Artists Studio
Jamire Williams
March 25 – March 26, 2026
Veterans Room
Jamire Williams is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans experimental jazz, performance art, sonic composition, and sculpture. His work is grounded in an investigation of the Black diaspora and driven by a deep faith and sense of the immaterial, with an impressionistic drumming style that is as akin to minimalist painting as an art house film soundtrack or a classic hip hop mixtape. He brings his creative voice to the Veterans Room to create an immersive and experimental solo percussion performance that pushes the boundaries of rhythm, texture, and memory through a dynamic interplay of acoustic instruments, vintage samplers, and analog tape machines. Using a wide array of percussion instruments, found objects, and prepared surfaces, this layered sonic environment blurs the lines between past and present, human and machine, and live and recorded to offer the audience an enveloping, time bending listening experience for spiritual inquiry and sonic excavation.
“Jamire Williams shows himself to be an inspired crafter of sound, capable of building entire worlds from just his drum hits.”
Pitchfork
Dates & Tickets
Ticket Information
$45 (plus fees)
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Support
Public support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature as well as the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council under the leadership of Speaker Adrienne Adams.
Also in the Series
Curated by jazz pianist, composer, and MacArthur Fellow Jason Moran, this series showcases a diverse mix of some of today’s most creative voices who have a distinct relationship to sound with a uniquely visual aesthetic. All of these artists and musicians defy categorization and blur the boundaries of performance, allowing them to freely explore their artistic sensibilities and exciting new directions in their creative practice. Realized in the Veterans Room—a monument to the American Aesthetic Movement designed by Louis C. Tiffany & Co., Associated Artists—these interventions expressly mirror the innovative spirit of the exceptional young artists present at the room’s inception.
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