Join us in your finest boots for a backyard crawfish social, great music and presentations from former residents at Mudbugs & Boots: An Afternoon Boil Benefiting A Studio in the Woods. Hosted in the beautiful art-filled home of Renee & Stewart Peck on Saturday, May 10, 2025, Mudbugs & Boots is a fundraising event supporting A Studio in the Woods’ residencies for artists and scholars, forest restoration, and science-inspired art engagement for all.

Boots will get stomping and crawfish will be peeling from 4pm-7pm so make sure you wear your finest boots whether cowboy, swampers or heels!

For Sponsorship opportunities, click here. We’ll also be holding a silent auction! If you’re interested in donating items please reach out to marketingastudiointhewoods@gmail.com.

Enjoy steaming hot crawfish and veggies from Nola Boils 

Live musical performance by Super Bowl LIX performers and the only all women’s brass band  Original Pinettes Brass Band

Former Resident presentations by Li(sa E) Harris and  Sha’Condria “iCon” Sibley

Snoballs from Nola Snow 

Open bar sponsored by board member, Renee & Stewart Peck

Special THANK YOU to our current event sponsors:
Renee & Stewart Peck, A Friend of A Studio In The Woods and WWNO.