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All the happenings and events at Azule.


The Azule 

Newsletter 

DECEMBER 2014
 

Thank you so much to everyone

who answered our November letter.

 

                           DAVID and CAMILLE SHAFER moved to Hot Springs, N.C. in 1972. Camille was a teacher, occupational therapist and an artist from France, and Dave a postal clerk and constant photographer from Ohio. Camille and Dave’s house became a center of activities and their community grew.  Camille was also busy planning and creating the unique, amazing architecture you can see now. Through Camille Shafer’s sole design and vision, what began as the tiny Doctor Kimberly's cabin has been sculpted into a work of art.
 

 

                              Friends, artists and the community understood the value of the place, the artistic excellence of Camille's work and the need to plan its future. In 2005, the 501(c)3 AZULE was created with the mission "to provide an environment where artists and community meet, work and learn together through the arts in their many forms."

            AZULE is committed to diverse and  multi-cultural expression. The stunning facility offers studio space, a performance stage, conference areas and peaceful outdoor settings uniquely conducive to creativity and resourcing. With its present programs - Retreats and Artists' Residencies, SkillShares Weekends, Workshops, "Words in Nature" and the Appalachian Homestead Skill Series, as well as an Art, Community, Local History and Design Library - Azule is hoping to become an APPALACHIAN magic hub of connections. This year Azule offered twenty two artists' residencies and eight public programs.

             Visitors, artists, residents, healing practitioners come to AZULE for retreat, research, exposure, improvement, rehearsals or meetings. Azule Board Members are creative and practical. Their work is motivated by the vision to keep Azule open to everybody's history, everybody's geography, everybody's abilities and challenges, while anchoring itself in the Bluff/Spring Creek/Hot Springs/Madison County communities. To be further aware of our offerings, visit our website AZULE.org and sign up to receive AZULE NEWS (10 issues a year).

AZULE NEEDS TO BECOME SUSTAINABLE.
At this time of the year we want to ask for your support. Hosting your staff meetings, board workgroups, student retreats, training workshops, artists residencies or family gatherings at Azule will help us fulfill our mission and our goals. We will listen to your specific needs.
PROMOTE US to your friends and colleagues.

 

            If you can, support us financially. Any amount is welcome. A monthly donation can be organized through Paypal at AZULE.org. We will discuss discounts on our programs with all our donors . Your support may help us for basic maintenance and utilities but also to cover expenses for facilitators, offer scholarships, involve youth groups or to be a match for a grant.
 
            Being a part of the AZULE COMMUNITY has enriched our life and we think it may enrich yours as well. Please consider being a part of Azule. No donation or proposal is ever too small.
 
            Keep in touch, come and visit, and tell us what you think. The Board of Azule.


 

Again, thank you so much to our monthly subscribers and everyone who answered our November letter. Thank you Lynda Scott, Sherry Wilson, Bunny Halton-Subkis, Joe Ebel, Todd Fowler, Randy Bell, Mark & Joyce Hulbert, Kathy DeNobriga, Tom Morris & Eye Productions, Kim Marin Rollin, Lisa Mount, Olivier Rollin, Gwylene Gallimard & Jean-Marie Mauclet. Thank you also to all Board Members who gave countless hours of in-kind work. 

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AZULE, situated in the Appalachian Mountains of Western Carolina, has been running a residency program for artists, educators and activists, or anyone in need of a retreat or a special gathering since 2010.
Applications for Residencies/Retreats/Meetings are available on line at www.AZULE.org
2015 DEADLINES ARE MARCH 1st, MAY 15, AUGUST 15 and NOVEMBER 1st

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

 
AZULE's Mission is "To provide an environment where artists and community meet, learn and work together through the arts in their many forms."
 
For a visit call Camille 828-622-3533 
For information on AZULE's programs, to make any 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
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send us an e-mail <AZULEart@gmail.com>
 

Visit our website at AZULE.org


Supporting AZULE can happen in many ways!

CHECK OUT OUR WISH LIST:
Folding Chairs
Folding Tables

Easels and a blender
A video Projector
A turntable 
A cassette tape deck
CASH DONATIONS or
IN-KIND VOLUNTEER WORK

 Click here to make a financial contribution to AZULE and support our mission. 
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AZULE  www.azule.org
PO BOX 163 Hot Springs, NC 28743
AZULEart@gmail.com

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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See AZULE IMAGINE 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8VIStnESkU
 



"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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