by Azule Coordinator | May 22, 2025 | Art Residents
During their residency at Azule, Abby Wolfzorn—originally from Turkey and now based in Jackson, Tennessee—brings a quiet boldness to their work, rooted in memory, emotion, and the meditative power of repetition. A self-described art school dropout and full-time...
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 artist from Kurdistan in Iran, now studies and resides in...
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 Azule...
by Azule Coordinator | Apr 5, 2024 | Art Residents
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,...
by Azule Coordinator | Mar 4, 2024 | Art Residents
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...
