CELEBRATE A NEW SEASON OF LITERARY EVENTS,
PERFORMANCES, CONCERTS, AND EXHIBITIONS!!!


ESCAPE TO CREATE launches our 20th season
with innovative programs, intimate salons,
and a few surprises along the way.

2012  Events & Performances

FEB 23
  A salon with Russian-trained “New Realist” Artist Kerry Brooks and fellow artists-in-residence. Wine & hors d’oeuvres reception, by invitation only for Friends of Escape to Create.  6pm, 118 Tidal Bridge Way, Watersound

FEB 26  An afternoon with awarded composer Lori Ardovino.  Featuring solo and chamber works written for piano, clarinet, and soprano.  Reservations: 850-534-0000 Tickets $20 each

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MAR 30, 3-5pm Reception, Reading and Book Signing with Amy Lyles Wilson, author of Bless Your Heart: Saving the World One Covered Dish at a Time

MAR 31, 9am  The Belle of All Things Southern, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, author of Suck Your Stomach In &
Put Some Color On

MAR 31, 3-5pm  Salon, Reception & Reading with Jeanne Ray, author of Eat Cake
& short films by John T. Edge

APR 1, 10am -  Great Southern Cafe's Street Food Celebration & Brunch
with John T. Edge


Programs offered during the Residencies are a gift

from our artists to the community and are produced in partnership
with area merchants, organizations, and venues. 

Admission fees may be charged to offset

programming and residency expenses.




We wish to thank our
2012 Artists-in-Residence for their
generosity and spirit of community service.

JANUARY
Elizabeth Elkins and Vanessa Olivarez, also known as Granville Automatic (Songwriting and Music Composition)
Karla K. Morton (poetry)

Molly Murphy (visual art)

David Wayne Reed (short story and theatre)

Cheryl Gail Toh (visual art)

    VISITING ARTIST AND SCHOLAR 

    Charissa Terranova (architectural scholar)



FEBRUARY
Lori Ardovino (composer)
Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran (poetry)
Kerry Brooks (visual art)
William Pfaff (composer)
Robin Romm (memoir and fiction)