Shanley Smith

Shanley Smith

It takes a heart willing to be broken to help a broken world. Shanley Smith is a hybridized writer and fiber artist who shares her time between Lake Michigan and the Piedmont Triad region. Through her writing, she explores the queer and the tamed in nature,...
Amit Ben-Baruch

Amit Ben-Baruch

Amit Ben-Baruch is a painter and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY, who works as a tattoo artist in the city. Amit spent their time at Azule “scaling up” their work, allowing the vastness of the environment as a counterpoint to the bustling urban backdrop...
Lydia Nichole, Mosaic Artist

Lydia Nichole, Mosaic Artist

Lydia Nichole discusses some of the mosaic projects at Azule, as well as their collaborative processes. Lydia was gracious enough to walk us through Camille’s apartment and the residency house to show us a few of the collaborations that she, Camille, and Bennie...
Hava Liebowitz

Hava Liebowitz

Hava Liebowitz is a multidisciplinary fiber-based artist. Her time in residence at Azule was her first artist residency, and she generously shares about her current projects. In our interview, Hava discusses an emerging social practice project, what she’s...
M. Kobe

M. Kobe

M. Kobe is a multidisciplinary artist working with repurposed materials or found natural materials. Everything they use is given to them by friends or collected from the places they’ve lived in Louisiana, North Carolina, and Tennessee. M. also uses many items...