Since 1993, Escape to Create's multi-disciplinary residency offers artists the gift of time and space from a community engaged in furthering artistic expression. Housed in private cottages located throughout the picturesque walking community of Seaside, FL, artists enjoy uninterrupted time fully immersed in their individual projects balanced with opportunities for cross-disciplinary dialog in an intimate group setting.
2012 January Artists-In-Residence
Vanessa Olivarez and Elizabeth Elkins formed their songwriting partnership, Granville Automatic, in 2009 and write in the tradition of musical storytellers such as John Prine, Nanci Griffith, and Bob Dylan. The Atlanta-based duo has tourred throughout the U.S. in nationally recognized venues including the 30A Songwriter’s Festival.During their residency, they will create a portfolio of songs inspired by their research of personal histories recorded during the Civil War.Olivarez and Elkins hope to engage middle school students by capturing a historylesson through songwriting and will offer the public a lecture with performance of their completed works.
Karla K. Morton, the 2010 Texas Poet Laureate, is a celebrated poet, author, storyteller, and speaker. During her Escape to Create residency, Morton hopes to complete her seventh collection of poems, Wooden Lions. She looks forward to connecting with the community through readings performed in a variety of venues and hopes to inspire a passion for poetry among middle and high school students in Walton County.
Visual artist Molly Murphy‘s self-taught oil techniques and delicate line work have been compared to the works of Francis Bacon and Alfons Muscha. During her residency, Murphy will create a daily record of a selected location with an on-site observational drawing, a drawing based on memory, and notes that explore processes of recall, sequencing pattern, and manipulation of prediction. She will then exhibit the work with a brief talk on the scientific theories underlying her art.
David Wayne Reed is a writer, actor, producer, and director. He was a founding member of Kansas City’s Late Night Theatre where he appeared in over 20 shows playing over 50 roles. While in Seaside, Reed will complete a short story collection for publication. He offers a staged reading of his one-man show in development and hopes to coach young writers in how to bring their words from concept to the stage.
2012 January Artists-In-Residence
Vanessa Olivarez and Elizabeth Elkins formed their songwriting partnership, Granville Automatic, in 2009 and write in the tradition of musical storytellers such as John Prine, Nanci Griffith, and Bob Dylan. The Atlanta-based duo has tourred throughout the U.S. in nationally recognized venues including the 30A Songwriter’s Festival.During their residency, they will create a portfolio of songs inspired by their research of personal histories recorded during the Civil War.Olivarez and Elkins hope to engage middle school students by capturing a historylesson through songwriting and will offer the public a lecture with performance of their completed works.
Karla K. Morton, the 2010 Texas Poet Laureate, is a celebrated poet, author, storyteller, and speaker. During her Escape to Create residency, Morton hopes to complete her seventh collection of poems, Wooden Lions. She looks forward to connecting with the community through readings performed in a variety of venues and hopes to inspire a passion for poetry among middle and high school students in Walton County.
Visual artist Molly Murphy‘s self-taught oil techniques and delicate line work have been compared to the works of Francis Bacon and Alfons Muscha. During her residency, Murphy will create a daily record of a selected location with an on-site observational drawing, a drawing based on memory, and notes that explore processes of recall, sequencing pattern, and manipulation of prediction. She will then exhibit the work with a brief talk on the scientific theories underlying her art.
David Wayne Reed is a writer, actor, producer, and director. He was a founding member of Kansas City’s Late Night Theatre where he appeared in over 20 shows playing over 50 roles. While in Seaside, Reed will complete a short story collection for publication. He offers a staged reading of his one-man show in development and hopes to coach young writers in how to bring their words from concept to the stage.
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