by Azule Coordinator | Dec 28, 2024 | Art Residents
Jen Bracy, an artist and educator from Portland, Oregon, creates multimedia works that span painting, typography, printmaking, collage, and assemblage. Her art delves into the human connection to nature, celebrates the spirit of travel and sense of place, and reveals...
by Azule Coordinator | Dec 28, 2024 | Art Residents
Dan Riley is a singer-songwriter from Summerville, SC. Balancing roles as a father, business owner, and organizer of the Edisto Blackwater Boogie Festival, finding time to write songs is no small feat. During his first artist residency at Azule, he embraced the...
by Azule Coordinator | Sep 25, 2024 | Art Residents
Michelle Raszl, a mother, educator, and librarian from The Berkshires of Massachusetts, has woven her art-making practice into the fabric of her life. As her children grow more independent, Michelle embraces this transition, allowing her to devote more energy,...
by Azule Coordinator | Aug 5, 2024 | Art Residents
“For me, it’s representing my new identity here. I’m looking for that…It looks like the same pattern, but it’s not. It’s transforming, it’s changing. It’s kinda like me. Just like me.” Azin Yousefiani, a fiber...
by Azule Coordinator | Aug 4, 2024 | Art Residents
“Growing up queer in Appalachia was a major influence on this book, though the first spark of inspiration came while pulling kudzu from the moonshine stills on my family farm and wondering if one day we’d immortalize the burnt spoons and orange pill...
by Azule Coordinator | Aug 1, 2024 | Art Residents
We have to use our imagination to fill in what’s not in the written record . . . we have to do what we can to fill in these other histories. Michelle Crouch is a writer with North Carolina roots who now lives in Philadelphia, PA. Michelle recently spent time at...