William Mazza Studio

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

01/31/2026

All the belated love to cast and crew for the spectacular “What to wear” at — and I do mean spectacular in the spectacle way, with the glorious music echoing off what some *might* describe as a Ska in Wonderland set design. Beautiful night

Direction, Libretto and Production by Richard Foreman
Music by Michael Gordon
Music Direction by Alan Pierson
Creative Direction by Paul Lazar and Annie-B Parson

Katie Bissinger Paul Melnikow

01/27/2026

Fool that I am I thought I’d completed this painting back in August. Honestly it’s been annoying me since then and then last week I was, “oh right, it wants to be green.” Which it is. And now it doesn’t annoy me any more.

“Fischlin, Heble, & Lipsitz, ‘The Fierce Urgency Of Now: Improvisation, Rights, and the Ethics of Cocreation,’ No. 11 | Literary Landscape Cover Series | 2026,” constructed with all the text on the cover of the 2013 book by the same name (to be fair the book had its title first) from (pictured on the cover are Hamid Drake the late Fred Anderson (💔).

freedomthinkers

01/24/2026

Due to the impending SNOWPOCOLYPSE the Garrison Art Center will be closed tomorrow so today is your last chance to catch the 2026 Members’ Show, from 10am-5pm. Diverse grouping of work with one of my Literary Landscape Cover Series paintings nestled among some more landscapey landscapes, abstracts, photography, ceramics, and sculpture.

My painting on display (and pictured) is “Cecilia Vicūna, ‘La secuencia del agua / The water sequence,’ #09 | Literary Landscape Cover Series,” 2025, 10” x 8”, made with soil, salt, and gouache on board.

The gallery is at 23 Garrison's Landing, Garrison, NY 10524

https://www.garrisonartcenter.org/member-show

01/16/2026

Poster design for Dennis Leroy Kangalee's latest play, “My Dying City” (with a straight-up homage to the famous cover from Duke Ellington’s “Anatomy of a Murder” soundtrack)— the world premiere was last night with performances running Jan 15-25, 8pm Th-Su, with an added 2pm matinee on Sa / Su. at the American Theater of Actors, 314 W. 54th St., NYC. Tix available at kangaleeartsensemble.org and box office opens 30min before each show. Don’t miss your chance to kindle that special fire in your heart. ❤️🔥

12/07/2025

If you’re around Beacon, NY or Newburgh, NY today or next weekend don’t miss the chance to catch my paintings in two group exhibits, the BeaconArts member show at at 20 Kent, St, Beacon, NY; and Vaulted Treasures downstairs at the art gallery (with “The Shape of Memory” exhibit upstairs), 94 Main St, Newburgh, NY. Art! It’s also for Holiday Shopping
Bank Art Gallery KuBe BeaconArts

11/23/2025

yes please

The Fugs were anarchic beat poets in the East Village who took folk instruments they could sort of play and didn’t give a damn. Their music was so anti-establishment, though, that it didn’t matter. The Fugs lo-fi folk could be challenging and weird but they had a knack for catchy pop songs too l...

11/22/2025

Tonight, Nov 22, 6-8 PM at KuBe for the opening reception of the The 2025 Member Exhibition, featuring work by members (including me). Come connect, be inspired, and support the artists in the BeaconArts community. All the big YAYs!

11/22/2025

Come out tonight, Nov 22, 6-8 PM at the KuBe Art Center for the opening reception of the The 2025 Member Exhibition, featuring work by members (including me). Come connect, be inspired, and support the artists in the BeaconArts community. All the big YAYs! Parking and entrance for the good people of Kube: 20 Kent St, Beacon, NY.