem I wrote about "my hand" and the experience I had driving 3000 miles. 6 days driving with Don Carson across country with a fractured wrist in order to have surgery in Brunswick, GA.
Janisse Ray gave a prompt in her Substack post that inspired to share this. I performed it at the CANOPY STUDIO show here at the The Marsh Studio on November 18.

Life was coasting along…breezily, easily.
And I on my beloved E-bike was coasting along with it, My daily sweet routine
Stopping hurriedly for a yard sale.
Quickly Mis-Stepping down on a curb.
And…What WAS that jagged stone wall doing, appearing in my lovely day?
What was my hand doing awkwardly reaching out to the stone wall to stop my fall and…
… fractured wrist
my whole world screeched to a sudden unwelcome halt

… catapulted into a mad rush back home for surgery
One moment’s fall.
3000 miles
5 days driving.
2 hours of surgery
12 weeks of recuperation
My once stronger, dependable right hand limited to slight finger movements.
My left hand now being called into awkward reluctant service, articulating tasks beyond its understanding
Of
Sooner or later, the lottery of random misfortune draws our number. And, for me, Then. It could be worse. Much worse.
So, why did it happen to me ?
Why wouldn’t it happen to me? To any of us?

The meaning I find in this blindsided cosmic smash, and also in my sweet daily routines is:
Slowing down.
Looking around.
Gratitude.
Being present in Nature.
Such beauty. Quiet Joy, Kindness. And healing.

And now, this moment, with you.
This life…Now.
Reach out.
Touch. And be touched.
Be generous beyond what you can imagine.
Give more.
Give more.
Receive.

As we shift, within Ourselves, where life calmly reveals its own secret, what regeneration is possible.

11/03/2023

Susan Murphy will explore her relationship with her hands in two pieces during the "Up is a Good Place" show. After a injury this summer and months-long journey of recovery and rediscovery Susan will reach, grab, caress and reflect upon the value of holding and reaching hand to hand.

Show @ The Marsh Studio, 1258 Blue Heron Lane, Darien GA
Saturday, November 18th 4pm
Tickets: TheMarshStudio.com

11/02/2023

Nichole started her aerial journey at age 4, now an adult and member of the Canopy Studio Repertory Company she represents the next, next generation of Susan's aerial children, the aerial grandchildren. Up Is a Good Place will be her first performance at The Marsh Studio, but not her last.

Tickets: TheMarshStudio.com

11/01/2023

Canopy Studio Aerialist are make the journey back to The Marsh Studio in a few short weeks for a not-to-be-missed performance celebrating the journey to love.

November 18th @ 4pm - tickets available at TheMarshStudio.com

10/31/2023

This is is not to be missed!
November 18th at 4pm
1258 Blue Heron Lane
Tickets are available here

“Get Up and Get Down” is a revival of Canopy’s Musical R***e coupled with reflection of our connections with each other.

10/24/2023

Tickets for "Up is a Good Place" an aerial dance performance at The Marsh Studio Saturday November 18th at 4pm, Tickets are available here:

“Get Up and Get Down” is a revival of Canopy’s Musical R***e coupled with reflection of our connections with each other.

06/12/2023

Don’s fantasy…that my Marsh Studio has become his shop. Yes, well temporarily it had become the “staging area “ for finishing projects & organizing stuff for the camper-van. We leave Saturday for our 2 months adventure across this diverse & surprising landscape. Stay tuned. I will try to be more diligent in my postings.

06/07/2023

I love the morning sun lighting up my stained glass art. A constant joy!🌞

06/03/2023

One day shy of 2 weeks when Don & I head out on our cross- country Big Adventure! Don is finishing up details in the camper & I am taking care of details on the home front. Lucy, our cat, will go with us. Emmie, Beta fish extraordinaire, will spend the summer with Ann Woodruff!🤗