Brooke & Steven Lombardi

Brooke & Steven Lombardi

Brooke Hunter-Lombardi is a multimedia artist and high school art teacher from Columbus, Ohio, whose family roots run deep in Appalachia. When she and her husband Steve were looking at residencies, Azule jumped out immediately, and it’s delivered everything she...
Adam Kirsch

Adam Kirsch

Adam Kirsch works at the intersection of sound and sight. Based in Grand Marais, he moves between music, photography, video, and animation, treating them all as parts of a single system where each medium feeds the others. Music is the core of his practice. After years...
Jinna Kim featuring Hilary Dirlam

Jinna Kim featuring Hilary Dirlam

Jinna Kim is a Korean American artist based in Charlotte who works across film, acting, and music. While she is classically trained as a violist with years of experience in community orchestras, her time at Azule was focused on her deep interest in folk music. Living...
Primal Beginning

Primal Beginning

Primal Beginning isn’t a typical band. It’s a collective focused on big questions about what it means to be human and fully present. Their name reflects a dual interest in ancient, pre-Christian ideas and the daily practice of “beginning again”—living...
David Gwaltney

David Gwaltney

David Gwaltney is an Asheville-based artist whose practice spans music, film, and photography. Originally from Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia, David studied film at NYU before moving throughout the East Coast and eventually settling in Asheville, where he has lived for...