Azule Blog, News & Events
Tai Lipan
Tai Lipan is a painter from Flagstaff, AZ, where she teaches at Northern Arizona University. Having relocated to Arizona in the past couple of years, she carried with her the fresh inspiration of a new landscape.
Claire Kennedy
Claire Kennedy, originally from the Cincinnati area, is a painter and educator who currently resides in Fort Worth, Texas. While staying at Azule, Claire drew inspiration from the surrounding nature, spiral motifs, and the prevalent blue hues of the property.
Andrew Oda
Andrew Oda is a Charlottesville, VA based musician and sound design artist. He creates electro-acoustic music, a mix of abstract sound synthesis combined with acoustic instruments and field recordings.
Sharman Egan
Sharman Egan is a creative nonfiction writer with a particular interest in memoirs and true crime. She recently spent time at Azule researching and completing the manuscript for her upcoming novel “The Devil Always Walks with a Dog.”
Shanley Smith
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, spirituality, desires, and gender.
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 where they typically practice their craft.
Lydia Nichole, Mosaic Artist
Mosiac Artist Lydia Nichole shares current and past projects at Azule, and talks about her ongoing collaborative process with Camille.
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.
M. Kobe
M. Kobe is a multidisciplinary artist working with repurposed materials or found natural materials. They share several works in progress inspired by their writing and the night sky in Hot Springs.