“There are so many fascinating stories happening all around us.” Laura Asherman is a documentary filmmaker, sculptor, and educator from Atlanta, GA. During her residency at Azule, Laura split her time between two creations: a stop-motion animated film and...
Sullivan (Sully) Williams, a mixed-media artist residing in New York City, discovered their passion for the mystical and magical aspects of film from a young age. This fascination guided their journey into special effects makeup, sculpture, and painting. During their...
“The world is more alive than we’re usually taught.” Alice Scott is a jeweler, metalsmith, and painter from Asheville, NC. She derives inspiration from a multitude of spiritual and cultural traditions, borrowing and blending their symbols seamlessly...
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. Abby spent her time at Azule working on a...
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. Both an educator...
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. By integrating the strange and peculiar formations of...
