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AZULE
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                                                                                                  NOVEMBER 2015 

GRATEFUL WORDS
from Lorrie Jayne,
BOARD MEMBER,
CO-SECRETARY & GUEST EDITOR 

   The year is drawing to a close, and as the last leaves fall from the trees, the nights grow chill, and life just gets a little quieter in these mountains, I feel especially grateful to be a part of Azule. When I first came to know Camille and Dave and enjoy the lyrically shaped form of what is now Azule’s shell, the house, I felt the place as a sanctuary where my children and I could enter new chambers
of our deeper selves.

However, this year, I give thanks, not only for the calm, but also for the abundance and richness of activities that are taking place at Azule. A new influx of writers, visual artists, musicians, spoken word composers and performers have chosen Azule as a place where they can incubate, experiment, and share their work with the community. Residents and retreaters from several regions of the US as well as abroad enrich the bouillabaisse of cultural, creative, and aesthetic values and aims for social justice that make Azule what it is.


Camille is going strong with her mosaic. Our first paid staff members, Natalie Marsh, in the position of administrative coordinator, and Matt Wallace as local outreach coordinator bring their energy, skills, and enthusiasm to the support of the many activities taking place as well as those to come.

It’s a great time to be part of Azule. Glad to be in there with all of you friends, fans, and supporters who make Azule Azule.

Pictures above are from the wonderful 
"BACK IN TIME" Azule Fall Event November 1, 2015

QUILT BY BARBARA MOLONEY

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PRESENTED THEIR WORK AT THE EVENT.

THIS IS THE SEASON FOR 


GRATITUDE

AND GIVING !

As Fall arrives and the year draws to a close, we are grateful to look upon the doings at Azule that have been made possible by the donations of supporters like you. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation this season to support Azule and its endeavors so that Azule can continue to nourish you,
by hosting  workshops and skillshares,
serving as a community gathering ground,
and providing a space for artists, cultural and community workers of all types to grow and share their work.

COLLAGE OFFERED BY BILL WELDNER
With the chill of winter setting in, local venues and stores are shortening their hours as the sun is shortening our days. Not here at Azule! Camille, Lynda and Matt continue to welcome in guests and visitors and we have residents scheduled to arrive throughout the winter months. Thanks to your generous donations, Azule has also been able to hire its first staff members, providing the energy to grow Azule's roots deeper into our community and serve as a space for artists of all kinds
to gather and grow.
Your support makes this possible. Thank you!
Sincerely,
The Azule Board and Staff

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FROM HER BACKYARD LAURIE FINLEY CAPTURED THIS RAINBOW ENTERING AZULE

 

 THE “G” Perspective Pt. III By Gwylene:

CODE BLUE:
PASS IT ON

by Gwylene Gallimard
Ex-Officio Board Chairperson, Chair 2011 to February 2014

Part 3: "THE  BLUE   ROPES" - 33 Gorenflo Gap
Part 1 was published in September & Part 2 in October. If you have not seen them, send a message to Azuleart@gmail.com

... It is an art/business endeavor that brought me back to the region, with Jean-Marie Mauclet: Gaulart & Maliclet French Cafe aka Fast and French. Olivier Rollin was our partner in Asheville. Deemed to fail - how often did we hear that in 1983! - the place in Cary, NC lasted fifteen years and the one in Charleston, SC is now over thirty year strong under the ownership of three former employees. The few first years were very demanding. Cooking, serving, cleaning, promoting, adjusting, paying bills and whatever you may imagine, kept us away from other art endeavors for a few years.

We kept close communication with our Appalachian connections though. And at one point Camille proposed me a studio, an outdoor studio, the cove behind the barn. From sweating in a restaurant to breezing in the mountains! Inspired by my last work in Montreal, an installation with speakers, texts and ropes linking the baseboards of a gallery, I started to shoot ropes horizontally from one side of the cove to the other: 5 miles of taut rope, 1/2 a mile of sound wire; pathways and trails, sound stations and markers. I received a lot of local help and brought people from Charleston. After four years of work, in September 1993, "33 Gorenflo Gap, step 1" served as the public opening for "Azule Visiting Artists Place", a NC non-profit.
From one of the speakers, hanging from a tree under a straw hat, the voice of a guide declaimed the place and its owners: "... Their house is as much a permanent construction site as a storage of odd leftovers and recyclable materials, and an availability of tools and equipment; a creative center for the community. The house is "growing out" of the old log cabin of the last doctor living in Bluff, Dr Kimberley and extends on every side and floor; This includes the digging of an underground floor by the one-handed Camille... All decisions are made for duration... To live (for 10 years now) inside a construction site has developed behaviors related to comfort and basic necessities that are at odds with ideas of social promotion, but that are also bringing back memories of our youth... " 

The voice then described some specifics related to the ropes, speakers and the temporary park that was created, adding: "The cohabitation of both sites (the house and the park) show the evidence of the emptiness of the cove (mapped by the ropes and bleeding in the forest) compared to the fullness of the house (growing from a nucleus): a huge contrast of attitudes and nevertheless a ground for peace, therefore a ground for socio-cultural exchanges as well as various ways of learning."

      A lot has been accomplished since the early 90's when the rope project thrived "to bring the sky down, to anchor our feet, not to grow more vertically but to move more horizontally," while the house could be seen "as a plant pushing the ground further down and the roof higher." The permanence of the building "AZULE the place" and that of my memories did nourish my work as the Chair of AZULE.


