Azule Blog, News & Events
Abby Waters
Recent resident Abby Waters is a writer and educator from Christiansburg, VA. Her craft melds a hybrid form—a blurry realm of “close-to-self” writing that doesn’t take on fiction or non-fiction as its sole aim.
Heidi Leitzke
Heidi Leitzke’s process begins outside, observing and absorbing nature. As a visual artist hailing from Lancaster, PA, she crafts a diverse array of artworks spanning paintings, embroideries, drawings, and her distinctive thread paintings.
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.