William Mazza Studio

08/25/2026

Exciting day when an album this good hits the internet -- the latest offering by James Brandon Lewis Red Lily, "Calling Antonin" drops today -- first single & pre-orders available ztaoforms.lnk.to/dilemmaofhearts

Don't sleep on this fantastic record. And for my bit, the cover portrait of Antonín Dvořák was a blast to create, pen & ink drawing with digital painting.

07/06/2026

Some sets sit immediately etch themselves into your audio memory, and the four sets I caught by and from their six-night, packed-house residency at carved their way in note-by-note, composition-by-composition, hour-by-hour.

Playing a range of music from their six releases (including “Omni” their latest), The James Brandon Lewis Quartet brought down the house. Wish I could have experienced all that magic but two nights is a musical blessing. Couldn’t be happier or prouder — a sentiment I can only assume is shared by the many musicians and artists who rolled through as word got out that something special was brewing on that legendary stage.

Shout out to the great company of fellow audience members .astengo.fefer .fidelity Satya Pemmaraju Pierre Menard and as the man said from the stage night after night: support human musicians

As in, “AI will not bring the heat.

NowiIt can’t be a coincidence that as the final set ended, the heavens opened with a cooling torrential downpour bringing on three days of much needed rain, now can it?

06/27/2026

Absolute blast this past Thursday performing live visuals (digital painting mixed with custom animations) for & at for Vision30. Those musicians together bring the 🔥 simply the best. Video by (more clips to come)

06/26/2026

Visit Me! Beacon Open Studios Sat-Sun, Jun 27-28, noon-6PM (participating studio map in bio). Rumor has it that all framed art (by me) in the studio 50% off. And who doesn’t love an art rumor!

Map of participation artists and studios: https://www.beaconopenstudios.com/map-2026

Beacon Arts Beacon Open Studios

06/22/2026

Excited to be projecting love painting and custom animations for the James Brandon Lewis and Alexis Marcelo Duo at the Abrons Arts Center for Arts For Art / Vision Festival 30 🎟️
I've been lucky enough to be in the room when they’ve duo’d before and it’s not to be missed. Plus pretty moving lights!!

Ticket Links:

Individual / Multi-night Tickets: https://www.abronsartscenter.org/programs/vision-fest30

Festival Pass: https://www.artsforart.org/event/vision30-festival-pass/

YouTube Livestream Ticket: https://www.artsforart.org/vision-30/

James Brandon Lewis. Arts For Art / Vision Festival Marcelo Abrons Art Center

06/22/2026

I've been lucky enough to be in the room when James Brandon Lewis an Alexis Marcelo have duo'd before. Excited to be collaborating on visuals this time at the Abrons Arts Center for Arts For Art / Vision Festival 30 🎟️ Ticket Links:

Individual / Multi-night Tickets: https://www.abronsartscenter.org/programs/vision-fest30

Festival Pass: https://www.artsforart.org/event/vision30-festival-pass/

YouTube Livestream Ticket: https://www.artsforart.org/vision-30/

06/22/2026

YES, this is gong to be fun.
🎟️ Ticket Links:
Individual / Multi-night Tickets: https://www.abronsartscenter.org/programs/vision-fest30

Festival Pass: https://www.artsforart.org/event/vision30-festival-pass/

YouTube Livestream Ticket: https://www.artsforart.org/vision-30/

Looking forward to playing duo with my friend and collaborator pianist and composer at Vision Festival! Loading year 30 🙂 The entire evening starts at 6pm with so many amazing bands etc … we play at 9pm Also sharing the evening with us doing amazing projections Visual Artist and Friend !!!!

06/20/2026

I'll be projecting live painting and video above and behind a duo performance of !! Alexis Marcelo & James Brandon Lewis !! on Thu, Jun 25 as part of Arts For Art / Vision Festival 30 in NYC at the Abrons Arts Center @ 466 Grand St, NYC -- check out the AFA website for the fantastic lineup that night, and the lineup EVERY night, and join us if you can -- in person or remote 🎟️ Ticket Links:

Individual / Multi-night Tickets: https://www.abronsartscenter.org/programs/vision-fest30

Festival Pass: https://www.artsforart.org/event/vision30-festival-pass/

YouTube Livestream Ticket: https://www.artsforart.org/vision-30/

02/05/2026

Still captivated by the Wilfredo Lam retrospective at MoMA (through Apr 11), perhaps more as the US tightens its stranglehold on the 60+ year sanctions against our small island neighbor. Lam lived an amazing life which included fighting fascists during the Spanish Civil War and escaping Cuba and Batista’s coup (eventually invited back after the successful revolution for which the county continues to be punished). Def go see the show if you can, and make time for the fascinating wall text and short bio video. Obviously influenced by the cubists and Picasso in particular, Lam pulled the aesthetic into Surrealism, actively participating in the surrealist diaspora — check out the remarkable book “Black, Brown, & Beige: Surrealist Writings from Africa and the Diaspora” (Surrealist Revolution Series) by Rosemont ad Robin DG Kelley for an engaging run-down on that scene. https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5788

01/31/2026

Haymarket Books has released an updated edition of "How We Get Free
Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective” and that’s something to celebrate. Preferably by buying and reading from Haymarket or the good people at AK Press or, you know, from your fav brick-and-mortar. That said, I’m prob not making a second edition of this 2024 painting anytime soon… https://www.akpress.org/how-we-get-free-revised.html