   I look forward to seeing AZULE's mission inspire new experiences and steady growth, thanks to a fresh slate of officers and the Board Members who do so much work. And thanks to you, our readers, followers, enthusiasts of Azule, "azulamours", you who have spent some time there. Go AZULE, Go. Support AZULE. Support, Participate, Propose. Gwylene Gallimard
        www.jemagwga.com www.fastandfrench.org

 The public opening of "33 Gorenflo Gap - the park "was funded in part by the SC Arts Commission. 


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RESIDENCY AND RETREAT PROGRAM

 NEXT APPLICATION DEADLINE:

 MARCH 1st, 2016
 

See INFORMATION and APPLICATION on our website www.AZULE.ORG 

And do not hesitate to give us a call if you need to discuss your proposal.

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Coming in November and December are
Visual
Artist
Yolanda Hernàndez-Santa Cruz Viqueira 
from La Habana Cuba,
Writer
Di Jayawickrema  from New York and
Painter
Todd Fowler coming from Asheville NC.


                                   Recently Charlene Potter, "an artist learning to be green", spent her time at Azule researching and painting 13 different endangered plants in NC. Once she is done with the watercolor paintings she will take them back to her home in Omaha, Nebraska where she will create porcelain sculptures based on her paintings.



You can see more of her art at: 
www.rosewoodenvironmentalart.com

"I traveled over 900 miles to Azule to stay during the month of October 2015. I was so inspired by the art and inspiration at Azule, that my health improved greatly.  And to my amazement, I found myself moving back into the art creating mode. Every inch of Azule exudes inspiration. The house itself is so amazing and full of artistic treasures, such as the Ear Room, the music room. It is a room shaped like an ear. Light is very important at Azule. Nature and Azule seem to have the kinetic connection that does not separate dwelling from nature. This inspires the artist."

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Brit L.Castaneda participated in the Strategic Arts & Culture Convergence Skillshare. She wrote "My time at Azule was really special. I don't always have the opportunity to share space with people awake in power and light. I eagerly await the fruition of these aspirations to take us beyond our problems and into peace, balance."

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AZULE, the place, is an artwork in itself, conceived and built by Camille Shafer with the help of her late husband Dave Shafer, local carpenters and landscape workers. The place is a living library of woodworking and other crafts. It is built on principles of passive energy. AZULE offers classes and workshops and it is a wonderful place for gatherings, meetings, retreats or skillshares. Based on our mission, the ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM is meant to respect the needs of artists looking for a retreat as well as encouraging some collaboration between artists and the communities around. AZULE is anchored in the small community of Bluff in the mountains of Western Carolina and actively promotes inclusiveness and exchange.


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 "AZULE, imagine..." is now live in HD!
and
Tad Stamm

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All these years you have been part of the ongoing

"AZULE portraits project"
Hundreds of these portraits are now on canvas and ready for you to sign. 

   Continuing the AZULE PORTRAIT PROJECT

is for us a way to parallel the continuity that Camille has shown in her building Azule - the place. Representing you, participants to the Fall event, and asking you to sign and add a memory or thought to your picture is deepening your and our relationship to Azule in Bluff, Hot Springs, Madison County, North Carolina...

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AZULE's Mission is "To provide an environment where artists and community meet, learn and work together through the arts in their many forms."

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THINKING OF MAKING  A DONATION TO AZULE? 

AZULE is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
Your donations are tax-deductible from your income.

TO ALL DONORS:

Thank you so much for helping AZULE board members and volunteers to move AZULE on its necessary journey. Come, visit and participate. Invite your friends!

THANK YOU : 
Kathie de Nobriga, Betsy Reiser, Gary and Lavonne Roy, Sherry Wilson, Lynda Scott, Michelle Suttle, Jean-Marie Mauclet, Bunny Halton-Subkis, Gwylene Gallimard, Omari Fox and Randy Bell, Henriette Brouwers & John Malpede, Takia Dickens, Joe Ebel, Todd Fowler, Louise Graff, Mark & Joyce Hulbert, Donna Hurt, Lorrie Jayne, Rena Lash, Kim Marin Rollin, Tom Morris & Eye Productions, Lisa Mount, Olivier Rollin, Sue Schroeder, Carolyn Stewart, Arlette Vaccarino, Rebecca Gahagan, Dan Beckwith and Barbara Bates Smith, Jeff Sebens, Betsy and Guy Grund,Nancy Fink.

THANK YOU also to all Board Members who gave countless hours of in-kind work.
And THANK YOU to all who organize, promote or come to our programs.


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Photos in this newsletter are by Laurie Finley, Gwylene Gallimard, Donna Cooper Hurt, Steve Wenzel, Matt Wallace and Bill Weldner.

For a visit of AZULE:
call Camille  828-622-3533 

For information on AZULE's programs, to make a proposal, to apply for a residency or retreat, to book AZULE or to register for any of our offerings, visit AZULE website www.AZULE.org and e-mail us at AZULEart@gmail.com 

You are all
invited!

 
AZULE may bring you the opportunity to meet great artists, attend a SkillsShare or learn about a traditional Appalachian Skill, experience a rejuvenating space for residencies, retreats, staff or wellness meetings. Come and visit, give us a call.
 
Apply online
 www.AZULE.org
For more information
,
send us an e-mail AZULEart@gmail.com

 
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PO BOX 163 Hot Springs, NC 28743
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FOR A VISIT, call CAMILLE 828-622-3533
FOR INFORMATION, on any of our programs call
GWYLENE 843-607-5811

For New Danger RSC Skill Share, call OMARI 803-378-2616


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"The transformation that occurred within our group could not have manifested as graciously had we not been in the beautiful and deeply accommodating environment of AZULE. This place has nourished me and allowed for a sweet opening of my mind and heart. Thank you." Liana Johannaber from GO, Green Opportunities, Asheville, NC.
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